Maikel Scheffers
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| Full name | Maikel Scheffers | ||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 Netherlands
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| Residence | Dorst, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Born |
7 September 1982 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
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| Plays | Right handed | ||||||||||||
| Official website | www.maikelscheffers.nl | ||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 557-237 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (19 December 2011) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 7 (7 December 2015) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2012) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2011) | ||||||||||||
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| Masters | W (2009) | ||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |
 Bronze Medal (2008) |
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| Career record | 482-208 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (27 June 2011) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 8 (7 December 2015) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2011) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2008) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2011) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2010, 2013) | ||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Masters Doubles | W (2006, 2009–10) | ||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 29 January 2012. | |||||||||||||
Maikel Scheffers (7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays single and double events. Scheffers was born with a spina bifida. He lives in Dorst.
Scheffers took part of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won a bronze medal for the wheelchair men singles. He lost with Ronald Vink in the doubles the game for the bronze medal against Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida.
In 2011 he won his first singles Grand slam at Roland Garros. In 2012 he won his second singles Grand slam at the Australian open.
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org
In 2008 he won the doubles at Roland Garros, 2010 the US Open, 2011 the Australian open and the Wimbledon
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org
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