Esther Mary Vergeer is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. Vergeer won 43 major titles, 23 year-end championships, and seven Paralympic gold medals. She was the world No. 1 in women's wheelchair singles from 1999 to her retirement in February 2013. Vergeer went undefeated in singles for ten straight years, ending her career on a winning streak of 470 matches. She has often been named the most dominant player in professional sports.
Martin Legner is a professional Austrian wheelchair tennis player who has been ranked number one for wheelchair doubles. Legner has won the Australian Open doubles title four times with Robin Ammerlaan since 2000, and has won eight doubles titles. Six of them are Australian Open Titles, the other two being French Open titles. He has won one French Open and one Australian Open singles title. He has represented his country at every Summer Paralympics since 1992, and has competed in both singles and doubles at all of those Games. His favorite surfaces are clay and hard court. As of 7 April 2007 his highest singles rank was number three. Also of that date, he was ranked number six for singles and doubles.
Shingo Kunieda defeated the defending champion Michaël Jérémiasz in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2007 Australian Open. It was his first major singles title, and the first of an eventual record 28 such titles.
Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese former wheelchair tennis player. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda is widely considered the greatest male wheelchair player of all time.
Michaël Jérémiasz is a French former professional wheelchair tennis player. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and has completed the career Super Slam in doubles. Jérémiasz has been ranked world No. 1 in both doubles and singles. He is right-handed and likes hard courts. He was coached by Jerome Delbert.
Shingo Kunieda and Maikel Scheffers defeated Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2008 French Open. With the win, Kunieda completed the career Grand Slam.
Ronald Vink is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles.
The men's singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing was held from 8 September to 15 September at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition.
Stéphane Houdet and Michaël Jérémiasz defeated the two-time defending champion Robin Ammerlaan and his partner Shingo Kunieda in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) to win the gentlemen's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.
Stéphane Houdet is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles and doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair doubles.
Robin Ammerlaan and Stefan Olsson defeated the defending champion Stéphane Houdet and his partner Shingo Kunieda in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) to win the gentlemen's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
Jiske Griffioen is a Dutch professional wheelchair tennis player. Griffioen is a 20-time major champion, Paralympic gold medalist, seven-time Masters champion, and a former world No. 1. Alongside Aniek van Koot, Griffioen completed the Grand Slam in doubles in 2013. In singles, Griffioen is a three-time Masters champion, Paralympic gold medalist, four-time major champion, and a former world No. 1.
Sharon Walraven is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. She became paraplegic at age 23 after complications following a fall while she was ice-skating. She has won seven Grand Slams doubles titles partnering compatriot Esther Vergeer. At the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing she won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition. At the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney she won a silver medal in the women's singles competition. Walraven has a highest ranking of No.2 in singles and No.1 in doubles.
The men's doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing was held from 10 September to 15 September at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition.
The men's singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London was held from 1 September to 8 September.
The men's doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London was held from 2 September to 7 September.
Michaël Jérémiasz and Shingo Kunieda defeated Stefan Olsson and Adam Kellerman in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2013 Australian Open. With the win, Jérémaisz completed the career Super Slam.
Aniek van Koot is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.
Tom Egberink is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Egberink is a major champion, having won the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in doubles, and a two-time Paralympic medalist, with a silver and bronze from singles and doubles, respectively, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida defeated the defending champions Michaël Jeremiasz and Jayant Mistry in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.
Gold Medal (2004)
Gold Medal (2000)
