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Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Singles		men		women		mixed
Doubles		men		women		mixed

Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre from 8 September to 15 September.

Classfication

Players were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed players to compete against others with a similar level of function. To compete in wheelchair tennis, athletes had to have a major or total loss of function in one or both legs. Quadriplegic players competed in the mixed events, while players with full use of their arms competed in the separate men's and women's events.

Events

Six events were contested:

• Men's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's singles
• Women's doubles
• Mixed singles (also called "quad singles")
• Mixed doubles (also called "quad doubles")

Qualification

There were 112 athletes (64–80 male, 32–48 female, depending on the athletes in mixed singles) taking part in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their players (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	1	6
2	France (FRA)	1	0	2	3
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
3	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
3	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	0	2
7	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Shingo Kunieda Japan (JPN)	Robin Ammerlaan Netherlands (NED)	Maikel Scheffers Netherlands (NED)
Men's doubles details	France (FRA) Stephane Houdet Michael Jeremiasz	Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom	Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
Women's singles details	Esther Vergeer Netherlands (NED)	Korie Homan Netherlands (NED)	Florence Gravellier France (FRA)
Women's doubles details	Netherlands (NED) Korie Homan Sharon Walraven	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	France (FRA) Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux
Quad singles details	Peter Norfolk Great Britain (GBR)	Johan Andersson Sweden (SWE)	David Wagner United States (USA)
Quad doubles details	United States (USA) Nick Taylor David Wagner	Israel (ISR) Boaz Kramer Shraga Weinberg	Great Britain (GBR) Jamie Burdekin Peter Norfolk

References

• "Schedules and Results - Wheelchair Tennis". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved on 2008-09-10.

External links

• Official Site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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