Defending champion
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 his partner
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 ...
defeated
Gordon Reid and
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 ...
in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2014 Australian Open. It was Houdet's first step towards a
Grand Slam
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Michaël Jérémiasz
Michaël Jérémiasz (born 15 October 1981, in Paris) is a French former professional wheelchair tennis player. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's doubles, 2008 Beijin ...
and Kunieda were the defending champions, but did not compete together. Jérémiasz partnered
Gustavo Fernández, but was defeated by Reid and Scheffers in the semifinals.
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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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 ...
(champions)
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Gordon Reid /
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 ...
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Draw
Finals
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Main Draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Australian Open - Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
2014 Men's Doubles