Maikel Scheffers
Appearance
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Full name | Maikel Scheffers |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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) |
Wimbledon | QF (2016, 2017) |
US Open | F (2009) |
Other tournaments | |
Masters | W (2009) |
Paralympic Games | ![]() |
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, 2010) |
Paralympic Games | ![]() |
Medal record | |
Last updated on: 3 September 2021. |
Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with spina bifida. He lives in Dorst.[2]
He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles.[3][4]
Paralympic Games
[edit]Scheffers participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won a bronze medal in the wheelchair men singles competition.[5] In the wheelchair men's doubles tournament, he and partner Ronald Vink lost in the bronze medal game to Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida.[6]
Grand Slam performance timelines
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Wheelchair singles
[edit]Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Australian Open | ? | QF | QF | SF | QF | QF | W | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R |
French Open | ? | A | QF | QF | QF | W | QF | SF | QF | SF | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R |
Wimbledon | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | QF | QF | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 1R |
US Open | QF | A | NH | F | SF | SF | NH | QF | QF | QF | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R |
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com[7] and Profile at 2011.usopen.org[8]
Wheelchair doubles
[edit]Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Australian Open | F | 1R | F | F | W | SF | SF | F | SF | SF | SF | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF |
French Open | A | W | F | F | F | SF | SF | SF | SF | A | SF | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF |
Wimbledon | F | A | F | F | W | A | SF | F | A | SF | SF | A | A | NH | A | A | A | |
US Open | A | A | F | W | F | NH | W | F | SF | NH | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF |
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com[9] and Profile at 2011.usopen.org[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Profile at ITFtennis.com Archived 23 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Site of Maikel Scheffers
- ^ Rolstoeltennisser Maikel Scheffers wint Australian Open www.omroepbrabant.nl
- ^ Twee keer goud op Australian Open voor Nederland www.volkskrant.nl (28 January 2012)
- ^ Results Wheelchair tennis men singles www.paralympic.org
- ^ Results Wheelchair tennis men doubles www.paralympic.org
- ^ 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
External links
[edit]- Maikel Scheffers at the International Tennis Federation
- Maikel Scheffers at the International Paralympic Committee
- Maikel Scheffers at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 October 2018) (in Dutch)
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Dutch male tennis players
- Dutch wheelchair tennis players
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the Netherlands
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the European Para Championships
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Australian Open (tennis) champions
- Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch
- People with spina bifida
- ITF number 1 ranked wheelchair tennis players
- ITF wheelchair tennis world champions
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics