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Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Date27 August – 4 September 2021
Edition9th
CategorySuper Series
LocationAriake Tennis Park
Champions
Men's singles
 Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
Women's singles
 Diede de Groot (NED)
Men's doubles
 Stéphane Houdet (FRA) /  Nicolas Peifer (FRA)
Women's doubles
 Diede de Groot (NED) /  Aniek van Koot (NED)
Quad singles
 Dylan Alcott (AUS)
Quad doubles
 Sam Schröder (NED) /  Niels Vink (NED)
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Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Ariake Tennis Park from 27 August to 4 September 2021.

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Patrick Selepe became the first disabled umpire to officiate in a wheelchair Paralympic event.[3]

Qualification

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  • There are 56 male (singles and doubles), 32 female (singles and doubles) and 16 quad (singles and doubles).
  • The qualification slots are awarded to the individual athletes, not to the NPCs and they should not exceed the maximum total quota allocation of 11 qualification slots.[4]
    • A maximum of eight qualification slots (4 male, 4 female) can be allocated to men's and women's singles events respectively.
    • A maximum of three in the quads' class.
    • A maximum of two men's or women's teams to represent the doubles' events.
    • One team, of mixed gender, is eligible to compete in the quads doubles.
  • An athlete has to have an official ranking on the Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Ranking List dated 7 June 2021.
  • An athlete would be eligible to qualify if they have been in a final nominated team and was present in the World Team Cup events including qualifying and Junior World Team Cup for a minimum of two years between 2017 and 2020.
  • An athlete would have to fulfill the minimum requirements in the ITF's Tokyo 2020 Wheelchair Tennis Regulations which will be published in late 2021.
  • The ITF and the IPC have to consider on bipartite commission invitation athletes who don't have an official ranking but as long as they have competed in one ITF Wheelchair Tennis competition between 1 January 2018 to 6 June 2021, they will be eligible to compete.
Means of qualification Date Venue Men Women Quads Totals
2018 Asian Para Games[5] 6–13 October 2018 Indonesia Jakarta  Shingo Kunieda (JPN)  Yui Kamiji (JPN) 2
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Peru Lima  Gustavo Fernández (ARG)  Angélica Bernal (COL) 2
Wheelchair tennis singles world rankings[6][7] as of 7 June 2021  Argentina
 Argentina
 Australia
 Austria
 Austria
 Austria
 Belgium
 Belgium
 Brazil
 Brazil
 Brazil
 Chile
 China
 France
 France
 France
 France
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Israel
 Israel
 Japan
 Japan
 Japan
 Malaysia
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 Poland
 South Africa
 South Korea
 Spain
 Spain
 Spain
 Spain
 Sweden
 Thailand
 United States
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
 China
 China
 China
 China
 France
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Japan
 Japan
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 RPC
 South Africa
 Switzerland
 Thailand
 United States
 United States
 Australia
 Australia
 Brazil
 Canada
 Great Britain
 Japan
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 South Africa
 South Korea
 United States
 United States
74
Bipartite Commission invitation as of 18 June 2021  Australia
 Austria
 Brazil
 Chile
 Costa Rica
 Greece
 Morocco
 Poland
 Slovakia
 South Africa
 South Korea
 Sri Lanka
 Thailand
 United States
 Brazil
 Colombia
 France
 Morocco
 RPC
 South Africa
 Turkey
 United States
 Great Britain
 Israel
 Israel
 South Korea
26
Total 56 32 16 104[8]

Schedule

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R Qualifying rounds QF Quarterfinals SF Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Event 2021
Fri
27 Aug
Sat
28 Aug
Sun
29 Aug
Mon
30 Aug
Tue
31 Aug
Wed
1 Sept
Thu
2 Sept
Fri
3 Sept
Sat
4 Sept
Men's singles R64 R32 R16 QF SF B F
Men's doubles R32 R16 QF SF B F
Women's singles R32 R16 QF SF B F
Women's doubles R16 QF SF B F
Quads' singles R16 QF SF B F
Quads' doubles QF SF B F

Medal table

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RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands3227
2 Japan1124
3 Australia1102
4 France1001
5 Great Britain0224
Totals (5 entries)66618

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Shingo Kunieda
 Japan
Tom Egberink
 Netherlands
Gordon Reid
 Great Britain
Men's doubles
details
 France
Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer
 Great Britain
Alfie Hewett
Gordon Reid
 Netherlands
Tom Egberink
Maikel Scheffers
Women's singles
details
Diede de Groot
 Netherlands
Yui Kamiji
 Japan
Jordanne Whiley
 Great Britain
Women's doubles
details
 Netherlands
Diede de Groot
Aniek van Koot
 Great Britain
Lucy Shuker
Jordanne Whiley
 Japan
Yui Kamiji
Momoko Ohtani
Quad singles
details
Dylan Alcott
 Australia
Sam Schröder
 Netherlands
Niels Vink
 Netherlands
Quad doubles
details
 Netherlands
Sam Schröder
Niels Vink
 Australia
Dylan Alcott
Heath Davidson
 Japan
Mitsuteru Moroishi
Koji Sugeno

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "'I never made it as a player, but now I can say I am a Paralympian'". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics". The Japan Times. 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Wheelchair Tennis World Rankings". International Tennis Federation. 8 June 2021.
  7. ^ "British wheelchair tennis players Hewett and Whiley qualify for Paralympics through rankings". insidethegames.biz. 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "ITF announces wheelchair entries for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1 July 2021.
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