Nicolas Peifer

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Nicolas Peifer
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Peifer at the 2010 US Open
Full nameNicolas Peifer
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Residence Sarreguemines, France
Born (1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 33)
Strasbourg, France
PlaysRight handed [1]
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 2 (31 August 2015)
Current rankingNo. 7 (15 February 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open F (2012, 2017)
French Open F (2011)
Wimbledon QF (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
US Open F (2010)
Other tournaments
Masters F (2014)
Paralympic Games QF (2020)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 1 (24 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 4 (15 February 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (2016, 2018)
French Open W (2011, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon W (2015)
US Open W (2011, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles W (2016, 2018)
Paralympic Games Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold Medal (2016, 2020)

Nicolas Peifer (born 13 October 1990 in Strasbourg) is a French wheelchair tennis player. In doubles, Peifer has completed the career Super Slam, having won all four majors, a Paralympic gold medal in 2016, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters over the course of his career. [2]

Contents

In 2007 Peifer won the Junior Masters. [3]

Grand Slam wins

Doubles

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Nico Peifer at the 2017 US Open

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References

  1. "Profile at ITFtennis.com". beta.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  2. "Wheelchair Tennis – PEIFER Nicolas – Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. "Junior Whiley wins French title". BBC Sport. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2012.