Wheelchair tennis at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair tennis
at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
consisted of doubles and singles competitions for men and women.
Wheelchair Tennis
Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for those who have disabilities in their lower bodies. The size of courts, balls, and rackets are same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis; they use specially designed wheelchairs and the ball may bounce up to two times...
at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...
consisted of doubles and singles competitions for men and women.
Medal summary
| Men's singles | |||
| Men's doubles | Ricky Molier Robin Ammerlaan Robin Ammerlaan Robin Ammerlaan is a professional, former world number one in singles and doubles, wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. Ammerlaan is also champion of many grand slam titles since 2000. The right-handed player's favorite surface is carpet, and he is coached by Gert Bolk. His wheelchair is... |
David Johnson David Johnson (tennis) David Johnson is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney 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... |
Stephen Welch Scott Douglas |
| 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... |
Branka Pupovac Branka Pupovac Branka Pupovac is a Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitor from Australia.-Personal:Pupovac was born on 3 March 1972 in Wollongong, New South Wales. She is from Sydney, New South Wales and attended the University of Wollongong where she earned a Bachelor of Commerce. In 2000, she was studying to... Daniela Di Toro Daniela Di Toro Daniela Di Toro is a Paralympic tennis player competitor from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.-Personal life:Daniela Di Toro was born on 16 October 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria. She became a paraplegic in 1988 in an accident while competing at a school swimming carnival, when a wall fell on her... |
Christine Otterbach Petra Sax-Scharl |