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Pamela Fontaine (born 1964 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American Paralympic table tennis player. She participated in the 1984 Summer Paralympics but decided to retire three years later. She took up wheelchair basketball and won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. [2]
The wheelchair tennis class 8s at the 2002 Australian Open saw competitive wheelchair tennis take place at the same time and the same venue at a Grand Slam for the first time. In 2005 the Masters series was created, comprising all the events at the Grand Slams and the end of year championships, as Wimbledon and the US Open joined Melbourne.
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.
Felicia Raschiatore, a former three-time grand slam tennis pro is teaching the next generation of athletes in the Twin Cities' first-ever wheelchair tennis club.
List of quad wheelchair tennis champions; Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics#Medalists This page was last edited on 3 April 2024, at 15:35 (UTC). ...
Landon Sachs was 8 years old when he was shot and paralyzed by a brother who murdered their parents. Now 17, the JSerra senior is a star in wheelchair tennis.
Defending champion Alfie Hewett [1] defeated Gordon Reid in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2023 US Open. [2] It was his fourth US Open singles title and eighth major singles title overall.
The Move United Junior Nationals [1] (formerly the National Junior Disability Championships and the Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals) is an annual multi-sport event organized by Move United (formerly Adaptive Sports USA) for junior athletes between the ages of 6 and 22 who have disabilities, with sports including para-athletics.