| Wheelchair tennis – Women's doubles at the XII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Paralympic wheelchair tennis | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Athens Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 19–26 September 2004 | ||||||||||||
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| Women's doubles | |
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics |
The women's doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens was held from 19 September to 26 September at the Athens Olympic Tennis Centre.
| Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||
 Maaike Smit (NED) Esther Vergeer (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Chiyoko Ohmae (JPN) Mie Yaosa (JPN) | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Maaike Smit (NED) Esther Vergeer (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) Ratana Techamaneewat (THA) | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
 Karin Suter-Erath (SUI) Sandra Kalt (SUI) | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) Ratana Techamaneewat (THA) | 7 | 6 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
| Chiyoko Ohmae (JPN) Mie Yaosa (JPN) | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Karin Suter-Erath (SUI) Sandra Kalt (SUI) | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maaike Smit (NED) Esther Vergeer (NED) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kimberly Blake (GBR) Janet McMorran (GBR) | 3 | 2 |  Armelle Fabre (FRA) Florence Gravellier (FRA) | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Armelle Fabre (FRA) Florence Gravellier (FRA) | 6 | 6 | Maaike Smit (NED) Esther Vergeer (NED) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
 Tiffiney Perry (NZL) Jacqueline Courtier (NZL) | 2 | 2 | Chiyoko Ohmae (JPN) Mie Yaosa (JPN) | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
 Sharon Clark (USA) Kaitlyn Verfuerth (USA) | 6 | 6 | Sharon Clark (USA) Kaitlyn Verfuerth (USA) | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Chiyoko Ohmae (JPN) Mie Yaosa (JPN) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Karin Suter-Erath (SUI) Sandra Kalt (SUI) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Maria Dolores Ochoa (ESP) Barbara Vidal (ESP) | 3 | 0 | Karin Suter-Erath (SUI) Sandra Kalt (SUI) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
 Young Suk Hong (KOR) Myung Hee Hwang (KOR) | 6 | 6 | Young Suk Hong (KOR) Myung Hee Hwang (KOR) | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Karin Korb (USA) Julia Dorsett (USA) | 2 | 2 | Karin Suter-Erath (SUI) Sandra Kalt (SUI) | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
 Yuka Chokyu (CAN) Hélène Simard (CAN) | 1 | 1 | Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) Ratana Techamaneewat (THA) | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) Ratana Techamaneewat (THA) | 6 | 6 | Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) Ratana Techamaneewat (THA) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Jiske Griffioen (NED) Sonja Peters (NED) | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,808 athletes from 136 countries participated. During these games 304 World Records were broken with 448 Paralympic Games Records being broken across 19 different sports. 8,863 volunteers worked along the Organizing Committee.
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.
Wheelchair Tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Olympic Tennis Centre from September 19 to September 26.
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.
Lucy Jessica Shuker is a British wheelchair tennis player who is currently the highest ranked woman in the sport in Britain. A previous singles and doubles National Champion, Shuker has represented Great Britain at four successive Paralympic Games, twice winning a bronze medal in the women's doubles and is former world doubles champion and World Team Cup silver medallist amongst a number of other national and international successes.
Satoshi Saida is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist.
Peter Robert Norfolk OBE is a British wheelchair tennis player. Following a motorbike accident which left him paraplegic, he uses a wheelchair. He took up tennis and following a further spinal complication in 2000, he began competing in the quad division. He is nicknamed The Quadfather.
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Lisa Daniela "Danni" Di Toro is an Australian wheelchair tennis and para table tennis player. Di Toro was the 2010 French Open doubles champion and has also been the Masters double champion. In singles, Di Toro is the former world number one and two time masters finalist. In 2015, she moved to para-table tennis and represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, where she was team captain with Kurt Fearnley. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her sixth Paralympics, she was the team captain and Opening Ceremony flag bearer with Ryley Batt.
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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.
The women's singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens was held from 19 September to 26 September at the Athens Olympic Tennis Centre.
The quad doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens was held from 19 September to 26 September at the Athens Olympic Tennis Centre.
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