| Wheelchair tennis at the XVII Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | Roland Garros Stadium |
| Dates | 30 August to 7 September 2024 |
| Competitors | 96 |
Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France will be held between 30 August and 7 September 2024. It will feature singles and doubles events in men's, women's and quads and will take place at the Roland Garros Stadium on clay surface. [1]
An NPC can enter a total maximum of eleven qualification slots: [2]
The qualification slots are allocated to the individual athletes, not the NPC. All athletes must also have an official ranking in the Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Ranking list and have been part of a nominated team at a World Team Cup event, minimum of two years between 2021 and 2024, one of those should be in either 2023 or 2024. [3]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Male | Female | Quads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 European Para Championships | 8–20 August 2023 |  Rotterdam |  Netherlands | Netherlands | — |
| 2023 African Para Games | 3–12 September 2023 |  Accra |  South Africa |  Morocco | — |
| 2022 Asian Para Games | 22–28 October 2023 |  Hangzhou |  Japan | Japan | — |
| 2023 Parapan American Games | 17–25 November 2023 |  Santiago |  Argentina |  United States | — |
| Singles World Ranking Allocation | 15 July 2024 | — | 32 | 20 | 12 |
| Bipartite Commission Invitation | 23 July 2024 | — | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles | |||
| Men's doubles | |||
| Women's singles | |||
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| Quads singles | |||
| Quads doubles |
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