Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
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| Date | 19–26 September |
| Edition | 4th |
| Location | Athens Olympic Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Robin Ammerlaan | |
| Women's singles | |
| Esther Vergeer | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Maaike Smit / Esther Vergeer | |
| Quad singles | |
 Peter Norfolk | |
| Quad doubles | |
 Nick Taylor / David Wagner | |
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 quads. All matches were played to the best of three sets.
Participating countries
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Argentina (1)
Australia (4)
Austria (4)
Brazil (2)
Canada (4)
Chile (2)
China (2)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Czech Republic (1)
France (6)
Germany (2)
Great Britain (10)
Greece (1)
Hungary (2)
Indonesia (2)
Israel (1)
Italy (4)
Japan (8)
Malaysia (1)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (3)
Poland (5)
Russia (1)
Slovakia (2)
South Africa (2)
South Korea (4)
Spain (4)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (4)
Thailand (4)
United States (11)
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Medal summary
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles | Robin Ammerlaan Netherlands | David Hall Australia | Michaël Jérémiasz France |
| Men's doubles | Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida | France (FRA) Michaël Jérémiasz Lahcen Majdi | Australia (AUS) Anthony Bonaccurso David Hall |
| Women's singles | Esther Vergeer Netherlands | Sonja Peters Netherlands | Daniela Di Toro Australia |
| Women's doubles | Netherlands (NED) Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer | Thailand (THA) Sakhorn Khanthasit Ratana Techamaneewat | Switzerland (SUI) Sandra Kalt Karin Suter Erath |
| Quad singles | Peter Norfolk Great Britain | David Wagner United States | Bas van Erp Netherlands |
| Quad doubles | 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]- ^ "Medallists, Athens 2004 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair tennis". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2004. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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