Maikel Scheffers

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Maikel Scheffers
Maikel Scheffers at the 2010 US Open 01.jpg
Full nameMaikel Scheffers
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Residence Dorst, Netherlands
Born (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 (age 41)
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
PlaysRight handed [1]
Official website www.maikelscheffers.nl
Singles
Career record557-237
Highest rankingNo. 1 (19 December 2011)
Current rankingNo. 10 (9 April 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open W (2012)
French Open W (2011)
Wimbledon QF (2016, 2017)
US Open F (2009)
Other tournaments
Masters W (2009)
Paralympic Games Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze Medal (2008)
Doubles
Career record482-208
Highest rankingNo. 1 (27 June 2011)
Current rankingNo. 8 (7 December 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (2011)
French Open W (2008)
Wimbledon W (2011)
US Open W (2010, 2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles W (2006, 2009, 2010)
Paralympic Games Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze Medal (2020)
Medal record
Men's wheelchair tennis
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Men's doubles
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Rotterdam Men's singles
Last updated on: 3 September 2021.

Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with spina bifida. He lives in Dorst. [2]

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He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles. [3] [4]

Paralympic Games

Scheffers participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won a bronze medal in the wheelchair men singles competition. [5] In the wheelchair men's doubles tournament, he and partner Ronald Vink lost in the bronze medal game to Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida. [6]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Wheelchair singles

Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Australian Open  ? QF QF SF QF QF W QF SF QF QF QF AAAAA 1R
French Open  ?A QF QF QF W QF SF QF SF A QF AAAAA 1R
Wimbledon NHNHNHNHNHNHNHNHNHNH QF QF AANHAA
US Open QF ANH F SF SF NH QF QF QF NHAAAAA 1R

Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com [7] and Profile at 2011.usopen.org [8]

Wheelchair doubles

Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Australian Open F 1R F F W SF SF F SF SF SF AAAAA QF
French Open A W F F F SF SF SF SF A SF AAAAA QF
Wimbledon FA F F W A SF F A SF SF AANHAA
US Open AA F W F NH W F SF NHAAAAA QF

Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com [9] and Profile at 2011.usopen.org [10]

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References

  1. Profile at ITFtennis.com Archived 23 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Site of Maikel Scheffers
  3. Rolstoeltennisser Maikel Scheffers wint Australian Open www.omroepbrabant.nl
  4. Twee keer goud op Australian Open voor Nederland www.volkskrant.nl (28/01/12)
  5. Results Wheelchair tennis men singles www.paralympic.org
  6. Results Wheelchair tennis men doubles www.paralympic.org
  7. Profile at the Australian Open site
  8. Profile at the US Open site Archived 1 July 2012 at archive.today
  9. Profile at the Australian Open site
  10. Profile at the US Open site Archived 1 July 2012 at archive.today