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Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Wheelchair tennis
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueRoland Garros Stadium
Dates30 August to 7 September 2024
Competitors96
2020

Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France ran between 30 August and 7 September. It featured singles and doubles events in men's, women's and quads and it took place at the Roland Garros Stadium on clay surface.[1]

Qualification

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An NPC can enter a total maximum of eleven qualification slots:[2]

  • four male and female athletes in men's and women's singles events.
  • three athletes in quads singles.
  • two men's and women's teams in the doubles events.
  • one team in the quads doubles.

The qualification slots are allocated to the individual athletes, not the NPC. All athletes must also have an official ranking in the Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Ranking list and have been part of a nominated team at a World Team Cup event, minimum of two years between 2021 and 2024, one of those should be in either 2023 or 2024.[3]

§ : qualified for doubles

Means of qualification Date Venue Male Female Quads
2023 European Para Championships 8–20 August 2023 Netherlands Rotterdam  Netherlands  Netherlands
2023 African Para Games 3–12 September 2023 Ghana Accra  South Africa  Morocco
2022 Asian Para Games 22–28 October 2023 China Hangzhou  Japan  Japan
2023 Parapan American Games 17–25 November 2023 Chile Santiago  Argentina  United States
Singles World Ranking Allocation 15 July 2024  Austria
 Belgium
 Brazil
 Brazil
 Chile
 China
 China
 Costa Rica
 France
 France
 France
 France
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Israel
 Italy
 Japan
 Japan
 Japan
 Malaysia
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 South Korea
 Spain
 Spain
 Spain
 Sri Lanka
 United States
 United States
 Argentina
 Chile
 China§
 China§
 China§
 China§
 Colombia§
 France§
 France§
 France§
 Germany
 Great Britain§
 Japan§
 Japan§
 Japan§
 Netherlands§
 Netherlands§
 Netherlands§
 South Africa§
 Switzerland
 Australia
 Brazil§
 Canada
 Chile§
 Chile§
 Great Britain§
 Israel
 Netherlands§
 Netherlands§
 South Africa§
 Turkey§
 United States
Bipartite Commission Invitation 23 July 2024 12  France§
 Great Britain§
 Israel
 Japan§
 Netherlands§
 Morocco§
 Morocco§
 Colombia§

 Thailand  South Africa§

 Brazil§
 Great Britain§
 South Africa§
 Turkey§


Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details
Tokito Oda
 Japan
Alfie Hewett
 Great Britain
Gustavo Fernández
 Argentina
Men's doubles
details
 Great Britain
Alfie Hewett
Gordon Reid
 Japan
Tokito Oda
Takuya Miki
 Spain
Martín de la Puente
Daniel Caverzaschi
Women's singles
details
Yui Kamiji
 Japan
Diede de Groot
 Netherlands
Aniek van Koot
 Netherlands
Women's doubles
details
 Japan
Yui Kamiji
Manami Tanaka
 Netherlands
Diede de Groot
Aniek van Koot
 China
Guo Luoyao
Wang Ziying
Quad singles
details
Niels Vink
 Netherlands
Sam Schröder
 Netherlands
Guy Sasson
 Israel
Quad doubles
details
 Netherlands
Sam Schröder
Niels Vink
 Great Britain
Andy Lapthorne
Gregory Slade
 South Africa
Donald Ramphadi
Lucas Sithole

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan3104
2 Netherlands2316
3 Great Britain1203
4 Argentina0011
 China0011
 Israel0011
 South Africa0011
 Spain0011
Totals (8 entries)66618

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wheelchair Tennis - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Eligibility for the Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Paris 2024" (PDF). ITF Tennis. 29 April 2023.
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