Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics were held between 1 and 9 September at Eton Manor, London.

Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Date	1–8 September
Edition	7th
Kategorie	Super Series
Standort	Eton Manor, London
Champions
Men's singles
Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
Women's singles
Esther Vergeer (NED)
Men's doubles
Stefan Olsson (SWE) /  Peter Vikström (SWE)
Women's doubles
Esther Vergeer (NED) /  Marjolein Buis (NED)
Quad singles
Noam Gershony (ISR)
Quad doubles
Nick Taylor (USA) /  David Wagner (USA)

Classification

Players were classified according to 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 must have a major or total loss of function in one or both legs. Quadriplegic class players compete in mixed events, while Paraplegic class players (with full use of their arms) competed in 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
• Quad doubles

(Quadriplegic class players are not divided by gender)

Participating nations

112 competitors from 31 nations took part in this sport.

•  Argentinien (2)
•  Australien (4)
•  Österreich (3)
•  Belgien (3)
•  Brasilien (5)
•  Kanada (2)
•  Chile (4)
•  Kolumbien (3)
•  Frankreich (5)
•  Deutschland (2)
•  Great Britain (10)
•  Ungarn (1)
•  Iran (1)
•  Iraq (1)
•  Israel (3)
•  Italien (4)
•  Japan (9)
•  Marokko (1)
•  Niederlande (8)
•  Nigeria (2)
•  Polen (4)
•  Slowakei (1)
•  Südafrika (4)
•  Südkorea (4)
•  Spanien (4)
•  Sri Lanka (2)
•  Schweden (4)
•  Schweiz (2)
•  Thailand (4)
•  Vereinigte Staaten (9)
•  Simbabwe (1)

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Shingo Kunieda  Japan	Stéphane Houdet  Frankreich	Ronald Vink  Niederlande
Men's doubles	Schweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	Frankreich (FRA) Frédéric Cattanéo Nicolas Peifer	Frankreich (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jérémiasz
Women's singles	Esther Vergeer  Niederlande	Aniek van Koot  Niederlande	Jiske Griffioen  Niederlande
Women's doubles	Niederlande (NED) Marjolein Buis Esther Vergeer	Niederlande (NED) Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Great Britain (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley
Quad singles	Noam Gershony  Israel	David Wagner  Vereinigte Staaten	Nicholas Taylor  Vereinigte Staaten
Quad doubles	Vereinigte Staaten (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Israel (ISR) Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg

Source: Paralympic.org

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Niederlande (NED)	2	2	2	6
2	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Israel (ISR)	1	0	1	2
4	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
	Schweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
6	Frankreich (FRA)	0	2	1	3
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

External links

• Wheelchair Tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (London) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)