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Competition description

Wheelchair Tennis
A Wheelchair Tennis match is played between two (singles) or four athletes (doubles) with loss of motor function in one or both lower extremities. There is a special class for quadriplegics (quads), or athletes with loss of motor function in the lower extremities and functional disability or amputation in the upper extremities.[Full story]
   

Classification

The eligibility requirement for men's and women's events is a permanent substantial or total loss of function in one or both legs due to conditions such as spinal injury, ankylosis, amputation or other lower limb disability.[Full story]


Competition rules

Wheelchair TennisThe wheelchair tennis player is allowed two bounces of the ball. The player must return the ball before it hits the ground a third time. The second bounce can be either in or out of the court boundaries. The wheelchair is considered part of the body and all applicable Rules which apply to a player's body shall apply to the wheelchair. [Full story]


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The Evolution of Paralympic Games The Evolution of Paralympic GamesIn 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition involving World War II veterans with a spinal cord injury in Stoke Mandeville, England. More>>

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