# Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles

The men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 27 August to 4 September 2021.
Japan's Shingo Kunieda defeated the Netherlands' Tom Egberink in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the gold medal in men's singles wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. It was his third Paralympic singles gold medal, and fourth Paralympic gold overall.
Great Britain's Gordon Reid was the defending gold medalist, but was defeated by Kunieda in the semifinals; he went on to defeat compatriot Alfie Hewett in the bronze-medal match, in a rematch of the previous edition's final.

## Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
* BPC = Bipartite Invitation

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) |
| 1 | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Stéphane Houdet (FRA) | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Stéphane Houdet (FRA) | 6$^7$ | 3 | | 1 | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Gordon Reid (GBR) | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Gustavo Fernández (ARG) | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | Gordon Reid (GBR) | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 5 | Gordon Reid (GBR) | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Gordon Reid (GBR) | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 1 | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | 6 | 6 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | Tom Egberink (NED) | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Tom Egberink (NED) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Tom Egberink (NED) | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Daniel Caverzaschi (ESP) | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| 13 | Daniel Caverzaschi (ESP) | 4 | 3 | | 8 | Tom Egberink (NED) | 6 | 7$^7$ | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | | | | 2 | Alfie Hewett (GBR) | 4 | 6$^5$ |
| 7 | Nicolas Peifer (FRA) | 3 | 4 | | 2 | Alfie Hewett (GBR) | 4 | 6$^5$ | 5 | Gordon Reid (GBR) | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Alfie Hewett (GBR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Alfie Hewett (GBR) | 4 | 6 | 5 |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | S Kunieda (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| S Diamantis (GRE) | S Diamantis (GRE) | 6$^4$ | 6 | 0 | | M Gergely (SVK) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| M Gergely (SVK) | M Gergely (SVK) | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | 1 | S Kunieda (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Z Ji (CHN) | Z Ji (CHN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Z Ji (CHN) | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| M Legner (AUT) | M Legner (AUT) | 1 | 0 | | | Z Ji (CHN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Stroud (USA) | 4 | 3 | | 14 | M Scheffers (NED) | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | M Scheffers (NED) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Kunieda (JPN) | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| 11 | M de la Puente (ESP) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Houdet (FRA) | 6$^7$ | 3 |
| | A Ledesma (ARG) | 1 | 1 | | 11 | M de la Puente (ESP) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| P Jaroszewski (POL) | P Jaroszewski (POL) | 1 | 6 | 6 | | P Jaroszewski (POL) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| J Sepulveda (CHI) | J Sepulveda (CHI) | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 11 | M de la Puente (ESP) | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| R Medeiros (BRA) | R Medeiros (BRA) | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 6 | S Houdet (FRA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| L Boukartacha (MAR) | L Boukartacha (MAR) | 7 | 6 | | | L Boukartacha (MAR) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | S Houdet (FRA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 4 | G Fernández (ARG) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Suwan (THA) | B Suwan (THA) | 1 | 4 | | | F Tur (ESP) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F Tur (ESP) | F Tur (ESP) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | G Fernández (ARG) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| A Berdichevsky (ISR) | A Berdichevsky (ISR) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 15 | J Vandorpe (BEL) | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| B Weekes (AUS) | B Weekes (AUS) | 6 | 6 | | | B Weekes (AUS) | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Langmann (AUT) | 4 | 1 | | 15 | J Vandorpe (BEL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | J Vandorpe (BEL) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Fernández (ARG) | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | T Sanada (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | G Reid (GBR) | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| | C Anker (NED) | 1 | 1 | | 9 | T Sanada (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Menguy (FRA) | G Menguy (FRA) | 6 | 4 | 1 | | H-w Im (KOR) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| H-w Im (KOR) | H-w Im (KOR) | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | T Sanada (JPN) | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| L Els (RSA) | L Els (RSA) | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | G Reid (GBR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| G Carneiro Silva (BRA) | G Carneiro Silva (BRA) | 6 | 4 | 3 | | L Els (RSA) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | G Reid (GBR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 8 | T Egberink (NED) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| AS Borhan (MAS) | AS Borhan (MAS) | 4 | 6 | 6 | | AS Borhan (MAS) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| JP Gil (CRC) | JP Gil (CRC) | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | 8 | T Egberink (NED) | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| G Sasson (ISR) | G Sasson (ISR) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 10 | S Olsson (SWE) | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | |
| D Arai (JPN) | D Arai (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | D Arai (JPN) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Rodrigues (BRA) | 3 | 2 | | 10 | S Olsson (SWE) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | S Olsson (SWE) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Egberink (NED) | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | D Caverzaschi (ESP) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | D Caverzaschi (ESP) | 4 | 3 |
| | D Bailey (GBR) | 2 | 0 | | 13 | D Caverzaschi (ESP) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| T Flax (AUT) | T Flax (AUT) | 2 | 0 | | | E Maripa (RSA) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| E Maripa (RSA) | E Maripa (RSA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | D Caverzaschi (ESP) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| C Ratzlaff (USA) | C Ratzlaff (USA) | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | J Gérard (BEL) | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| F Cattanéo (FRA) | F Cattanéo (FRA) | 2 | 5 | | | C Ratzlaff (USA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | J Gérard (BEL) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 7 | N Peifer (FRA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| S-h Oh (KOR) | S-h Oh (KOR) | 6 | 6 | | | S-h Oh (KOR) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| M Pommê (BRA) | M Pommê (BRA) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | N Peifer (FRA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| E Casco (ARG) | E Casco (ARG) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 12 | T Miki (JPN) | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| M Dunn (AUS) | M Dunn (AUS) | 0 | 0 | | | E Casco (ARG) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Siscar Meseguer (ESP) | 1 | 2 | | 12 | T Miki (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | T Miki (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | N Peifer (FRA) | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | R Spaargaren (NED) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Hewett (GBR) | 6 | 6 |
| | J Riegler (AUT) | 0 | 1 | | 16 | R Spaargaren (NED) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| A Cataldo (CHI) | A Cataldo (CHI) | 6 | 6 | | | A Cataldo (CHI) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| DSR Dharmasena (SRI) | DSR Dharmasena (SRI) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 16 | R Spaargaren (NED) | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| K Fabisiak (POL) | K Fabisiak (POL) | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | A Hewett (GBR) | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| S Khlongrua (THA) | S Khlongrua (THA) | 6 | 2 | 1 | | K Fabisiak (POL) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Hewett (GBR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |