Maikel Scheffers
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| Full name | Maikel Scheffers | ||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Dorst, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Born |
7 September 1982 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right handed[1] | ||||||||||||
| Official website | www.maikelscheffers.nl | ||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 557-237 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (19 December 2011) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 7 (7 December 2015) | ||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
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Maikel Scheffers (7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays single and double events. Scheffers was born with a spina bifida. He lives in Dorst.[2]
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Profile at the Australian Open site
- ↑ Profile at the US Open site