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Until the 2024 Games, only two women competed in the event, the Dutch Monique de Beer and the Canadian Sarah Hunter, both competed in 2004 and 2008, but the Dutch is still the only woman to win a medal at the Paralympics, a bronze in the doubles event in 2004. Current events. Men's singles; Men's doubles; Women's singles; Women's doubles; Quad ...
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]
The women's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris from 31 August to 6 September 2024. [ 1 ] Netherlands ' Diede de Groot was the defending gold medalist.
A maximum of two men's or women's teams to represent the doubles' events. One team, of mixed gender, is eligible to compete in the quads doubles. An athlete has to have an official ranking on the Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Ranking List dated 7 June 2021.
The women's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo is held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 28 August and 3 September 2021. [ 1 ] The reigning champion was Jiske Griffioen , who was not defending her title, having retired in 2017.
The women's doubles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris from 30 August to 5 September 2024. [1] Netherlands' Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot were the defending gold medalists. They won the silver medal. The gold medal was earned by Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka of Japan.
The women's doubles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo is held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 27 August to 4 September 2021. [ 1 ] Seeds
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. [1] Australia has competed at every Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition. There are two categories of medals - open division and quad division. [1] Notable Australian performances: