Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles

Wheelchair tennis – Men's singles
at the XV Paralympic Games

Paralympic wheelchair tennis

Venue

Olympic Tennis Centre

Date

9–16 September

Competitors

Medalists

		Gordon Reid	Great Britain
		Alfie Hewett	Great Britain
		Joachim Gérard	Belgium

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Men's singles

Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Events

Singles	men	women	quad
Doubles	men	women	quad

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2016 tennis event results

The men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 9 to 16 September 2016.^[1]

Great Britain's Gordon Reid defeated compatriot Alfie Hewett in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gold medal in men's singles wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. With the win, Reid became the singles world No. 1. In the bronze-medal match, Belgium's Joachim Gérard defeated France's Stéphane Houdet.

Japan's Shingo Kunieda was the two-time defending gold medalist, but was defeated by Gérard in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

01.

Stéphane Houdet (FRA) (semifinals, fourth place)

02.

Joachim Gerard (BEL) (semifinals, bronze medalist)

03. Gordon Reid (GBR) (champion, gold medalist)

04.

Nicolas Peifer (FRA) (third round)

05.

Gustavo Fernández (ARG) (quarterfinals)

06.

Shingo Kunieda (JPN) (quarterfinals)

07.

Stefan Olsson (SWE) (quarterfinals)

08.

Maikel Scheffers (NED) (third round)

09.

Takashi Sanada (JPN) (third round)

10.

Takayu Miki (JPN) (quarterfinals)

11.

Tom Egberink (NED) (second round)

12.

Adam Kellerman (AUS) (third round)

13.

Alfie Hewett (GBR) (final, silver medalist)

14.

Frédéric Cattanéo (FRA) (third round)

15.

Daniel Caverzaschi (ESP) (third round)

16.

Michaël Jérémiasz (FRA) (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

BPC = Bipartite Invitation

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final (gold-medal match)

1	Stéphane Houdet (FRA)	6	6

10	Takayu Miki (JPN)	4	2
					1	Stéphane Houdet (FRA)	5	2

					3	Gordon Reid (GBR)	7	6
3	Gordon Reid (GBR)	2	7⁷	6

5	Gustavo Fernández (ARG)	6	6⁴	1
									3	Gordon Reid (GBR)	6	6

									13	Alfie Hewett (GBR)	2	1
7	Stefan Olsson (SWE)	1	6	3

13	Alfie Hewett (GBR)	6	2	6
					13	Alfie Hewett (GBR)	7	6	Bronze-medal match

					2	Joachim Gerard (BEL)	5	3
6	Shingo Kunieda (JPN)	3	3						1	Stéphane Houdet (FRA)	4	2

2	Joachim Gerard (BEL)	6	6						2	Joachim Gerard (BEL)	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	S Houdet (FRA)	6	6
BPC	P Bedard (CAN)	0	1			D Phillipson (GBR)	1	2
	D Phillipson (GBR)	6	6						1	S Houdet (FRA)	6	6
BPC	S Baldwin (USA)	6	4	6					15	D Caverzaschi (ESP)	0	1
	R Medeiros (BRA)	2	6	3	BPC	S Baldwin (USA)	0	3
	Z Wei (CHN)	2	6	3	15	D Caverzaschi (ESP)	6	6
15	D Caverzaschi (ESP)	6	1	6										1	S Houdet (FRA)	6	6
														10	T Miki (JPN)	4	2
					10	T Miki (JPN)	7⁷	7
	E Maripa (RSA)	7	6			E Maripa (RSA)	6¹	5
BPC	S Khlongrua (THA)	5	0						10	T Miki (JPN)	4	7	6
A Ledesma (ARG)		2	2						8	M Scheffers (NED)	6	5	4
T Kruszelnicki (POL)		6	6			T Kruszelnicki (POL)	2	0
					8	M Scheffers (NED)	6	6

Section 2

First round				Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

				3	G Reid (GBR)	6	6
M Denayer (BEL)		2	2		D Wallin (SWE)	1	2
D Wallin (SWE)		6	6						3	G Reid (GBR)	6	6
	M Legner (AUT)	1	3						14	F Cattanéo (FRA)	0	2
BPC	HW Im (KOR)	6	6	BPC	HW Im (KOR)	7	2	6⁴
BPC	E Oquendo (COL)	0	2	14	F Cattanéo (FRA)	5	6	7⁷
14	F Cattanéo (FRA)	6	6										3	G Reid (GBR)	2	7⁷	6
													5	G Fernández (ARG)	6	6⁴	1
				12	A Kellerman (AUS)	7	6
S Saida (JPN)		6	6		S Saida (JPN)	5	1
A Berdichevsky (ISR)		1	2						12	A Kellerman (AUS)	1	2
C Santos (BRA)		1	4						5	G Fernández (ARG)	6	6
M de la Puente (ESP)		6	6		M de la Puente (ESP)	2	4
				5	G Fernández (ARG)	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					7	S Olsson (SWE)	6	6
F Tur (ESP)		5	3			B Weekes (AUS)	0	3
B Weekes (AUS)		7	6						7	S Olsson (SWE)	6	7⁷
K Fabisiak (POL)		6	6						9	T Sanada (JPN)	2	6⁵
M Pommê (BRA)		1	2			K Fabisiak (POL)	0	1
					9	T Sanada (JPN)	6	6
														7	S Olsson (SWE)	1	6	3
13	A Hewett (GBR)	6	6											13	A Hewett (GBR)	6	2	6
BPC	AS Borhan (MAS)	0	1		13	A Hewett (GBR)	6	6
BPC	U Rajakaruna (SRI)	2	7⁷	6	BPC	U Rajakaruna (SRI)	1	2
BPC	HG Lee (KOR)	6	6⁵	1					13	A Hewett (GBR)	7⁷	4	6
	E Casco (ARG)	6	3	6⁷					4	N Peifer (FRA)	6⁴	6	3
BPC	J Rydberg (USA)	3	6	7⁹	BPC	J Rydberg (USA)	2	2
					4	N Peifer (FRA)	6	6

Section 4

First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

				6	S Kunieda (JPN)	6	6
BPC	R Mendez (CHI)	0	4		D Rodrigues (BRA)	2	1
	D Rodrigues (BRA)	6	6					6	S Kunieda (JPN)	6	6
S Dong (CHN)		6	6						S Dong (CHN)	1	4
N Langmann (AUT)		0	3		S Dong (CHN)	6	6
				11	T Egberink (NED)	1	1
												6	Shingo Kunieda (JPN)	3	3
16	M Jérémiasz (FRA)	6	6									2	J Gerard (BEL)	6	6
BPC	S Diamantis (GRE)	0	3	16	M Jérémiasz (FRA)	6	6
	L Els (RSA)	3	3	BPC	R Nemeth (HUN)	1	2
BPC	R Nemeth (HUN)	6	6					16	M Jérémiasz (FRA)	0	0
M McCarroll (GBR)		7	6					2	J Gerard (BEL)	6	6
F Mazzei (ITA)		5	3		M McCarroll (GBR)	1	4
				2	J Gerard (BEL)	6	6