Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Ariake Tennis Park from 27 August to 4 September 2021.
| Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | 27 August – 4 September 2021 |
| Edition | 9th |
| Category | Super Series |
| Location | Ariake 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) | |
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 edit
- 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.
Schedule edit
| 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 edit
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Shingo Kunieda Japan
|
Tom Egberink Netherlands
|
Gordon Reid Great Britain
|
| Men's doubles |
France Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
Great Britain Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid |
Netherlands Tom Egberink Maikel Scheffers |
| Women's singles |
Diede de Groot Netherlands
|
Yui Kamiji Japan
|
Jordanne Whiley Great Britain
|
| Women's doubles |
Netherlands Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot |
Great Britain Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley |
Japan Yui Kamiji Momoko Ohtani |
| Quad singles |
Dylan Alcott Australia
|
Sam Schröder Netherlands
|
Niels Vink Netherlands
|
| Quad doubles |
Netherlands Sam Schröder Niels Vink |
Australia Dylan Alcott Heath Davidson |
Japan Mitsuteru Moroishi Koji Sugeno |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics". The Japan Times. 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Wheelchair Tennis World Rankings". International Tennis Federation. 8 June 2021.
- ^ "British wheelchair tennis players Hewett and Whiley qualify for Paralympics through rankings". insidethegames.biz. 7 June 2021.
- ^ "ITF announces wheelchair entries for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1 July 2021.
External links edit
- Results book Archived 5 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine