# Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Ariake Tennis Park from 27 August to 4 September 2021.
The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Patrick Selepe became the first disabled umpire to officiate in a wheelchair Paralympic event.

## Qualification

* There are 56 male (singles and doubles), 32 female (singles and doubles) and 16 quad (singles and doubles).
* The qualification slots are awarded to the individual athletes, not to the NPCs and they should not exceed the maximum total quota allocation of 11 qualification slots.
** A maximum of eight qualification slots (4 male, 4 female) can be allocated to men's and women's singles events respectively.
** A maximum of three in the quads' class.
** A maximum of two men's or women's teams to represent the doubles' events.
** One team, of mixed gender, is eligible to compete in the quads doubles.
* An athlete has to have an official ranking on the Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Ranking List dated 7 June 2021.
* An athlete would be eligible to qualify if they have been in a final nominated team and was present in the World Team Cup events including qualifying and Junior World Team Cup for a minimum of two years between 2017 and 2020.
* An athlete would have to fulfill the minimum requirements in the ITF's Tokyo 2020 Wheelchair Tennis Regulations which will be published in late 2021.
* The ITF and the IPC have to consider on bipartite commission invitation athletes who don't have an official ranking but as long as they have competed in one ITF Wheelchair Tennis competition between 1 January 2018 to 6 June 2021, they will be eligible to compete.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Men | Women | Quads | Totals |
| 2018 Asian Para Games | 6–13 October 2018 | Jakarta | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Yui Kamiji (JPN) | — | 2 |
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August – 1 September 2019 | Lima | Gustavo Fernández (ARG) | Angélica Bernal (COL) | — | 2 |
| Wheelchair tennis singles world rankings | as of 7 June 2021 | – | Argentina Argentina Australia Austria Austria Austria Belgium Belgium Brazil Brazil Brazil Chile China France France France France Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain Greece Israel Israel Japan Japan Japan Malaysia Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Poland South Africa South Korea Spain Spain Spain Spain Sweden Thailand United States | Argentina Brazil Chile China China China China France France Germany Great Britain Great Britain Italy Japan Japan Japan Netherlands Netherlands RPC South Africa Switzerland Thailand United States United States | Australia Australia Brazil Canada Great Britain Japan Japan Netherlands Netherlands South Africa South Korea United States United States | 74 |
| Bipartite Commission invitation | as of 18 June 2021 | – | Australia Austria Brazil Chile Costa Rica Greece Morocco Poland Slovakia South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand United States | Brazil Colombia France Morocco RPC South Africa Turkey United States | Great Britain Israel Israel South Korea | 26 |
| Total | | | 56 | 32 | 16 | 104 |

## Schedule

| R | Qualifying rounds | QF | Quarterfinals | SF | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Event | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Event | Fri 27 Aug | Sat 28 Aug | Sun 29 Aug | Mon 30 Aug | Tue 31 Aug | Wed 1 Sept | Wed 1 Sept | Thu 2 Sept | Thu 2 Sept | Fri 3 Sept | Fri 3 Sept | Sat 4 Sept | Sat 4 Sept |
| Men's singles | R64 | R32 | R32 | R16 | | QF | QF | SF | SF | | | B | F |
| Men's doubles | | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | | | | | B | F | | |
| Women's singles | | R32 | | R16 | QF | | | SF | SF | B | F | | |
| Women's doubles | R16 | | QF | | | SF | SF | SF | SF | | | B | F |
| Quads' singles | | R16 | | QF | SF | | | | | B | B | F | F |
| Quads' doubles | QF | | SF | | | B | F | | | | | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Shingo Kunieda Japan | Tom Egberink Netherlands | Gordon Reid Great Britain |
| Men's doubles details | France Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | Great Britain Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | Netherlands Tom Egberink Maikel Scheffers |
| Women's singles details | Diede de Groot Netherlands | Yui Kamiji Japan | Jordanne Whiley Great Britain |
| Women's doubles details | Netherlands Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot | Great Britain Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley | Japan Yui Kamiji Momoko Ohtani |
| Quad singles details | Dylan Alcott Australia | Sam Schröder Netherlands | Niels Vink Netherlands |
| Quad doubles details | Netherlands Sam Schröder Niels Vink | Australia Dylan Alcott Heath Davidson | Japan Mitsuteru Moroishi Koji Sugeno |