Stéphane Houdet
Stéphane Houdet (born 20 November 1970) is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles and doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair dou ...
and
Stefan Olsson
Stefan Olsson (born 24 April 1987) is a former Swedish wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis Adaptive sport, adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there ar ...
defeated
Maikel Scheffers
Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with spina bifida. He lives in Dorst.
He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four ...
and
Ronald Vink
Ronald Vink (born 21 April 1976) is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles.
Grand Slam performances
Vink has reached grand slam wheelchair doubles finals, capturing his fir ...
in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2009 US Open.
Shingo Kunieda
is a Japanese former wheelchair tennis player. 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 widely considered the greatest male ...
and
Satoshi Saida were the reigning champions from when the event was last held in
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
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, but Saida did not participate. Kunieda partnered
Robin Ammerlaan
Robin Ammerlaan (born 26 February 1968 in The Hague) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Ammerlaan is a 14-time major champion and two-time Paralympic gold medalist. The righ ...
, but was defeated by Houdet and Olsson in the semifinals.
The event was not held in 2008 due to a schedule conflict with the
2008 Summer 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 was ...
, an issue that would continue to affect
US Open wheelchair tennis until
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
.
Seeds
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Stéphane Houdet
Stéphane Houdet (born 20 November 1970) is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles and doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair dou ...
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Stefan Olsson
Stefan Olsson (born 24 April 1987) is a former Swedish wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis Adaptive sport, adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there ar ...
(champions)
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Maikel Scheffers
Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with spina bifida. He lives in Dorst.
He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four ...
/
Ronald Vink
Ronald Vink (born 21 April 1976) is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles.
Grand Slam performances
Vink has reached grand slam wheelchair doubles finals, capturing his fir ...
''(final)''
Doubles
Finals
External links
Main Draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 US Open - Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
2009 Men's Doubles