Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's doubles

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Wheelchair tennis – Women's doubles
at the XV Paralympic Games
Wheelchair tennis - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic wheelchair tennis
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre
Dates9–16 September 2016
Competitors20 (10 pairs) from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Jiske Griffioen  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aniek van Koot  (NED) [1]
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Marjolein Buis  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Diede De Groot  (NED) [1]
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lucy Shuker  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jordanne Whiley  (GBR) [1]
2012
2020
Women's doubles
Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Events
Singles men women quad
Doubles men women quad
  2012  · Summer Paralympics ·  2020  

The women's doubles 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. [2]

Contents

Draw

Preliminaries

The women's doubles consisted of ten pairings. In the first round, four of these pairings played off for the final two places in the quarterfinals. The other six pairings received byes to the last eight.

  1. Winner of match 1 faces Griffioen/van Koot Flag of the Netherlands.svg (1) in quarter final
  2. Winner of match 2 faces Buis/de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg (2) in quarter final

Final rounds

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
               
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jiske Griffioen  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aniek van Koot  (NED)
6 6
Flag of the United States.svg  Shelby Baron  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Emmy Kaiser  (USA)
2 1
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jiske Griffioen  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aniek van Koot  (NED)
6 6
top half
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lucy Shuker  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jordanne Whiley  (GBR)
3 3
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lucy Shuker  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jordanne Whiley  (GBR)
6 6
Flag of Chile.svg  Macarena Cabrillana  (CHI)
Flag of Chile.svg  Francisca Mardones  (CHI)
0 0
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jiske Griffioen  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aniek van Koot  (NED)
6 6
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marjolein Buis  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Diede De Groot  (NED)
4 2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Huimin  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Zhenzhen  (CHN)
3 0
4 Flag of Japan.svg  Yui Kamiji  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  Miho Nijo  (JPN)
6 6
4 Flag of Japan.svg  Yui Kamiji  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  Miho Nijo  (JPN)
4 7 5 Bronze medal match
bottom half
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marjolein Buis  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Diede De Groot  (NED)
6 5 7
Flag of the United States.svg  Dana Mathewson  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kaitlyn Verfeurth  (USA)
2 4 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lucy Shuker  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jordanne Whiley  (GBR)
6 0 6
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marjolein Buis  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Diede De Groot  (NED)
6 6 4 Flag of Japan.svg  Yui Kamiji  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  Miho Nijo  (JPN)
3 6 1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rio 2016, Wheelchair Tennis Women's doubles - medalists, from Rio2012.org.
  2. "Rio 2016 - Wheelchair Tennis - Play Schedule Women's Doubles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-31.