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What is Wheelchair Tennis? Facts about Wheelchair tennis is a very popular and technical Wheelchair Tennis Paralympic sport. • Wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is for athletes that have a physical is a very popular impairment that affects their movement (mobility). sport; it is played in over 100 countries. Wheelchair tennis is very similar to the Olympic sport. • Great Britain has some The Rules of the best wheelchair The rules of wheelchair tennis are similar to the Olympic tennis players in the sport, however there are some differences. world. Great Britain came top of the 1. ‘Two bounce rules’ – unlike Olympic tennis, the 2015 Tennis Europe ball can bounce twice and the second bounce wheelchair standings can be inside or outside the court lines. in joint place with 2. When serving, the athlete is allowed one push of the the Netherlands. wheelchair before hitting the ball. • Wheelchair tennis became part of the Matches are the best of three sets with a tie-break if there is a draw at the end of each set. in in 1988. There are six medal events - men’s singles, women’s • There are over 150 singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, quad singles and wheelchair tennis quad doubles. tournaments taking place in over 40 Each nation can enter four men and countries around the four women into singles events, and world. Wheelchair three quad players in the tennis is now part quads singles. of four A nation may enter tennis events including a maximum of Wimbledon. four men and four women in the doubles event; a maximum of two players may compete in the quad doubles.