Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Date:		8–15 September
Edition:		5th
Location:		Olympic Green Tennis Centre, Beijing
Champions
Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer (NED)
Quad Singles
Peter Norfolk (GBR)
Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet (FRA) &  Michaël Jeremiasz (FRA)
Women's Doubles
Korie Homan (NED) &  Sharon Walraven (NED)
Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor (USA) &  David Wagener (USA)
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Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre from 8 September to 15 September.

Classification

Players were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed players to compete against others with a similar level of function. To compete in wheelchair tennis, athletes had to have a major or total loss of function in one or both legs. Quadriplegic players competed in the mixed events, while players with full use of their arms competed in the separate men's and women's events.

Events

Six events were contested:

• Men's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's singles
• Women's doubles
• Quad singles (mixed gender)
• Quad doubles (mixed gender)

Qualification

There were 112 athletes (64–80 male, 32–48 female, depending on the athletes in mixed singles) taking part in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their players (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	1	6
2	France (FRA)	1	0	2	3
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
3	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
3	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	0	2
7	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Shingo Kunieda  Japan	Robin Ammerlaan  Netherlands	Maikel Scheffers  Netherlands
Men's doubles	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz	Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom	Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
Women's singles	Esther Vergeer  Netherlands	Korie Homan  Netherlands	Florence Gravellier  France
Women's doubles	Netherlands (NED) Korie Homan Sharon Walraven	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	France (FRA) Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux
Quad singles	Peter Norfolk  Great Britain	Johan Andersson  Sweden	David Wagner  United States
Quad doubles	United States (USA) Nick Taylor David Wagner	Israel (ISR) Boaz Kramer Shraga Weinberg	Great Britain (GBR) Jamie Burdekin Peter Norfolk

Source: Paralympic.org ^[1]

References

• Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics (Beijing) from the International Paralympic Committee
• "Schedules and Results – Wheelchair Tennis". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-09-10. 

External links

• Official Site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics