History of wheelchair tennis in Paralympic Games
Wheelchair tennis was initiated by Americans in 1976. 1988 Jingli international Wheelchair Tennis Federation (iwtf). Wheelchair tennis became a play event for the first time at the 8th Seoul Paralympic Games in 1988, and officially became a competition event at the 9th Barcelona Paralympic Games in 1992. Wheelchair tennis competition in the Paralympic Games is usually conducted between 2 or 4 athletes who have lost the ability to move their lower limbs. Athletes with quadriplegia, lower limb disability and upper limb amputation can also participate.
Setting of wheelchair tennis events in Paralympic Games
The 13th Paralympic Games consists of six events: Men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, limb disability singles and mixed limb disability doubles.
The total number of participants is 112, including 64 male players, 32 female players and 16 with limb disabilities (gender can be defined only when the registration is stopped). Among them, 64 men's singles and 32 women's singles; 32 pairs of men's doubles and 16 pairs of women's doubles; There are 16 singles and 8 pairs of doubles with limb disability. The wheelchair tennis competition system of the Paralympic Games is single cut. The competition adopts the two win system of three sets, and the tie winning system is adopted for each set.