Sharon Walraven (born 19 June 1970,

Schaesberg Schaesberg ( li, D'r Sjeet ) is a neighbourhood of Landgraaf and former village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. History The village was first mentioned in 16th century as Gaesberg. The etymology is unknown. ...

) is a Dutch

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. She became paraplegic at age 23 after complications following a fall while she was ice-skating. She has won seven Grand Slams doubles titles partnering compatriot

Esther Vergeer Esther Mary Vergeer (; born 18 July 1981) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. Vergeer won 48 major titles (21 in singles and 27 in doubles), 23 year-end championships (14 consecutive in singles and nine in doubles), and ...

. At the

2008 Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

in Beijing she won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition. At the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney she won a silver medal in the women's singles competition. Walraven has a highest ranking of No.2 in singles and No.1 in doubles. Walraven won the doubles title with Griffioen in St Louis 2010, however the pair lost in the final in Paris. With Graviller she took the Florida Open title. With Vergeer, Walraven achieved the Grand Slam in 2011, defeating Griffioen and van Koot in all four finals. During the finals the pair recovered from being 5–2 down in the final set at Wimbledon and 6–1 down in the second set tiebreak at the US Open to win. The pair were also victorious in the Masters. Alongside Vergeer she lost the final at Boca Raton. 2012 saw Walraven win a singles title in Trofeo della Mole. However Walraven also lost finals in Sardinia, OlotITF Tennis – Wheelchair – Articles – Olsson and Ellerbrock win singles titles in Olot
/ref> and Gauteng.ITF Tennis – Wheelchair – Articles – Weekes, Montjane, Sithole win Gauteng titles
/ref> In doubles competition Walraven won the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open with Vergeer. Throughout the rest of the year she won the Japan Open with Buis, and titles in Olot and Sardinia with Ellerbrock. Walraven was runner up at the Pensacola Open with Vergeer, in Atlanta with Sevenans, and made the finals in Gauteng and Johannesburg with Kruger. Walraven helped her nation win a 25th World Team Cup final.

Grand Slam titles

* Australian Open: singles 2005, doubles 2011, 2012 * French Open: doubles 2011 *

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ...

: doubles 2010, 2011 * US Open: doubles 2010, 2011

Grand Slam performance timelines

Wheelchair singles

Wheelchair doubles

References

External links

* *
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walraven, Sharon 1970 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Wheelchair tennis players 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 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Australian Open (tennis) champions French Open champions US Open (tennis) champions Wimbledon champions People from Landgraaf People with paraplegia Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)