Maikel Scheffers
Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays single and double events. Scheffers was born with spina bifida. He lives in Dorst.[2]
Full name | Maikel Scheffers | |||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Netherlands | |||||||||||||
Residence | Dorst, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
Born | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | 7 September 1982|||||||||||||
Plays | Right handed[1] | |||||||||||||
Official website | www.maikelscheffers.nl | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 557-237 | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (19 December 2011) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 10 (9 April 2018) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (2012) | |||||||||||||
French Open | W (2011) | |||||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Masters | W (2009) | |||||||||||||
Paralympic Games | Bronze Medal (2008) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 482-208 | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (27 June 2011) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 8 (7 December 2015) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (2011) | |||||||||||||
French Open | W (2008) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (2011) | |||||||||||||
US Open | W (2010, 2013) | |||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Masters Doubles | W (2006, 2009–10) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 29 January 2012. |
Paralympic Games
Scheffers took part of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won a bronze medal for the wheelchair men singles.[3] He lost with Ronald Vink in the doubles the game for the bronze medal against Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida.[4]
Grand Slam
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
In 2011 he won his first singles Grand Slam at Roland Garros. In 2012 he won his second singles Grand Slam at the Australian Open.[5][6]
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments wheelchair singles | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | QF | QF | SF | QF | QF | W | QF | ||||||||||
French Open | A | QF | QF | QF | W | QF | SF | ||||||||||
US Open | A | A | F | SF | SF | NH |
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com[7] and Profile at 2011.usopen.org[8]
In 2008 he won the doubles at Roland Garros, 2010 the US Open, 2011 the Australian Open and the Wimbledon.
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments wheelchair doubles | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | F | 1R | F | F | W | SF | SF | ||||||||||
French Open | A | W | F | F | F | SF | SF | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | F | A | F | F | W | A | |||||||||||
US Open | A | A | F | W | F | NH |
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com[9] and Profile at 2011.usopen.org[10]
References
- Profile at ITFtennis.com Archived 23 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Site of Maikel Scheffers
- Results Wheelchair tennis men singles www.paralympic.org
- Results Wheelchair tennis men doubles www.paralympic.org
- Rolstoeltennisser Maikel Scheffers wint Australian Open www.omroepbrabant.nl
- Twee keer goud op Australian Open voor Nederland www.volkskrant.nl (28/01/12)
- Profile at the Australian Open site
- Profile at the US Open site Archived 1 July 2012 at Archive.today
- Profile at the Australian Open site
- Profile at the US Open site Archived 1 July 2012 at Archive.today