| Wheelchair tennis – Quad doubles at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paralympic wheelchair tennis | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–13 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Quad doubles | |
|---|---|
| Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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.
Nick Taylor (USA) / David Wagner (USA)(final, silver medalists)
Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) / Jamie Burdekin (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 | |||||||||||||||||
 Itai Erinlib (ISR) Shraga Weinberg (ISR) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Itai Erinlib (ISR) Shraga Weinberg (ISR) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Rodrigo Oliveira (BRA) Ymanitu Silva (BRA) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nick Taylor (USA) David Wagner (USA) | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Dylan Alcott (AUS) Heath Davidson (AUS) | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
 Shota Kawona (JPN) Mitsuteru Moroishi (JPN) | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dylan Alcott (AUS) Heath Davidson (AUS) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dylan Alcott (AUS) Heath Davidson (AUS) | 6 | 6 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jamie Burdekin (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | Itai Erinlib (ISR) Shraga Weinberg (ISR) | 6 | 4 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jamie Burdekin (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) | 2 | Jamie Burdekin (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) | 4 | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||
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.
Wheelchair tennis first entered the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988 as a demonstration sport and as a full medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Australia has competed at every Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition. There are two categories of medals - open division and quad division.
The quad singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing was held from 9 September to 14 September at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition.
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.
The quad singles event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place from 2 to 8 September, at Eton Manor, London.
The quad doubles event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September – 5 September, at Eton Manor, London.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September 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.
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. Since the conclusion of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Barra Olympic Park has since been abandoned and off-limits to tourists.
Spain's Marc López and Rafael Nadal defeated Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Men's Doubles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was Spain's first victory in men's doubles and its first medal in the event since 2000. Romania won its first men's doubles medal. In the bronze medal match, the United States' Steve Johnson and Jack Sock defeated Canada's Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil, 6–2, 6–4. It was the United States' third consecutive medal in the event.
Heath Arthur Davidson, is an Australian wheelchair tennis player. Davidson is a four-time Australian Open doubles champion, all partnering Dylan Alcott. He has also won two Paralympic medals, a gold and silver in doubles at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, respectively.
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 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.
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.
The quad singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 28 August to 4 September 2021.
Mitsuteru Moroishi is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in quad singles and quad doubles and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in quad singles and quad doubles. His doubles partner both years was Shota Kawano. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he and Koji Sugeno won bronze medals for Japan in the quad doubles event. Moroishi also finished 9th in the quad singles event. He was born in Konan and resides in Kakamigahara.
Shota Kawano is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in quad singles and quad doubles and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in quad singles and quad doubles. His doubles partner both years was Mitsuteru Moroishi. At the 2015 ITF German Open, Kawano won the men's quad singles and quad doubles events.
