Robin Ammerlaan (born 26 February 1968 in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

) is a Dutch former professional

wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ...

player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Ammerlaan is a 14-time

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champion and two-time

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

gold medalist. The right-handed player's favourite surface is carpet, and he was coached by Gert Bolk. His wheelchair is manufactured by

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. Ammerlaan ended his professional career after the 2012 London Paralympics.

Paralympic games

Sydney 2000

He won the gold medal for Wheelchair tennis men double with Ricky Molier. In the final they played against David Johnson and David Hall from Australia.

Athens 2004

He won the gold medal for Wheelchair tennis men singles. In the final he played against David Hall from Australia.

Beijing 2008

He won the silver medal for wheelchair tennis men single. He lost in the final from

Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in singles. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda is ...

from Japan

Grand Slam Titles

Singles

2006 French Open The 2006 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France from 28 May to 11 June 2006. It was the 110th staging of the French Open, and the second of the four Grand Slam ...

* 2005 US Open *

2005 Australian Open The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005. Roger Federer was unsuccessful in defending his 2004 title, being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champion Marat Safin ...

* 2003 Australian Open *

2002 Australian Open The 2002 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 90th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 2002 and attracted an attendance of ...

Doubles

* 2008 Wimbledon (w/ Vink) * 2007 Wimbledon (w/ Vink) * 2007 Australian Open (w/ Kunieda) * 2006 US Open (w/ Jeremiasz) *

2006 Australian Open The 2006 Australian Open was played between 16 and 29 January 2006. Marat Safin could not defend his 2005 title, due to an injury he suffered in late 2005. Roger Federer won his second Australian Open title, defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the fin ...

(w/ Legner) * 2005 US Open (w/ Jeremiasz) * 2005 Australian Open (w/ Legner) * 2004 Australian Open (w/ Legner) * 2003 Australian Open (w/ Kruszelnicki)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ammerlaan, Robin 1968 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Dutch people with disabilities Wheelchair tennis players Sportspeople from The Hague Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the Netherlands Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics ITF number 1 ranked wheelchair tennis players ITF World Champions