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Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Governing body ITF
Events 6 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 2)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004
2008 2012 2016
Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists
Tennis

Wheelchair tennis was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1988, with two events being held (Men's and Women's Singles). It became an official medal-awarding sport in 1992 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Four events were held from 1992 to 2000, with quad events (mixed gender) in both singles and doubles added in 2004.

Six events are contested at each Paralympic. Only men's and women's singles were held at the 1988 Paralympics, when it was a demonstration sport. These were joined by men's and women's doubles events at its first medal games. In 2004 events were added to the roster for athletes with quadriplegia (as such they are also known as "quad" events), the gender for this event is mixed.

Current events

Medal winning teams for every Summer Games since 1992 are as follows:


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