Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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Paralympic Wheelchair tennis
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| Venue | Olympic Green Tennis Centre |
| Dates | 8–15 September 2008 |
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| Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||||
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| Date: | 8–15 September | |||
| Edition: | 5th | |||
| Location: | Olympic Green Tennis Centre, Beijing | |||
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| Men's Singles | ||||
 Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
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| Women's Singles | ||||
 Esther Vergeer (NED)
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| Quad Singles | ||||
 Peter Norfolk (GBR)
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| Men's Doubles | ||||
 Stéphane Houdet (FRA) & Michaël Jeremiasz (FRA)
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| Women's Doubles | ||||
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Korie Homan (NED) & Sharon Walraven (NED)
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| Quad Doubles | ||||
 Nick Taylor (USA) & David Wagener (USA)
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Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre from 8 September to 15 September.
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.
Six events were contested:
There were 112 athletes (64–80 male, 32–48 female, depending on the athletes in mixed singles) taking part in this sport.
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.
Source: Paralympic.org
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