Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Date:   9–16 September 2016
Edition:   8th
Category:   Super Series
Location:   Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio
Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair tennis events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held between 8–16 September at Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio. This will be the seventh full Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition since the event was introduced in 1992, having been a demonstration event in 1988.

Classification

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 quadiplegic ("quad tennis") players with restrictions in arm function, where no gender division occurs.

Qualification

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 qualiifers 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
N/A 2
Japan Thailand
2015 Parapan American Games
Toronto, Canada
N/A 2
Argentina Brazil
ITF Wheelchair Tennis
Singles Rankings
23 May 2016
34 22 12 68
Bipartite Commission 12 8 4 24
ITF Wheelchair Tennis
Doubles Rankings
23 May 2016
8 N/A N/A 8

Events

Six events will be contested:

(Quadriplegic class players are not divided by gender)

Competition schedule

Competition lasts from 9 to 16 September.

OCOpening ceremony    Competition   Event finals CCClosing ceremony
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
Wheelchair Tennis OC                 CC 6

References

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