Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Date	1–8 September 2012
Edition	7th
Category	Super Series
Location	Eton Manor, London
Champions
Men's singles
Shingo Kunieda  (JPN)
Women's singles
Esther Vergeer  (NED)
Men's doubles
Stefan Olsson  (SWE) /   Peter Vikström  (SWE)
Women's doubles
Esther Vergeer  (NED) /   Marjolein Buis  (NED)
Quad singles
Noam Gershony  (ISR)
Quad doubles
Nick Taylor  (USA) /   David Wagner  (USA)
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Wheelchair tennis events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics were held between 1 and 9 September at Eton Manor, London. ^{[1] [2]}

Classification

Players were classified according to the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed players to compete against others with a similar level of function. To compete in wheelchair tennis, athletes must have a major or total loss of function in one or both legs. Quadriplegic class players compete in mixed events, while Paraplegic class players (with full use of their arms) competed in separate men's and women's events.

Events

Six events were contested:

• Men's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's singles
• Women's doubles
• Quad singles
• Quad doubles

(Quadriplegic class players are not divided by gender)

Participating nations

112 competitors from 31 nations took part in this sport.

•   Argentina  (2)
•   Australia  (4)
•   Austria  (3)
•   Belgium  (3)
•   Brazil  (5)
•   Canada  (2)
•   Chile  (4)
•   Colombia  (3)
•   France  (5)
•   Germany  (2)
•   Great Britain  (10)
•   Hungary  (1)
•   Iran  (1)
•   Iraq  (1)
•   Israel  (3)
•   Italy  (4)
•   Japan  (9)
•   Morocco  (1)
•   Netherlands  (8)
•   Nigeria  (2)
•   Poland  (4)
•   Slovakia  (1)
•   South Africa  (4)
•   South Korea  (4)
•   Spain  (4)
•   Sri Lanka  (2)
•   Sweden  (4)
•   Switzerland  (2)
•   Thailand  (4)
•   United States  (9)
•   Zimbabwe  (1)

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Shingo Kunieda   Japan	Stéphane Houdet   France	Ronald Vink   Netherlands
Men's doubles details	Sweden  (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	France  (FRA) Frédéric Cattanéo Nicolas Peifer	France  (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jérémiasz
Women's singles details	Esther Vergeer   Netherlands	Aniek van Koot   Netherlands	Jiske Griffioen   Netherlands
Women's doubles details	Netherlands  (NED) Marjolein Buis Esther Vergeer	Netherlands  (NED) Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Great Britain  (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley
Quad singles details	Noam Gershony   Israel	David Wagner   United States	Nicholas Taylor   United States
Quad doubles details	United States  (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain  (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Israel  (ISR) Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg

Source: Paralympic.org ^[3]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands  (NED)	2	2	2	6
2	United States  (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Israel  (ISR)	1	0	1	2
4	Japan  (JPN)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden  (SWE)	1	0	0	1
6	France  (FRA)	0	2	1	3
7	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

References

1. London 2012 Paralympics Wheelchair Tennis guide www.telegraph.co.uk
2. "Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis - Schedule, Results, Medals | London 2012". Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
3. "Medallists, London 2008 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair tennis". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

External links

• Wheelchair Tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (London) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)