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Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs , and the ball may bounce up to two times, where the second bounce may also occur outside the court.
The rules for wheelchair tennis are similar to able-bodied tennis except that the ball is allowed to bounce twice [9] so long as the first bounce falls within the court. Use of a power-wheelchair may be allocated to athletes who are unable to manoeuvre a manual chair due to their disability.
Wheelchair sport classification is a system designed to allow fair competition between people of different disabilities, and minimize the impact of a person's specific disability on the outcome of a competition.
The purpose of Les Autres sport classification is to allow for fair competition between people of different disability types. [1] [2] As a system, its purpose in being created was largely to find a way to include people with certain types of disabilities not covered by other disability sport classification types, but who otherwise fit inside the model and culture of who should be a Paralympic ...
This is a list of the wheelchair tennis champions at the Grand Slam and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters events in the men's division since the introduction of the NEC Tour in 1992. [1] Champions from the wheelchair tennis events at the Paralympic Games are also included. Some entries have an asterisk (*) linking to the tournament article.
Disability sports classification is a system that allows for fair competition between people with different types of disabilities.. Historically, the process has been overseen by 2 groups: specific disability type sport organizations that cover multiple sports, and specific sport organizations that cover multiple disability types including amputations, cerebral palsy, deafness, intellectual ...
F5, also SP5, is a wheelchair sport classification that corresponds to the neurological level T8 - L1. Historically, it was known as Lower 3, or Upper 4. People in this class have some trunk function and good sitting balance.
F2, also T2 and SP2, is a wheelchair sport classification that corresponds to the neurological level C7. Historically, it was known as 1B Complete, 1A Incomplete. People in this class are often tetraplegics.