Maikel Scheffers
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]
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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. 10 (9 April 2018) | ||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2012) | ||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2011) | ||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: 3 September 2021. | |||||||||||||||||
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He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles.[3][4]
Paralympic Games
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
| 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.
References
- 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 (28/01/12)
- 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
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