Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan will take place at the Ariake Tennis Park between 27 August to 4 September.

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Date27 August to 4 September 2021
Edition9th
CategorySuper Series
LocationAriake Tennis Park
Champions

Qualification

  • There will be expected to be 56 male (singles and doubles), 32 female (singles and doubles) and 16 quad (singles and doubles).
  • The qualification slots are awarded to the individual athletes, not to the NPCs and they should not exceed the maximum total quota allocation of 11 qualification slots.[1]
    • A maximum of eight qualification slots (4 male, 4 female) can be allocated to men's and women's singles events respectively.
    • A maximum of three in the quads' class.
    • A maximum of two men's or women's teams to represent the doubles' events.
    • One team, of mixed gender, is eligible to compete in the quads doubles.
  • An athlete has to have an official ranking on the Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Ranking List dated 7 June 2021.
  • An athlete would be eligible to qualify if they have been in a final nominated team and was present in the World Team Cup events including qualifying and Junior World Team Cup for a minimum of two years between 2017 and 2020.
  • An athlete would have to fulfill the minimum requirements in the ITF's Tokyo 2020 Wheelchair Tennis Regulations which will be published in late 2021.
  • The ITF and the IPC have to consider on bipartite commission invitation athletes who don't have an official ranking but as long as they have competed in one ITF Wheelchair Tennis competition between 1 January 2018 to 6 June 2021, they will be eligible to compete.
Means of qualificationDateVenueMenWomenQuadsTotals
2018 Asian Para Games[2]6 - 13 October 2018 Jakarta Shingo Kunieda (JPN) Yui Kamiji (JPN)N/A2
2019 Parapan American Games23 August - 1 September 2019 Lima Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) Angélica Bernal (COL)N/A2
Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Rankingsas of 7 June 2021-40 qualified slots22 qualified slots12 qualified slots74
Bipartite Commission Invitationas of 18 June 2021-14 qualified slots8 qualified slots4 qualified slots26
Total563216104

Schedule

RQualifying rounds QFQuarterfinals SFSemifinals BBronze medal match FGold medal match
Event Dates
Fri
27 Aug
Sat
28 Aug
Sun
29 Aug
Mon
30 Aug
Tues
31 Aug
Wed
1 Sept
Thurs
2 Sept
Fri
3 Sept
Sat
4 Sept
Men's singlesR64R32R16QFSFBF
Women's singlesR32R16QFSFBF
Men's doublesR32R16QFSFBF
Women's doublesR32QFSFBF
Quads' singlesR16QFSFBF
Quads' doublesQFSFBF

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Quad singles
Quad doubles

See also

References

  1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  2. "Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics". The Japan Times. 13 October 2018.
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