Wheelchair Tennis At The 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's Doubles
The women's doubles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris from 30 August to 5 September 2024. Netherlands' Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot were the defending gold medalists. They won the silver medal. The gold medal was earned by Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka of Japan. The Chinese couple Guo Luoyao and Wang Ziying Wang Ziying (born 15 August 1998) is a Chinese wheelchair tennis player, she is currently ranked at world number four as of 20 January 2025. She has competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and is a 2024 French Open singles' and doubles' quarter ... obtained the bronze medal. Seeds ''(final)'' (champions) ''(semifinals)'' ''(semifinals)'' Draw * BPC = Bipartite Invitation References {{Authority control Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Women's events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stade Roland Garros
Stade Roland Garros (; 'Roland Garros Stadium') is a complex of tennis courts, including stadiums, located in Paris that hosts the French Open. That tournament, also known as Roland Garros, is a Grand Slam (tennis), major tennis championship played annually in late May and early June. The complex is named after Roland Garros (aviator), Roland Garros (1888–1918), a pioneering French aviator, and was constructed in 1928 to host France's first defence of the Davis Cup. The 13.5-hectare (34-acre) complex contains twenty courts, including three large-capacity stadiums; Les Jardins de Roland Garros, a large restaurant and bar complex; Le Village, the press and VIP area; France's National Training Centre (CNE); and the Tenniseum, a bilingual, multimedia museum of the history of tennis. Dedication The facility is named after Roland Garros (aviator), Roland Garros, a pilot who completed the first solo flight across the Mediterranean Sea, engineer (inventor of the first forward-firing a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dana Mathewson
Dana Mathewson (born December 19, 1990) is an American former professional wheelchair tennis player. Mathewson won a Grand Slam tournament title in doubles (with Japanese doubles partner Yui Kamiji) at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentleme ... which made her the first American woman to win a Major wheelchair tennis title. She retired from professional wheelchair tennis in November 2024. References External links * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona Tennis players from San Diego Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the United States Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Samira Benichi
Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, Semira and Sameerah; Persian: سميرا ) is a Sanskrit, Arabic, or Persian given name. In Sanskrit, Sameera or Samira () is a feminine given-name, meaning "breeze, wind," or "Vāyu, the wind deity". Many anglicize their name to Samīr or Sameer. In Arabic, the feminine name is derived from the root ''s-m-r'' ("to spend the night in talking"), ultimately meaning "night-companion", "entertaining companion", "the one with lively conversation". The masculine version of this name is Samir. In some Arabic and Persian speaking communities, the name honors Semiramis, a historical figure and Princess, and later queen of Assyria. The name has taken on the common demonym of “princess”. It can also be spelled as Semira. People Samira * Samira Abbassy (born 1965), Iranian-born British painter * Samira bint Abdullah Al-Faisal, Saudi princess and disability advocate * Samira Ahmed (born 1968), British television reporter * Samira Saleh Ali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Najwa Awane
Najwa may refer to: People Given name * Najwa Karam (born 1966), Lebanese actress and singer * Najwa Ghanem, wife of Osama bin Laden * Najwa Najjar, Palestinian filmmaker * Najwa Nimri (born 1972), Spanish actress * Najwa Latif (born 1995), Malaysian singer * Najwa Qassem (1967–2020), Lebanese journalist * Najwa Barakat (born 1966), Lebanese novelist * Najwa Binshatwan (born 1970), Libyan author * Najwa Kawar Farah (1923–2015), Palestinian educator Surname * Aina Najwa Aina Najwa (born 1 August 1996) is a Malaysian cricketer. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Malaysia on 7 June 2018, in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup. In June 2022, she was selected in Malaysia's squad for 202 ... (born 1996), Malaysian cricketer Music * ''Najwa'' (album), a 2017 studio album by jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith See also * Najwan {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pauline Déroulède
Pauline Déroulède (born 30 December 1990) is a French wheelchair tennis player, she was 2023 French Open wheelchair singles quarterfinalist and 2023 French Open wheelchair doubles semi-finalist with Katharina Krüger. Her highest world ranking is world number 17 in singles and world number 11 in doubles. She competed in women's wheelchair tennis singles and doubles at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... Personal life Déroulède started playing tennis when she was eight years old. On 27 October 2018, Déroulède sitting on a stationary scooter at Rue de la Convention in Paris while she was waiting for her girlfriend, Typhaine, who was working in a florist. Pauline and two other pedestrians were struck by an elderly d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ksénia Chasteau
Ksénia Chasteau (born 12 March 2006 in Irkutsk) is a French wheelchair tennis player of Russian descent, she was a former junior World number one in 2023. She was 2023 US Open and 2024 French Open wheelchair junior singles and doubles champion with Maylee Phelps. She has also competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P .... Life-changing accident In January 2021, Chasteau and her father were involved in a motorbike accident. Both of them had lost their left legs. Tennis career Before her accident, Chasteau was a promising tennis player who had started the sport aged four years old in Marseille. She started wheelchair tennis in September 2021 after rehabilitation, she rocketed up the rankings and went on to reach junior world number one ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Angélica Bernal
María Angélica Bernal Villalobos (born 27 March 1995) is a Colombian wheelchair tennis player who competes in international level events. She is a multiple Parapan American Games medalist and has competed in the Paralympic Games twice. Bernal has phocomelia and was born without her right leg and uses a prosthetic since she was two years old. She played wheelchair tennis aged eleven when she was inspired by Esther Vergeer and Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (, ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level sin .... She participated at the 2020 US Open for the first time and was a semifinalist in both the wheelchair women's singles and doubles events. Career statistics Grand Slam performance timelines Wheelchair singles Wheelchair doubles References External links * * * {{DEFAULTS ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emmanuelle Mörch
Emmanuelle Mörch (born 4 July 1990) is a French wheelchair tennis player who was a quarterfinalist at the 2021 French Open and competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f .... Mörch became a paraplegic after a snowboarding accident in 2008. Mörch is a class of 2015 an engineering degree from the École Centrale Paris. References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morch, Emmanuelle 1990 births Living people People from Les Ulis Tennis players from Paris French female tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for France Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics French wheelchair tennis players 21st-century French sportswomen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charlotte Fairbank
Charlotte Fairbank (born 22 August 1991) is a wheelchair tennis player who competes internationally for France. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ... but did not medal. In 2016, Fairbank trained with the Argentine national wheelchair tennis team while she was in Argentina training to be a lawyer. She went into the professional international circuit two years later and climbed to world number 22 in 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairbank, Charlotte 1991 births Living people Tennis players from Paris French female tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for France Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century French sportswomen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mariska Venter
Mariska Venter (born 23 April 1996) is a South African wheelchair tennis player who was a former junior world number one in 2013. She competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics, she also competed as a wildcard at the 2025 Australian Open but lost in the first round to Jiske Griffioen Jiske Griffioen (born 17 April 1985) is a Dutch professional wheelchair tennis player. Griffioen is a 20-time Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major champion (four singles and 16 doubles), Paralympic gold medalist, seven-time Masters champion, a .... Doping suspension Venter was given a provisional suspension in December 2022 following a positive test at a wheelchair tennis event in Belgium in July of that year, she found to have had sibutramine and was given a 12-month provisional suspension. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Venter, Mariska 1996 births Living people South African female tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for South Africa Wheelchair tennis players at the 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kgothatso Montjane
Kgothatso Montjane (born 3 June 1986) is a South African wheelchair tennis player. In 2024, she became the first black South African woman to win at Wimbledon when she won the wheelchair women's doubles. Early life Montjane was born in Seshego on the periphery of Polokwane, Limpopo with a congenital disorder which affected both of her hands and a foot with the other foot being amputated by the age of 12. Career Montjane is a successful wheelchair tennis player who is placed in the top 10 of the ITF ranking. Her highest rank was 5 in the world in 2005. She was named South Africa's disabled sportswoman of the year three times, in 2005, 2011 and 2015. Montjane holds 29 singles titles and won tournaments such as the wheelchair Belgian Open and Swiss Open. She is also successful in doubles, where she won, among others, the Belgian Open in 2015 together with Jordanne Whiley. In 2013 and 2014, she participated in 3 of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, Australian Open, Roland Garros ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |