Wheelchair Tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair Tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
was staged at the Olympic Tennis Centre from September 19 to September 26.
There were singles and doubles competitions for men, women and both (mixed). All matches were played to the best of three sets.
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
was staged at the Olympic Tennis Centre from September 19 to September 26.
There were singles and doubles competitions for men, women and both (mixed). All matches were played to the best of three sets.
Medal summary
| Men's singles | |||
| Men's doubles | Shingo Kunieda Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese number one singles wheelchair tennis player. Kunieda is a right-hander whose favorite surface is hard court. His coach is Hiromichi Maruyama. His training base is the Tennis Training Center in Kashiwa.... Satoshi Saida Satoshi Saida is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist .Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of illness. At first, he used to play wheelchair basketball with his friends... |
Michael Jeremiasz Michael Jeremiasz Michael Jeremiasz is a professional wheelchair tennis player from France. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2008. Jeremiasz has been World Number 1 for doubles and singles on the wheelchair circuit. Jeremiasz, as of 19 May 2007, is 4th for singles... Lahcen Majdi |
Anthony Bonaccurso Anthony Bonaccurso Anthony Bonaccurso is a Paralympic tennis player competitor from Australia. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Men's Doubles event.-References:... David Hall David Hall (tennis) Hall was inducted into the New South Wales Hall of Champions in 2009.In 2010 Hall was appointed an ambassador for wheelchair tennis by the International Tennis Federation to help promote the sport in Australia and worldwide... |
| Women's singles | |||
| Women's doubles | Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer Esther Vergeer Esther Vergeer is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Combining singles and doubles, she has won 39 Grand Slams, 22 year-end championships and 5 Paralympics titles. Vergeer has been the world number one wheel chair tennis player since 1999. In singles, she has not been beaten since January 2003 and... |
Sakhorn Khanthasit Ratana Techamaneewat |
Sandra Kalt Karin Suter Erath |
| Mixed singles | |||
| Mixed doubles | Nick Taylor David Wagner |
Mark Eccleston Peter Norfolk Peter Norfolk Peter Robert Norfolk OBE is a British wheelchair tennis player.Norfolk suffered a motorbike accident at the age of 19, and was left paraplegic. He subsequently became a Paralympian, and was the first person ever to win a Paralympic medal for Britain in tennis when he took gold in the quads singles... |
Monique De Beer Bas Van Erp |
Medal table
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |