Three-time defending champions

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and

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defeated

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and David Wagner in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 0–7to win the quad doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open. For the first time in

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history, the draw was increased from four to eight players. The wheelchair quad doubles competition, consisting of a semifinal round and a championship match, began on 15 February. It featured the same field of eight players contesting the

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competition. Two of the four pairs were seeded, with the Australian duo of Alcott and Davidson receiving the top seed and the pair of Lapthorne and Wagner getting the second seed. Both seeded pairs won their semifinal matches in straight sets; Alcott/Davidson defeated

Sam Schröder Sam Schröder (born 25 September 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Schröder has a career high Quad Wheelchair singles ranking of 1, achieved on 14 February 2022. He also has a career high Quad Wheelchair doubles ranking of 1, achieved ...

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and Lapthorne/Wagner defeated

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/ Nicholas Taylor. The championship match, a rematch of the 2020 final, was held on 16 February with Alcott and Davidson winning in a match tiebreaker.

Seeds

Draw

Bracket

References

External links

Drawsheet on ausopen.com
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