Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair Tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Olympic Tennis Centre from September 19 to September 26.

Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Date19–26 September
Edition4th
LocationAthens Olympic Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Women's singles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Men's doubles
Japan Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida
Women's doubles
Netherlands Maaike Smit / Esther Vergeer
Quad singles
United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Quad doubles
United States Nick Taylor / David Wagner
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There were singles and doubles competitions for men, women and quads. All matches were played to the best of three sets.

Participating countries edit

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands (NED)3126
2  Great Britain (GBR)1102
  United States (USA)1102
4  Japan (JPN)1001
5  Australia (AUS)0123
6  France (FRA)0112
7  Thailand (THA)0101
8  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (8 entries)66618

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details
Robin Ammerlaan
  Netherlands
David Hall
  Australia
Michaël Jérémiasz
  France
Men's doubles
details
  Japan (JPN)
Shingo Kunieda
Satoshi Saida
  France (FRA)
Michaël Jérémiasz
Lahcen Majdi
  Australia (AUS)
Anthony Bonaccurso
David Hall
Women's singles
details
Esther Vergeer
  Netherlands
Sonja Peters
  Netherlands
Daniela Di Toro
  Australia
Women's doubles
details
  Netherlands (NED)
Maaike Smit
Esther Vergeer
  Thailand (THA)
Sakhorn Khanthasit
Ratana Techamaneewat
  Switzerland (SUI)
Sandra Kalt
Karin Suter Erath
Quad singles
details
Peter Norfolk
  Great Britain
David Wagner
  United States
Bas van Erp
  Netherlands
Quad doubles
details
  United States (USA)
Nick Taylor
David Wagner
  Great Britain (GBR)
Mark Eccleston
Peter Norfolk
  Netherlands (NED)
Monique de Beer
Bas van Erp

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Medallists, Athens 2004 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair tennis". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2004. Retrieved 2012-11-01.