Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

• 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	Jakarta	Shingo Kunieda (JPN)	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	—	2
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	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

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

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	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

• Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

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.

External links

• Results book Archived 5 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine