| Wheelchair tennis – Women's singles at the IX Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 1992 Summer Paralympics |
The women's singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.
| Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||
 Monique van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Regina Isecke (GER) | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Monique van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chantal Vandierendonck (NED) | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
 Janet McMorran (GBR) | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chantal Vandierendonck (NED) | 6 | 6 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
| Regina Isecke (GER) | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Janet McMorran (GBR) | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1/8-Final | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
| M van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 T Aharoni (ISR) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
 N Olson (USA) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 R Hinson (AUS) | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| N Olson (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| R Isecke (GER) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| R Isecke (GER) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S Twelftree (AUS) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| R Isecke (GER) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 A Racineux (FRA) | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A Racineux (FRA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M Miller (ISR) | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1/8-Final | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
 A Velasco (ESP) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 K Kitamoto (JPN) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| K Kitamoto (JPN) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| J McMorran (GBR) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| J McMorran (GBR) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| E de Lange (NED) | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| J McMorran (GBR) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C Vandierendonck (NED) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C Blackmore (GBR) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| O Marx (FRA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| O Marx (FRA) | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C Vandierendonck (NED) | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L Seidemann (USA) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C Vandierendonck (NED) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralympics in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, and the ball may bounce up to two times, where the second bounce may also occur outside the court.
Randy Snow was the first Paralympian to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and the first paralympian to win medals in three different sports: track, basketball and tennis.
Wheelchair tennis was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1988, with two events being held. It became an official medal-awarding sport in 1992 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Four events were held from 1992 to 2000, with quad events in both singles and doubles added in 2004.
Hong Kong made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.
David Robert Hall, OAM is an Australian former professional wheelchair tennis player. With eight US Open singles titles, two Masters singles titles, and a Paralympic gold medal in singles, he has been referred to as Australia's greatest ever wheelchair tennis player.
Australia competed at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona for physically and vision-impaired athletes. Immediately after the Barcelona Games, the city of Madrid held events for athletes with an intellectual disability. The Madrid results are not included in International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Australia finished 7th in the total medal count winning 76 medals. Australia competed in 13 sports and won medals in 3 sports – swimming, athletics and weightlifting. Australia finished first in the medal tally at the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid.
Wheelchair tennis events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics were held between 1 and 9 September at Eton Manor, London.
Wheelchair tennis first entered the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988 as a demonstration sport and as a full medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Australia has competed at every Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition. There are two categories of medals - open division and quad division.
Wheelchair tennis classification is the classification system for wheelchair tennis designed to bring fair play for all competitors. Classification is overseen by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and carried out by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
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.
Wheelchair tennis events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics were held between 8 and 16 September at Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio. This was the seventh full Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition since the event was introduced in 1992, having been a demonstration event in 1988.
Suzanne Wendy Twelftree was an Australian wheelchair tennis player and Paralympic powerlifter.
Chantal Vandierendonck is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. Vandierendonck won various wheelchair tennis championships held by the International Tennis Federation and multiple Paralympic medals from 1988 to 1996. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.
Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis and table tennis player. Monique competed at the Paralympics in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. In 2017, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Laurent Giammartini is a French wheelchair tennis player. At the 1992 Summer Paralympics held in Barcelona, Spain, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event together with Thierry Caillier and the bronze medal in the men's singles event. He also represented France at the 1988, 1996 and 2000 Summer Paralympics. He did not win a medal at these events.
Ruth Lamsbach is a German paralympic athlete and multiple medalist at the Paralympic Games.
Nancy Olson is an American former wheelchair tennis player. She competed in two Summer Paralympics, winning two silver medals in doubles.
