| Wheelchair tennis – Women's doubles at the X Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Paralympic wheelchair tennis | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 16–25 August 1996 | ||||||||||||
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics |
The women's doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta from 16 August until 25 August.
| Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||
 Chantal Vandierendonck (NED) Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Randa Hinson (AUS) Daniela Di Toro (AUS) | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chantal Vandierendonck (NED) Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Hope Lewellen (USA) Nancy Olson (USA) | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
 Oristelle Marx (FRA) Arlette Racineux (FRA) | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Hope Lewellen (USA) Nancy Olson (USA) | 6 | 3 | 6 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||
| Randa Hinson (AUS) Daniela Di Toro (AUS) | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Oristelle Marx (FRA) Arlette Racineux (FRA) | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
| C Vandierendonck (NED) M Kalkman-van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 C Ohmae (JPN) K Kitamoto (JPN) | 6 | 6 | C Ohmae (JPN) K Kitamoto (JPN) | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
 M Stratford (NZL) J Courtier (NZL) | 0 | 1 | C Vandierendonck (NED) M Kalkman-van den Bosch (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| R Hinson (AUS) D Di Toro (AUS) | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 T Aharoni (ISR) K Wallach (ISR) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| R Hinson (AUS) D Di Toro (AUS) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
| O Marx (FRA) A Racineux (FRA) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 J McMorran (GBR) A Broadway-Parkinson (GBR) | 7 | 5 | J McMorran (GBR) A Broadway-Parkinson (GBR) | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 M Fink (AUT) I Kussian (AUT) | 5 | 3 | O Marx (FRA) A Racineux (FRA) | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 C Ott (GER) R Isecke (GER) | 6 | 6 | H Lewellen (USA) N Olson (USA) | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 H Taroni (SUI) E Hegi (SUI) | 2 | 1 | C Ott (GER) R Isecke (GER) | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| H Lewellen (USA) N Olson (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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