WHEELCHAIR TENNIS NEWS

Noam Gershony

Upon winning the men’s quad singles title, Israel’s Noam Gershony gave his country its first wheelchair tennis gold.

Shingo Kunieda

Japan’s Shingo Kunieda defeated France’s Stephane Houdet to repeat as the Paralympic men’s singles champion.

Stefan Olsson and Peter Vikstrom

Sweden took gold in the men's doubles and Esther Vergeer won another top prize in women's singles to highlight Day 9 at Eton Manor.

Esther Vergeer

Dutch wheelchair tennis sensation Esther Vergeer topped her compatrior Aniek van Koot for wheelchair tennis singles gold.

Esther Vergeer - London 2012

The women's wheelchair tennis singles final will be an all-Dutch affair, as No. 2 Aniek vank Koot aims to dethrone No. 1 Esther Vergeer.

Stephane Houdet

France’s Stephane Houdet won his wheelchair tennis singles semi-final to set up a gold-medal match against Japan’s Shingo Kuneida.

USA wheelchair tennis

Nick Taylor and David Wagner back up wins in Athens and Beijing by repelling British challenge to take gold.

Wheelchair tennis

Great Britain’s twice defending champion Peter Norfolk is knocked out by the number 10 seed.

Andy Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk in action

USA pair Nick Taylor and David Wagner look to retain their gold medal against British duo Andy Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk.

French Wheelchair Tennis player Stephane Houdet

France’s Stephane Houdet and the Netherlands’ Esther Vergeer both won their opening singles matches.

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In London, Dutch sensation Esther Vergeer will try to keep her unbeaten streak of 440 matches alive as she goes for her four consecutive Paralympic singles gold.

Peter Norfolk

Quads wheelchair tennis player Peter Norfolk will carry the flag for host nation Great Britain in the Opening Ceremony of London 2012.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing tennis

At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the men’s Wheelchair Tennis singles event could be one of the best hidden charms says the IPC's Stuart Lieberman.

Natalia Partyka

The month of July included major international tournaments across various summer sports that allowed athletes to fine tune their performances heading into the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Noam Gershony

Esther Vergeer, Shingo Kunieda and Noam Gershony all took home first-place trophies in their respective singles classes at the British Open.

A picture of man in a wheelchair playing tennis

No. 8 Michael Jeremiasz recorded a three-set victory over No. 1 Stephane Houdet to advance to the Wheelchair Tennis British Open semi-finals.

Andrew Lapthorne

Andy Lapthorne and Jamie Burdekin gave impressive performances on Wednesday to advance to the quad singles semi-finals at the British Open.

Maikel Scheffers.

With less than seven weeks until the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Netherlands' Maikel Scheffers looks to win his third British Open title.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair

The Johan Cruyff Foundation continues its involvement in the Wheelchair Tennis.

Tom Snow

Three-time Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis medallist Randy Snow was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.