Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles

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Wheelchair tennis – Men's singles
at the XV Paralympic Games
Wheelchair tennis - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic wheelchair tennis
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre
Date9–16 September
Competitors52
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gordon Reid Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Alfie Hewett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Joachim Gérard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2012
2020
Men's singles
Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Events
Singles men women quad
Doubles men women quad
  2012  · Summer Paralympics ·  2020  

The men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 9 to 16 September 2016. [1]

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Great Britain's Gordon Reid defeated compatriot Alfie Hewett in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gold medal in men's singles wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. With the win, Reid became the singles world No. 1. In the bronze-medal match, Belgium's Joachim Gérard defeated France's Stéphane Houdet.

Japan's Shingo Kunieda was the two-time defending gold medalist, but was defeated by Gérard in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (gold-medal match)
               
1 Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Houdet  (FRA)66
10 Flag of Japan.svg  Takayu Miki  (JPN)4 2
1 Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Houdet  (FRA)5 2
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gordon Reid  (GBR)76
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gordon Reid  (GBR)2 776
5 Flag of Argentina.svg  Gustavo Fernández  (ARG)6641
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gordon Reid  (GBR)66
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alfie Hewett  (GBR)2 1
7 Flag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Olsson  (SWE)1 63
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alfie Hewett  (GBR)62 6
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alfie Hewett  (GBR)76Bronze-medal match
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joachim Gerard  (BEL)5 3
6 Flag of Japan.svg  Shingo Kunieda  (JPN)3 3 1 Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Houdet  (FRA)4 2
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joachim Gerard  (BEL)662 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joachim Gerard  (BEL)66

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Flag of France.svg  S Houdet  (FRA)66
BPC Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  P Bedard  (CAN)0 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  D Phillipson  (GBR)1 2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  D Phillipson  (GBR)661 Flag of France.svg  S Houdet  (FRA)66
BPC Flag of the United States.svg  S Baldwin  (USA)64 615 Flag of Spain.svg  D Caverzaschi  (ESP)0 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  R Medeiros  (BRA)2 63 BPC Flag of the United States.svg  S Baldwin  (USA)0 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Z Wei  (CHN)2 63 15 Flag of Spain.svg  D Caverzaschi  (ESP)66
15 Flag of Spain.svg  D Caverzaschi  (ESP)61 61 Flag of France.svg  S Houdet  (FRA)66
10 Flag of Japan.svg  T Miki  (JPN)4 2
10 Flag of Japan.svg  T Miki  (JPN)777
Flag of South Africa.svg  E Maripa  (RSA)76Flag of South Africa.svg  E Maripa  (RSA)615
BPC Flag of Thailand.svg  S Khlongrua  (THA)5 0 10 Flag of Japan.svg  T Miki  (JPN)4 76
Flag of Argentina.svg  A Ledesma  (ARG)2 2 8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  M Scheffers  (NED)65 4
Flag of Poland.svg  T Kruszelnicki  (POL)66Flag of Poland.svg  T Kruszelnicki  (POL)2 0
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  M Scheffers  (NED)66

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  G Reid  (GBR)66
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  M Denayer  (BEL)2 2 Flag of Sweden.svg  D Wallin  (SWE)1 2
Flag of Sweden.svg  D Wallin  (SWE)663 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  G Reid  (GBR)66
Flag of Austria.svg  M Legner  (AUT)1 3 14 Flag of France.svg  F Cattanéo  (FRA)0 2
BPC Flag of South Korea.svg  HW Im  (KOR)66BPC Flag of South Korea.svg  HW Im  (KOR)72 64
BPC Flag of Colombia.svg  E Oquendo  (COL)0 2 14 Flag of France.svg  F Cattanéo  (FRA)5 677
14 Flag of France.svg  F Cattanéo  (FRA)663 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  G Reid  (GBR)2 776
5 Flag of Argentina.svg  G Fernández  (ARG)6641
12 Flag of Australia.svg  A Kellerman  (AUS)76
Flag of Japan.svg  S Saida  (JPN)66Flag of Japan.svg  S Saida  (JPN)5 1
Flag of Israel.svg  A Berdichevsky  (ISR)1 2 12 Flag of Australia.svg  A Kellerman  (AUS)1 2
Flag of Brazil.svg  C Santos  (BRA)1 4 5 Flag of Argentina.svg  G Fernández  (ARG)66
Flag of Spain.svg  M de la Puente  (ESP)66Flag of Spain.svg  M de la Puente  (ESP)2 4
5 Flag of Argentina.svg  G Fernández  (ARG)66

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 Flag of Sweden.svg  S Olsson  (SWE)66
Flag of Spain.svg  F Tur  (ESP)5 3 Flag of Australia.svg  B Weekes  (AUS)0 3
Flag of Australia.svg  B Weekes  (AUS)767 Flag of Sweden.svg  S Olsson  (SWE)677
Flag of Poland.svg  K Fabisiak  (POL)669 Flag of Japan.svg  T Sanada  (JPN)2 65
Flag of Brazil.svg  M Pommê  (BRA)1 2 Flag of Poland.svg  K Fabisiak  (POL)0 1
9 Flag of Japan.svg  T Sanada  (JPN)66
7 Flag of Sweden.svg  S Olsson  (SWE)1 63
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Hewett  (GBR)6613 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Hewett  (GBR)62 6
BPC Flag of Malaysia.svg  AS Borhan  (MAS)0 1 13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Hewett  (GBR)66
BPC Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  U Rajakaruna  (SRI)2 776BPC Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  U Rajakaruna  (SRI)1 2
BPC Flag of South Korea.svg  HG Lee  (KOR)6651 13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Hewett  (GBR)774 6
Flag of Argentina.svg  E Casco  (ARG)63 674 Flag of France.svg  N Peifer  (FRA)6463
BPC Flag of the United States.svg  J Rydberg  (USA)3 679BPC Flag of the United States.svg  J Rydberg  (USA)2 2
4 Flag of France.svg  N Peifer  (FRA)66

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 Flag of Japan.svg  S Kunieda  (JPN)66
BPC Flag of Chile.svg  R Mendez  (CHI)0 4 Flag of Brazil.svg  D Rodrigues  (BRA)2 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  D Rodrigues  (BRA)666 Flag of Japan.svg  S Kunieda  (JPN)66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Dong  (CHN)66Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Dong  (CHN)1 4
Flag of Austria.svg  N Langmann  (AUT)0 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Dong  (CHN)66
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  T Egberink  (NED)1 1
6 Flag of Japan.svg  Shingo Kunieda  (JPN)3 3
16 Flag of France.svg  M Jérémiasz  (FRA)662 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  J Gerard  (BEL)66
BPC Flag of Greece.svg  S Diamantis  (GRE)0 3 16 Flag of France.svg  M Jérémiasz  (FRA)66
Flag of South Africa.svg  L Els  (RSA)3 3 BPC Flag of Hungary.svg  R Nemeth  (HUN)1 2
BPC Flag of Hungary.svg  R Nemeth  (HUN)6616 Flag of France.svg  M Jérémiasz  (FRA)0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  M McCarroll  (GBR)762 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  J Gerard  (BEL)66
Flag of Italy.svg  F Mazzei  (ITA)5 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  M McCarroll  (GBR)1 4
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  J Gerard  (BEL)66

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