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Wheelchair tennis – Women's singles
at the XVI Paralympic Games

Paralympic wheelchair tennis

Venue

Ariake Tennis Park

Date

28 August – 3 September 2021

Competitors

32

Medalists

		Diede de Groot	Netherlands
		Yui Kamiji	Japan
		Jordanne Whiley	Great Britain

Women's singles

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Events

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The women's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo is held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 28 August and 3 September 2021.^[1]

The reigning champion was Jiske Griffioen, who was not defending her title, having retired in 2017.^[2]

Diede de Groot succeeded in the fourth leg of a Golden Slam, having won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon earlier in the year.^[3]

Seeds

1. Diede de Groot (NED) (champion)

2.

Yui Kamiji (JPN) (final)

3.

Aniek van Koot (NED) (semifinals)

4.

Jordanne Whiley (GBR) (semifinals)

5.

Momoko Ohtani (JPN) (quarterfinals)

6.

Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) (second round)

7.

Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN) (quarterfinals)

8.

Dana Mathewson (USA) (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

BPC = Bipartite Invitation

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final (gold-medal match)

	1	Diede de Groot (NED)	6	6

	5	Momoko Ohtani (JPN)	3	2
								1	Diede de Groot (NED)	6	6

								4	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	4	2
	4	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	3	7

	8	Dana Mathewson (USA)	3	6	5
															1	Diede de Groot (NED)	6	7⁷

															2	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	3	6¹
		Wang Ziying (CHN)	6⁷	6	2

	3	Aniek van Koot (NED)	7⁹	2	6
								3	Aniek van Koot (NED)	2	2				Bronze-medal match

								2	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	6	6
	7	Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN)	5	1											4	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	6⁷	6

	2	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	7	6											3	Aniek van Koot (NED)	4	7⁹	4

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinal

	1	Diede de Groot (NED)	6	6

		Macarena Cabrillana (CHI)	1	0
								1	Diede de Groot (NED)	6	6

									Huang Jinlian (CHN)	0	2
	Huang Jinlian (CHN)		6	6

	Emmy Kaiser (USA)		1	1
															1	Diede de Groot (NED)	6	6

															5	Momoko Ohtani (JPN)	3	2
	Viktoriia Lvova (RPC)		6	6

	Ana Caldeira (BRA)		0	2
									Viktoriia Lvova (RPC)	5	1

								5	Momoko Ohtani (JPN)	7	6
		Mariska Venter (RSA)	1	2

	5	Momoko Ohtani (JPN)	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinal

	4	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	6

		Angélica Bernal (COL)	0	3
								4	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	6

									Manami Tanaka (JPN)	1	0
	Manami Tanaka (JPN)		6	6

	Najwa Awane (MAR)		1	2
															4	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	3	7

															8	Dana Mathewson (USA)	3	6	5
	Huang Huimin (CHN)		2	4

	Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA)		6	6
									Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA)	2	4

								8	Dana Mathewson (USA)	6	6
		Charlotte Fairbank (FRA)	0	3

	8	Dana Mathewson (USA)	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinal

	6	Kgothatso Montjane (RSA)	6	6

		Saki Takamuro (JPN)	2	1
								6	Kgothatso Montjane (RSA)	2	3

									Wang Ziying (CHN)	6	6
	Wang Ziying (CHN)		6	6

	Nalani Buob (SUI)		1	0
																Wang Ziying (CHN)	6⁷	6	2

															3	Aniek van Koot (NED)	7⁹	2	6
	Emmanuelle Mörch (FRA)		6	6

	Liudmila Bubnova (RPC)		2	1
									Emmanuelle Mörch (FRA)	3	0

								3	Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6
		Katharina Krüger (GER)	3	1

	3	Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinal

	7	Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN)	6	6

		Johana Martínez (COL)	0	0
								7	Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN)	7⁷	6

									Lucy Shuker (GBR)	6²	2
	Büşra Ün (TUR)		0	0

	Lucy Shuker (GBR)		6	6
															7	Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN)	5	1

															2	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	7	6
	Shelby Baron (USA)		4	4

	Meirycoll Duval (BRA)		6	6
									Meirycoll Duval (BRA)	0	0

								2	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	6	6
		María Florencia Moreno (ARG)	0	1

	2	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	6	6

References

^ "Wheelchair Tennis - Women's Singles Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "Jiske Griffioen ready for life after tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
^ "De Groot and Alcott aim for Golden Slam in wheelchair tennis at Tokyo 2020". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-30.

v t e Paralympic wheelchair tennis women's singles champions
1992: Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch (NED) 1996: Maaike Smit (NED) 2000: Esther Vergeer (NED) 2004: Esther Vergeer (NED) 2008: Esther Vergeer (NED) 2012: Esther Vergeer (NED) 2016: Jiske Griffioen (NED) 2020: Diede de Groot (NED) 2024: Yui Kamiji (JPN)

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