Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles

The men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 9 to 16 September 2016.[1]

Wheelchair tennis – Men's singles
at the XV Paralympic Games
Paralympic wheelchair tennis
VenueOlympic Tennis Centre
Date9–16 September
Competitors52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gordon Reid  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alfie Hewett  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Gérard  Belgium
2012
2020
Men's singles
Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Events
Singles men women quad
Doubles men women quad
← 2012 · Summer Paralympics · 2020 →

Great Britain's Gordon Reid defeated compatriot Alfie Hewett in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gold medal in men's singles wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. With the win, Reid became the singles world No. 1. In the bronze-medal match, Belgium's Joachim Gérard defeated France's Stéphane Houdet.

Japan's Shingo Kunieda was the two-time defending gold medalist, but was defeated by Gérard in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (gold-medal match)
               
1   Stéphane Houdet (FRA) 6 6
10   Takayu Miki (JPN) 4 2
1   Stéphane Houdet (FRA) 5 2
3   Gordon Reid (GBR) 7 6
3   Gordon Reid (GBR) 2 77 6
5   Gustavo Fernández (ARG) 6 64 1
3   Gordon Reid (GBR) 6 6
13   Alfie Hewett (GBR) 2 1
7   Stefan Olsson (SWE) 1 6 3
13   Alfie Hewett (GBR) 6 2 6
13   Alfie Hewett (GBR) 7 6 Bronze-medal match
2   Joachim Gerard (BEL) 5 3
6   Shingo Kunieda (JPN) 3 3 1   Stéphane Houdet (FRA) 4 2
2   Joachim Gerard (BEL) 6 6 2   Joachim Gerard (BEL) 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   S Houdet (FRA) 6 6
BPC   P Bedard (CAN) 0 1   D Phillipson (GBR) 1 2
  D Phillipson (GBR) 6 6 1   S Houdet (FRA) 6 6
BPC   S Baldwin (USA) 6 4 6 15   D Caverzaschi (ESP) 0 1
  R Medeiros (BRA) 2 6 3 BPC   S Baldwin (USA) 0 3
  Z Wei (CHN) 2 6 3 15   D Caverzaschi (ESP) 6 6
15   D Caverzaschi (ESP) 6 1 6 1   S Houdet (FRA) 6 6
10   T Miki (JPN) 4 2
10   T Miki (JPN) 77 7
  E Maripa (RSA) 7 6   E Maripa (RSA) 61 5
BPC   S Khlongrua (THA) 5 0 10   T Miki (JPN) 4 7 6
  A Ledesma (ARG) 2 2 8   M Scheffers (NED) 6 5 4
  T Kruszelnicki (POL) 6 6   T Kruszelnicki (POL) 2 0
8   M Scheffers (NED) 6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   G Reid (GBR) 6 6
  M Denayer (BEL) 2 2   D Wallin (SWE) 1 2
  D Wallin (SWE) 6 6 3   G Reid (GBR) 6 6
  M Legner (AUT) 1 3 14   F Cattanéo (FRA) 0 2
BPC   HW Im (KOR) 6 6 BPC   HW Im (KOR) 7 2 64
BPC   E Oquendo (COL) 0 2 14   F Cattanéo (FRA) 5 6 77
14   F Cattanéo (FRA) 6 6 3   G Reid (GBR) 2 77 6
5   G Fernández (ARG) 6 64 1
12   A Kellerman (AUS) 7 6
  S Saida (JPN) 6 6   S Saida (JPN) 5 1
  A Berdichevsky (ISR) 1 2 12   A Kellerman (AUS) 1 2
  C Santos (BRA) 1 4 5   G Fernández (ARG) 6 6
  M de la Puente (ESP) 6 6   M de la Puente (ESP) 2 4
5   G Fernández (ARG) 6 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7   S Olsson (SWE) 6 6
  F Tur (ESP) 5 3   B Weekes (AUS) 0 3
  B Weekes (AUS) 7 6 7   S Olsson (SWE) 6 77
  K Fabisiak (POL) 6 6 9   T Sanada (JPN) 2 65
  M Pommê (BRA) 1 2   K Fabisiak (POL) 0 1
9   T Sanada (JPN) 6 6
7   S Olsson (SWE) 1 6 3
13   A Hewett (GBR) 6 6 13   A Hewett (GBR) 6 2 6
BPC   AS Borhan (MAS) 0 1 13   A Hewett (GBR) 6 6
BPC   U Rajakaruna (SRI) 2 77 6 BPC   U Rajakaruna (SRI) 1 2
BPC   HG Lee (KOR) 6 65 1 13   A Hewett (GBR) 77 4 6
  E Casco (ARG) 6 3 67 4   N Peifer (FRA) 64 6 3
BPC   J Rydberg (USA) 3 6 79 BPC   J Rydberg (USA) 2 2
4   N Peifer (FRA) 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6   S Kunieda (JPN) 6 6
BPC   R Mendez (CHI) 0 4   D Rodrigues (BRA) 2 1
  D Rodrigues (BRA) 6 6 6   S Kunieda (JPN) 6 6
  S Dong (CHN) 6 6   S Dong (CHN) 1 4
  N Langmann (AUT) 0 3   S Dong (CHN) 6 6
11   T Egberink (NED) 1 1
6   Shingo Kunieda (JPN) 3 3
16   M Jérémiasz (FRA) 6 6 2   J Gerard (BEL) 6 6
BPC   S Diamantis (GRE) 0 3 16   M Jérémiasz (FRA) 6 6
  L Els (RSA) 3 3 BPC   R Nemeth (HUN) 1 2
BPC   R Nemeth (HUN) 6 6 16   M Jérémiasz (FRA) 0 0
  M McCarroll (GBR) 7 6 2   J Gerard (BEL) 6 6
  F Mazzei (ITA) 5 3   M McCarroll (GBR) 1 4
2   J Gerard (BEL) 6 6

References

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