Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	ITF
Events	6 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 2)
Games
1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 2008 • 2012 • 2016 Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Tennis
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Wheelchair tennis was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1988, with two events being held (Men's and Women's Singles). It became an official medal-awarding sport in 1992 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Four events were held from 1992 to 2000, with quad events (mixed gender) in both singles and doubles added in 2004.

Events

Six events are contested at each Paralympic. Only men's and women's singles were held at the 1988 Paralympics, when it was a demonstration sport. These were joined by men's and women's doubles events at its first medal games. In 2004 events were added to the roster for athletes with quadriplegia (as such they are also known as "quad" events), the gender for this event is mixed.

Current events

• Men's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's singles
• Women's doubles
• Quad singles
• Quad doubles

Medalists

Medal winning teams for every Summer Games since 1992 are as follows:

Men's Singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul demonstration	Laurent Giammartini France (FRA)	Mick Connell Australia (AUS)	Chip Turner United States (USA)  Sasson Aharoni Israel (ISR)
1992 Barcelona	Randy Snow United States (USA)	Kai Schramayer Germany (GER)	Laurent Giammartini France (FRA)
1996 Atlanta	Ricky Molier Netherlands (NED)	Stephen Welch United States (USA)	David Hall Australia (AUS)
2000 Sydney	David Hall Australia (AUS)	Stephen Welch United States (USA)	Kai Schramayer Germany (GER)
2004 Athens	Robin Ammerlaan Netherlands (NED)	David Hall Australia (AUS)	Michaël Jeremiasz France (FRA)
2008 Beijing	Shingo Kunieda Japan (JPN)	Robin Ammerlaan Netherlands (NED)	Maikel Scheffers Netherlands (NED)
2012 London	Shingo Kunieda Japan (JPN)	Stéphane Houdet France (FRA)	Ronald Vink Netherlands (NED)

Women's Singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul demonstration	Chantal Vandierendonck Netherlands (NED)	Monique Van Den Bosch Netherlands (NED)	Terry Lewis United States (USA)  Ellen de Lange Netherlands (NED)
1992 Barcelona	Monique van den Bosch Netherlands (NED)	Chantal Vandierendonck Netherlands (NED)	Regina Isecke Germany (GER)
1996 Atlanta	Maaike Smit Netherlands (NED)	Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch Netherlands (NED)	Chantal Vandierendonck Netherlands (NED)
2000 Sydney	Esther Vergeer Netherlands (NED)	Sharon Walraven Netherlands (NED)	Maaike Smit Netherlands (NED)
2004 Athens	Esther Vergeer Netherlands (NED)	Sonja Peters Netherlands (NED)	Daniela Di Toro Australia (AUS)
2008 Beijing	Esther Vergeer Netherlands (NED)	Korie Homan Netherlands (NED)	Florence Gravellier France (FRA)
2012 London	Esther Vergeer Netherlands (NED)	Aniek van Koot Netherlands (NED)	Jiske Griffioen Netherlands (NED)

Men's Doubles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	United States (USA) Brad Parks Randy Snow	France (FRA) Thierry Caillier Laurent Giammartini	Germany (GER) Stefan Bitterauf Kai Schramayer
1996 Atlanta	United States (USA) Stephen Welch Vance Parmelly	Australia (AUS) David Hall Mick Connell	Netherlands (NED) Ricky Molier Eric Stuurman
2000 Sydney	Netherlands (NED) Ricky Molier Robin Ammerlaan	Australia (AUS) David Johnson David Hall	United States (USA) Stephen Welch Scott Douglas
2004 Athens	Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida	France (FRA) Michaël Jeremiasz Lahcen Majdi	Australia (AUS) Anthony Bonaccurso David Hall
2008 Beijing	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz	Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
2012 London	Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	France (FRA) Frederic Cattaneo Nicolas Peifer	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz

Women's Doubles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Netherlands (NED) Monique van den Bosch Chantal Vandierendonck	United States (USA) Nancy Olson Lynn Seidemann	France (FRA) Oristelle Marx Arlette Racineux
1996 Atlanta	Netherlands (NED) Chantal Vandierendonck Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch	United States (USA) Hope Lewellen Nancy Olson	France (FRA) Oristelle Marx Arlette Racineux
2000 Sydney	Netherlands (NED) Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Australia (AUS) Branka Pupovac Daniela Di Toro	Germany (GER) Christine Otterbach Petra Sax-Scharl
2004 Athens	Netherlands (NED) Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Thailand (THA) Sakhorn Khanthasit Ratana Techamaneewat	Switzerland (SUI) Sandra Kalt Karin Suter Erath
2008 Beijing	Netherlands (NED) Korie Homan Sharon Walraven	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	France (FRA) Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux
2012 London	Netherlands (NED) Marjolein Buis Esther Vergeer	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Great Britain (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley

Quad Singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	Peter Norfolk Great Britain (GBR)	David Wagner United States (USA)	Bas van Erp Netherlands (NED)
2008 Beijing	Peter Norfolk Great Britain (GBR)	Johan Andersson Sweden (SWE)	David Wagner United States (USA)
2012 London	Noam Gershony Israel (ISR)	David Wagner United States (USA)	Nicholas Taylor United States (USA)

Quad Doubles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	United States (USA) Nick Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain (GBR) Mark Eccleston Peter Norfolk	Netherlands (NED) Monique de Beer Bas van Erp
2008 Beijing	United States (USA) Nick Taylor David Wagner	Israel (ISR) Boaz Kramer Shraga Weinberg	Great Britain (GBR) Jamie Burdekin Peter Norfolk
2012 London	United States (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Israel (ISR) Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg

References

• "Wheelchair Tennis History". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
• "Results by Sport – Wheelchair Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-25.