| Wheelchair tennis – Men's doubles at the IX Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Paralympic wheelchair tennis | |||||||||||||
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 1992 Summer Paralympics |
The men's doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.
| Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||
 Brad Parks (USA) Randy Snow (USA) | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Kai Schramayer (GER) Stefan Bitterauf (GER) | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brad Parks (USA) Randy Snow (USA) | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
 Thierry Caillier (FRA) Laurent Giammartini (FRA) | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
 Martin Legner (AUT) Robert Troppacher (AUT) | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Thierry Caillier (FRA) Laurent Giammartini (FRA) | 6 | 6 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
| Kai Schramayer (GER) Stefan Bitterauf (GER) | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Martin Legner (AUT) Robert Troppacher (AUT) | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1/8-Final | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
| B Parks (USA) R Snow (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B Parks (USA) R Snow (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 M Iwasaki (JPN) Y Omori (JPN) | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 S Ben-Yoram (ISR) A Vainberg (ISR) | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| M Iwasaki (JPN) Y Omori (JPN) | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| B Parks (USA) R Snow (USA) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| K Schramayer (GER) S Bitterauf (GER) | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| K Schramayer (GER) S Bitterauf (GER) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 K Dufvenberg (SWE) J Larsson (SWE) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| K Schramayer (GER) S Bitterauf (GER) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 P Cameron (CAN) P Johnson (CAN) | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 A Focardi (ITA) M Porciani (ITA) | 6 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P Cameron (CAN) P Johnson (CAN) | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1/8-Final | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
 J Sorensen (NZL) K Barnes (NZL) | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 S Hatt (GBR) J Mistry (GBR) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S Hatt (GBR) J Mistry (GBR) | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M Legner (AUT) R Troppacher (AUT) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M Legner (AUT) R Troppacher (AUT) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 D Hall (AUS) M Connell (AUS) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M Legner (AUT) R Troppacher (AUT) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| T Caillier (FRA) L Giammartini (FRA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 M Erni (SUI) B Goldblat (SUI) | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 V Garcia (ESP) J Ros (ESP) | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| M Erni (SUI) B Goldblat (SUI) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| T Caillier (FRA) L Giammartini (FRA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| T Caillier (FRA) L Giammartini (FRA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The men's singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.
The women's doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.
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