Parlympics Paris 2024: Who to watch out for in wheelchair tennis?

With Wheelchair tennis in two days in Paralympic Games 2024these are the names you should look out for during the games.

Diede De Groot (Netherlands)

Diede De Groot has had a perfect career and is aiming for Paralympic gold.

She started with a fantastic year 2016, she made 18 finals – including Rio 2016 – where she claimed the silver Medal in doubles and narrowly missed the bronze medal in the individual event.

She won her first Grand Slam singles title in 2017 when she won Wimbledon. In the same year she also won the US Open doubles trophy..

At the 2020 Olympic Games in TokyoDe Groot won gold in both the women’s singles and the women’s doubles. She also had the perfect year in 2018 by winning the Australian Open,Wimbledon, US Open and Championship title.

Alfie Hewitt OBE (GBR)

Alfie Hewitt Is the current Wimbledon winner and hopes to add to his current silver medals from Rio2024 And Tokyo 2020 to gold in Paris.

Hewitt’s first breakthrough in the tennis scene came in 2016where he was not ranked but was able to win a doubles match with Reid.
The duo managed to beat Gustavo Fernandez in the opening round before he hit back against Stephane Houdet And Nicolas Peifer to win the doubles title.

Hewitt won a silver medal in the men’s singles in Rio and silver in the doubles with Reid in Tokyo, Hewitt was also awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Kings Birthday Honors 2023 for his services to tennis.

In January 2018, Alfie Hewett became world number one for the first time in his career at the age of just 20. He then went on to win three singles titles, including his first US Open.
Hewitt also had double victories in both Wimbledon and the US Open with Gordon Reid after taking a short break from the sport before returning in 2019.

In 2020 Hewitt won the French Open Single title in three sets. In addition, he again won all three possible Grand Slam doubles titles together with Reid.

Giulia Capocci (Italy)

Giulia Capocci first appeared in 2018 from win two titles.
She won her first major international titleon Sardinia Open.
She pursued this with another victory at the Bath Indoorand defeated three experienced players.

Gustavo Fernandez (Argentina)

Gustavo Fernandez was named one of the best players in wheelchair tennis and the reasons for this are obvious.

Fernandez won two gold medals in a row at the Parapan Am Game Singles in 2015 And There was also a double gold. He also won the coveted Wimbledon title.

In 2016 he won the singles title at Roland-Garros And participated in both the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games.
In 2017, Fernandez reached the No. 1 position in the world And he was also named ITF World Champion The Argentine won seven titles this year.

Fernandez won five titles in 2018as he also reached the final of Roland-Garros and Wimbledon.

David Wagner (USA)

David Wagner has had quite a career!
In 2002, he was ranked as the best quadriplegic player in the United States.
The Summer Paralympics 2004 were the first games to feature the Quad Division, where He also won a silver medal in the individualAnd Gold in quad doubles with Nick Taylor.

In 2007, The first quad competition took place at the US OpenWhere He won the doubles with Taylor and took second place.
The next year he even won the doubles with Taylor at the Australian Open in the first year of the competition.

On Paralympics 2008 in Beijing Wagner and Taylor won gold in doubles, Wagner also won bronze in the individual event at these gamesDuring the 2012 London Games He won a gold medal in doubleswhile in Rio2016 he won two more medals: awayRonze in the quad individual And Silver in quad doubles.

The 2024 Paralympic Summer Games will run from the 28^th August until 8^th from September Paris.