Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France ran between 30 August and 7 September. It featured singles and doubles events in men's, women's and quads and it took place at the Roland Garros Stadium on clay surface.[1]

Wheelchair tennis
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueRoland Garros Stadium
Dates30 August to 7 September 2024
Competitors96
2020

Qualification

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An NPC can enter a total maximum of eleven qualification slots:[2]

  • four male and female athletes in men's and women's singles events.
  • three athletes in quads singles.
  • two men's and women's teams in the doubles events.
  • one team in the quads doubles.

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]

§ : qualified for doubles

Means of qualification Date Venue Male Female Quads
2023 European Para Championships 8–20 August 2023   Rotterdam   Netherlands   Netherlands
2023 African Para Games 3–12 September 2023   Accra   South Africa   Morocco
2022 Asian Para Games 22–28 October 2023   Hangzhou   Japan   Japan
2023 Parapan American Games 17–25 November 2023   Santiago   Argentina   United States
Singles World Ranking Allocation 15 July 2024   Austria
  Belgium
  Brazil
  Brazil
  Chile
  China
  China
  Costa Rica
  France
  France
  France
  France
  Great Britain
  Great Britain
  Great Britain
  Great Britain
  Israel
  Italy
  Japan
  Japan
  Japan
  Malaysia
  Netherlands
  Netherlands
  Netherlands
  South Korea
  Spain
  Spain
  Spain
  Sri Lanka
  United States
  United States
  Argentina
  Chile
  China§
  China§
  China§
  China§
  Colombia§
  France§
  France§
  France§
  Germany
  Great Britain§
  Japan§
  Japan§
  Japan§
  Netherlands§
  Netherlands§
  Netherlands§
  South Africa§
  Switzerland
  Australia
  Brazil§
  Canada
  Chile§
  Chile§
  Great Britain§
  Israel
  Netherlands§
  Netherlands§
  South Africa§
  Turkey§
  United States
Bipartite Commission Invitation 23 July 2024 12   France§
  Great Britain§
  Israel
  Japan§
  Netherlands§
  Morocco§
  Morocco§
  Colombia§

  Thailand   South Africa§

  Brazil§
  Great Britain§
  South Africa§
  Turkey§


Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Tokito Oda
  Japan
Alfie Hewett
  Great Britain
Gustavo Fernández
  Argentina
Men's doubles
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  Great Britain
Alfie Hewett
Gordon Reid
  Japan
Tokito Oda
Takuya Miki
  Spain
Martín de la Puente
Daniel Caverzaschi
Women's singles
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Yui Kamiji
  Japan
Diede de Groot
  Netherlands
Aniek van Koot
  Netherlands
Women's doubles
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  Japan
Yui Kamiji
Manami Tanaka
  Netherlands
Diede de Groot
Aniek van Koot
  China
Guo Luoyao
Wang Ziying
Quad singles
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Niels Vink
  Netherlands
Sam Schröder
  Netherlands
Guy Sasson
  Israel
Quad doubles
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  Netherlands
Sam Schröder
Niels Vink
  Great Britain
Andy Lapthorne
Gregory Slade
  South Africa
Donald Ramphadi
Lucas Sithole

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan3104
2  Netherlands2316
3  Great Britain1203
4  Argentina0011
  China0011
  Israel0011
  South Africa0011
  Spain0011
Totals (8 entries)66618

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wheelchair Tennis - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Eligibility for the Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Paris 2024" (PDF). ITF Tennis. 29 April 2023.
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