Wheelchair tennis – Men's doubles
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Paralympic wheelchair tennis
VenueAriake Tennis Park
Date28 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors23
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer		  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alfie Hewett
Gordon Reid		  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tom Egberink
Maikel Scheffers		  Netherlands
Men's doubles
Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The men's doubles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 28 August to 3 September 2021.[1]

Defending champions Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer from France extended their title. In the golden final they defeated first seeds Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid from the United Kingdom, 7–5, 0–6, 7–6.[2]

Seeds

  1.  Alfie Hewett (GBR) /  Gordon Reid (GBR) (final, Silver medalists)
  2.  Stéphane Houdet (FRA) /  Nicolas Peifer (FRA) (gold medalists)
  3.  Shingo Kunieda (JPN) /  Takashi Sanada (JPN) (semifinals)
  4.  Tom Egberink (NED) /  Maikel Scheffers (NED) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
  5.  Gustavo Fernández (ARG) /  Agustin Ledesma (ARG) (quarterfinals)
  6.  Joachim Gérard (BEL) /  Jef Vandorpe (BEL) (quarterfinals)
  7.  Daniel Caverzaschi (ESP) /  Martin de la Puente (ESP) (quarterfinals)
  8.  Carlos Anker (NED) /  Ruben Spaargaren (NED) (quarterfinals)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals Gold medal match
          
1  Alfie Hewett (GBR)
 Gordon Reid (GBR) 		6 6
3  Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
 Takashi Sanada (JPN) 		2 1
1  Alfie Hewett (GBR)
 Gordon Reid (GBR) 		5 6 63
2  Stéphane Houdet (FRA)
 Nicolas Peifer (FRA) 		7 0 77
4  Tom Egberink (NED)
 Maikel Scheffers (NED) 		2 4
2  Stéphane Houdet (FRA)
 Nicolas Peifer (FRA) 		6 6 Bronze-medal match
3  Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
 Takashi Sanada (JPN) 		3 2
4  Tom Egberink (NED)
 Maikel Scheffers (NED) 		6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  A Hewett (GBR)
 G Reid (GBR) 		6 6
 E Siscar Meseguer (ESP)
 F Tur (ESP) 		6 4 5  T Flax (AUT)
 N Langmann (AUT) 		0 0
 T Flax (AUT)
 N Langmann (AUT) 		3 6 7 1  A Hewett (GBR)
 G Reid (GBR) 		6 6
 M Dunn (AUS)
 B Weekes (AUS) 		2 3 6  J Gérard (BEL)
 J Vandorpe (BEL) 		2 2
 G Carneiro Silva (BRA)
 D Rodrigues (BRA) 		6 6  G Carneiro Silva (BRA)
 D Rodrigues (BRA) 		3 1
6  J Gérard (BEL)
 J Vandorpe (BEL) 		6 6
1  A Hewett (GBR)
 G Reid (GBR) 		6 6
3  S Kunieda (JPN)
 T Sanada (JPN) 		2 1
3  S Kunieda (JPN)
 T Sanada (JPN) 		6 6
 F Cattanéo (FRA)
 G Menguy (FRA) 		1 1
3  S Kunieda (JPN)
 T Sanada (JPN) 		710 6
 K Fabisiak (POL)
 P Jaroszewski (POL) 		3 6 3 8  C Anker (NED)
 R Spaargaren (NED) 		68 3
 A Cataldo (CHI)
 J Sepulveda (CHI) 		6 4 6  A Cataldo (CHI)
 J Sepulveda (CHI) 		1 5
8  C Anker (NED)
 R Spaargaren (NED) 		6 7

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5  G Fernández (ARG)
 A Ledesma (ARG) 		6 2 6
 S Khlongrua (THA)
 B Suwan (THA) 		62 3  D Arai (JPN)
 T Miki (JPN) 		2 6 3
 D Arai (JPN)
 T Miki (JPN) 		77 6 5  G Fernández (ARG)
 A Ledesma (ARG) 		1 6 5
 R Medeiros (BRA)
 M Pommê (BRA) 		1 0r 4  T Egberink (NED)
 M Scheffers (NED) 		6 3 7
 A Berdichevsky (ISR)
 G Sasson (ISR) 		6 2  A Berdichevsky (ISR)
 G Sasson (ISR) 		1 1
4  T Egberink (NED)
 M Scheffers (NED) 		6 6
4  T Egberink (NED)
 M Scheffers (NED) 		2 4
2  S Houdet (FRA)
 N Peifer (FRA) 		6 6
7  D Caverzaschi (ESP)
 M de la Puente (ESP) 		6 6
 L Els (RSA)
 E Maripa (RSA) 		7 1 2  C Ratzlaff (USA)
 C Stroud (USA) 		1 2
 C Ratzlaff (USA)
 C Stroud (USA) 		5 6 6 7  D Caverzaschi (ESP)
 M de la Puente (ESP) 		3 4
 H-w Im (KOR)
 S-h Oh (KOR) 		6 6 2  S Houdet (FRA)
 N Peifer (FRA) 		6 6
 M Legner (AUT)
 J Riegler (AUT) 		1 3  H-w Im (KOR)
 S-h Oh (KOR) 		1 1
2  S Houdet (FRA)
 N Peifer (FRA) 		6 6

References

  1. ↑ "Wheelchair Tennis - Men's Doubles Schedule". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid ‘devastated’ to miss out on tennis doubles gold, The Independent, 3 September 2021
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