Shingo Kunieda
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_Volley.jpg) Kunieda at the 2011 US Open |
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| Country |  Japan |
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| Residence | Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 21, 1984 Tokyo |
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| Plays | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 318–49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No.1 (9 October 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Masters | F (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |  Gold Medal (2008) |
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| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 231–45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No.1 (21 May 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2008, 2010, 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Masters Doubles | SF (2006, 2007, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games | Gold Medal (2004) |
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| World Team Cup |  Champion (2003, 2007) |
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Shingo Kunieda (国枝 慎吾 Kunieda Shingo, born February 21, 1984 in Tokyo) is a Japanese number one singles wheelchair tennis player. Kunieda is a right-hander whose favorite surface is hard court. His coach is Hiromichi Maruyama. His training base is the Tennis Training Center (TTC) in Kashiwa.
Due to a tumor in his spinal cord from when he was 9, he is paralyzed in the lower half of his body. Kunieda uses an Ox Engineering wheelchair. He graduated from Reitaku University Japan and now works for Reitaku University. He was awarded the International Tennis Federation's wheelchair male world champion for three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009.[1]
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[edit] Grand Slam Wins
[edit] Singles
- Australian Open: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- French Open: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- US Open: 2007, 2009, 2010
[edit] Doubles
- Australian Open: 2007 (w/ Ammerlaan), 2008 (w/ Saida), 2009 (w/ Ammerlaan), 2010 (w/ Houdet), 2011 (w/ Scheffers)
- French Open: 2008 (w/ Scheffers), 2010 (w/ Houdet), 2011 (w/ Peifer)
- Wimbledon: 2006 (w/ Saida)
- US Open: 2007 (w/ Saida)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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| Preceded by Robin Ammerlaan |
ITF Wheelchair Tennis World Champion 2007–2010 |
Succeeded by Maikel Scheffers |
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