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

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Women's doubles
Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair tennis – Women's doubles
at the XV Paralympic Games
Wheelchair tennis – Women's doubles; at the XV Paralympic Games
	Paralympic wheelchair tennis
Venue	Olympic Tennis Centre
Dates	9–16 September 2016
Competitors	20 (10 pairs) from 8 nations
Medalists
	←2012 2020→

Last updated October 21, 2023

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]

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.

↑ Winner of match 1 faces Griffioen/van Koot (1) in quarter final
↑ Winner of match 2 faces Buis/de Groot (2) in quarter final

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Gold medal match

1	Jiske Griffioen (NED) Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6

	Shelby Baron (USA) Emmy Kaiser (USA)	2	1
				1	Jiske Griffioen (NED) Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6
top half
				3	Lucy Shuker (GBR) Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	3	3
3	Lucy Shuker (GBR) Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	6

	Macarena Cabrillana (CHI) Francisca Mardones (CHI)	0	0
									1	Jiske Griffioen (NED) Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6

									2	Marjolein Buis (NED) Diede De Groot (NED)	4	2
	Huang Huimin (CHN) Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN)	3	0

4	Yui Kamiji (JPN) Miho Nijo (JPN)	6	6
				4	Yui Kamiji (JPN) Miho Nijo (JPN)	4	7	5	Bronze medal match
bottom half
				2	Marjolein Buis (NED) Diede De Groot (NED)	6	5	7
	Dana Mathewson (USA) Kaitlyn Verfeurth (USA)	2	4						3	Lucy Shuker (GBR) Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	0	6

2	Marjolein Buis (NED) Diede De Groot (NED)	6	6						4	Yui Kamiji (JPN) Miho Nijo (JPN)	3	6	1

The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Training Center is a sports training facility in Barra da Tijuca, Brazil that opened after the 2016 Summer Olympics. The centre includes six venues used in the 2016 games and facilities created in the Barra Olympic Park footprint. The centre is located at the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome - Jacarepaguá.

The Olympic Tennis Centre is a tennis venue located in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The centre hosted tennis events of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the wheelchair tennis events of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The centre was built on the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed, under the name Great Britain, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places for which the team qualified were for six athletes in sailing events.

Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

The Netherlands competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in equestrian team dressage. In September 2015, a representative from the country attended the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Chef de Mission seminar as part of the country's preparation efforts for the 2016 Games.

Sweden is competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They won ten medals; one gold, four silver and five bronze.

Iran competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

China has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports China competed in include blind football, archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, judo, paracanoeing, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.

Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Turkey has qualified send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports the country qualified to compete in include 5-a-side football, archery, goalball and wheelchair basketball.

Spain competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Argentina competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Wheelchair tennis player Gustavo Fernandez has been chosen to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.

Mexico participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The country sent a 71-member delegation to the Games.

Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

The Barra Olympic Park, originally the City of Sports Complex, is a cluster of nine sporting venues in Barra da Tijuca, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The park, which served as the Olympic Park for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, was originally built for the 2007 Pan American Games, consisting of three venues. The complex was later expanded to nine venues for the Olympics, two of which are temporary structures. The complex will later become the site of the Olympic Training Center, after the games conclude.

The quad 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 13 September 2016.

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.

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.

The men'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 10 to 15 September 2016.

The women'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 10 to 15 September 2016.

Preliminary match 1 ^{[n 1]}

Shelby Baron (USA)
Emmy Kaiser (USA)

Charlotte Famin (FRA)
Emmanuelle Morch (FRA)

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

"Rio Paralympic Game, Wheelchair Tennis: Women's Doubles". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
"Women's Doubles - Standings". The Rio Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. 2016. Retrieved 2012-09-20.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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[3] Winner of match 1 faces Griffioen/van Koot (1) in quarter final

[4] Winner of match 2 faces Buis/de Groot (2) in quarter final

[medalists-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.

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