| Wheelchair tennis – Quad doubles at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Paralympic wheelchair tennis | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Green Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8–15 September 2008 | ||||||||||||
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics |
The quad doubles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing was held from 10 September to 13 September at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition.
| Gold | Nick Taylor / David Wagner  United States |
| Silver | Boaz Kramer / Shraga Weinberg  Israel |
| Bronze | Jamie Burdekin / Peter Norfolk  Great Britain |
| September | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | None | Bronze & final |
Nick Taylor / David Wagner (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
Jamie Burdekin / Peter Norfolk (GBR)(semifinals, bronze medalists)| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nick Taylor (USA) David Wagner (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nick Taylor (USA) David Wagner (USA) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Dorrie Timmermans-van Hall (NED) Bas van Erp (NED) | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Giuseppe Polidori (ITA) Antonio Raffaele (ITA) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dorrie Timmermans-van Hall (NED) Bas van Erp (NED) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nick Taylor (USA) David Wagner (USA) | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Boaz Kramer (ISR) Shraga Weinberg (ISR) | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Boaz Kramer (ISR) Shraga Weinberg (ISR) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Johan Andersson (SWE) Christer Jansson (SWE) | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boaz Kramer (ISR) Shraga Weinberg (ISR) | 6 | 6 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jamie Burdekin (GBR) Peter Norfolk (GBR) | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
BYE | 2 | Jamie Burdekin (GBR) Peter Norfolk (GBR) | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jamie Burdekin (GBR) Peter Norfolk (GBR) | Dorrie Timmermans-van Hall (NED) Bas van Erp (NED) | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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