| Wheelchair tennis – Quad singles at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Paralympic wheelchair tennis | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 9–14 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
The quad 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 13 September 2016.
Dylan Alcott (AUS) (champion, gold medalist)
David Wagner (USA)(semifinals, bronze medalist)
Lucas Sithole (RSA)(semifinals, fourth place)
Andy Lapthorne (GBR)(final, silver medalist)| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dylan Alcott (AUS) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Shraga Weinberg (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | Dylan Alcott (AUS) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Antony Cotterill (GBR) | 3 | 65 | Nick Taylor (USA) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Taylor (USA) | 6 | 77 | 1 | Dylan Alcott (AUS) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lucas Sithole (RSA) | 6 | 6 | 3 | Lucas Sithole (RSA) | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Shota Kawano (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | Lucas Sithole (RSA) | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Burdekin (GBR) | 2 | 6 | 1 |  Ymanitu Silva (BRA) | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ymanitu Silva (BRA) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Dylan Alcott (AUS) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Heath Davidson (AUS) | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | Andy Lapthorne (GBR) | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryan Barten (USA) | 6 | 5 | 1 | Heath Davidson (AUS) | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Alberto Corradi (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 4 | Andy Lapthorne (GBR) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Andy Lapthorne (GBR) | 6 | 6 | 4 | Andy Lapthorne (GBR) | 6 | 2 | 6 | Bronze-medal match | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mitsuteru Moroishi (JPN) | 6 | 6 | 2 | David Wagner (USA) | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rodrigo Oliveira (BRA) | 1 | 0 | Mitsuteru Moroishi (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | Lucas Sithole (RSA) | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Itai Erenlib (ISR) | 4 | 4 | 2 | David Wagner (USA) | 6 | 6 | 2 | David Wagner (USA) | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | David Wagner (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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