Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

See also: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Tennis tournament

Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Date| 9–16 September 2016
Edition| 8th
Category| Super Series
Location| Olympic Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Gordon Reid (GBR)
Women's singles
Jiske Griffioen (NED)
Men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet (FRA) /  Nicolas Peifer (FRA)
Women's doubles
Jiske Griffioen (NED) /  Aniek van Koot (NED)
Quad singles
Dylan Alcott (AUS)
Quad doubles
Dylan Alcott (AUS) /  Heath Davidson (AUS)
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Wheelchair tennis events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics were held between 8 and 16 September at Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio. This was the seventh full Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition since the event was introduced in 1992, having been a demonstration event in 1988.

## Classification

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Players were classified according to the type and extent of their disability, and within that system according to gender.

The classification system allows players to compete against others with a similar level of function. All wheelchair tennis athletes must have a major or total loss of function in one or both legs to take part in the sport. further to that, there are two broad categorisations within wheelchair tennis; paraplegic players, with full arm function who play in gendered events, and quadriplegic ("quad tennis") players with restrictions in arm function, where no gender division occurs.

## Qualification

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A national paralympic committee (NPC) can enter a maximum of four qualified male athletes and four qualified female athletes in the men's and women's singles events, respectively and a maximum of three qualified athletes in the quad singles.

An NPC can enter a maximum of two qualified men's teams and two qualified women's teams, each containing two athletes, in the men's and women's doubles events, respectively, and a maximum of one qualified team of two athletes in the quad doubles – (mixed gender)

An NPC can be allocated a maximum of four male and four female qualification slots for athletes competing in the men's and women's events, and no more than three qualification slots in the quad sport class for a maximum quota allocation of eleven qualification slots per NPC. As such, doubles pairings in the larger teams must be made from the qualified singles players of that team.[1]

The majority of the qualifiers will be chosen by rankings on 23 May 2016. A smaller number will be chosen by the Bipartite Commission, while the host country will also be allocated quota places. A small number of direct qualifiers will also be allocated places from continental games.

Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 – wheelchair tennis[1]

Qualification Method  | Men  | Women  | Quad  | Totals
ITF wheelchair tennis
Regional games
Direct allocation  | 2014 Asian Para Games
Incheon,  South Korea | —  | 2
Japan |  Thailand
2015 Parapan American Games
Toronto,  Canada | —  | 2
Argentina |  Brazil
ITF wheelchair tennis
singles rankings
23 May 2016  |  France (4)
Great Britain (4)
Japan (3)
Argentina (2)
Brazil (3)
Spain (3)
Australia
Austria
Netherlands
Poland
South Africa
Belgium
China
Israel
Italy
Sweden
|  Netherlands (4)
Great Britain (3)
Japan (3)
Brazil (2)
Germany (2)
United States (2)
Chile
China
France
Italy
~~ Russia
~~ South Africa
South Korea
Thailand
Chinese Taipei
|  Great Britain (3)
Israel (2)
Japan (2)
United States (2)
Italy
Australia
South Africa
| 68
Bipartite Commission  |  Canada
Chile
Colombia
Greece
Hungary
South Korea (2)
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Thailand
United States(2)  |  Brazil
Chile
China
Colombia
France
Spain
Turkey
United States |  Australia
Brazil (2)
United States | 24
ITF wheelchair tennis
doubles rankings
23 May 2016  |  Belgium
Brazil
China
Sweden | —  | —  | 8

## Competition schedule

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Competition lasts from 9 to 16 September.

OC | Opening ceremony  |     | Competition  |  ●  | Event finals  | CC | Closing ceremony

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September 2016  | 7
Wed  | 8
Thu  | 9
Fri  | 10
Sat  | 11
Sun  | 12
Mon  | 13
Tue  | 14
Wed  | 15
Thu  | 16
Fri  | 17
Sat  | 18
Sun  | Gold
medals

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Wheelchair Tennis  | OC |  |  |  |  |  |  ●  |  ●  |  ●  ●  |  ●  ●  |  | CC | 6

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Netherlands (NED)| 2| 2| 0| 4
2|  Australia (AUS)| 2| 0| 0| 2
3|  Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 3| 2| 6
4|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
5|  United States (USA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Japan (JPN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
7|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 6| 6| 6| 18

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles
details | Gordon Reid
Great Britain | Alfie Hewett
Great Britain | Joachim Gérard
Belgium
Men's doubles
details |  France
Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer |  Great Britain
Alfie Hewett
Gordon Reid |  Japan
Shingo Kunieda
Satoshi Saida
Women's singles
details | Jiske Griffioen
Netherlands | Aniek van Koot
Netherlands | Yui Kamiji
Japan
Women's doubles
details |  Netherlands
Jiske Griffioen
Aniek van Koot |  Netherlands
Marjolein Buis
Diede de Groot |  Great Britain
Lucy Shuker
Jordanne Whiley
Quad singles
details | Dylan Alcott
Australia | Andrew Lapthorne
Great Britain | David Wagner
United States
Quad doubles
details |  Australia
Dylan Alcott
Heath Davidson |  United States
Nicholas Taylor
David Wagner |  Great Britain
Jamie Burdekin
Andrew Lapthorne

## References

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* Wheelchair Tennis at the  from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

1. ^ a b Qualification System - Wheelchair Tennis, from itftennis.com

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