Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's Doubles

Wheelchair tennis – Women's Doubles; at the XV Paralympic Games
	Paralympic Wheelchair tennis
Venue	Olympic Tennis Centre
Dates	9–16 September 2016
Competitors	20 (10 pairs) from 8 nations
Medalists

The women's doubles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 9–16 September 2016.[2]

Draw

Preliminaries

The women's doubles consisted of ten pairings. In the first round, four of these pairings played off for the final two places in the quarterfinals. The other six pairings received byes to the last eight.

Preliminary Match 1 [n 1]


	Shelby Baron (USA) Emmy Kaiser (USA)	6	7	6

	Charlotte Famin (FRA) Emmanuelle Morch (FRA)	7	5	4

Preliminary match 2 [n 2]


	Dana Mathewson (USA) Kaitlyn Verfeurth (USA)	6	6

	Rejane Cândida (BRA) Natália Mayara (BRA)	2	4

Winner of match 1 faces Griffioen/van Koot (1) in quarter final
Winner of match 2 faces Buis/de Groot (2) in quarter final

Final rounds

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Gold medal match


1	Jiske Griffioen (NED) Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6

	Shelby Baron (USA) Emmy Kaiser (USA)	2	1
				1	Jiske Griffioen (NED) Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6
top half
				3	Lucy Shuker (GBR) Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	3	3
3	Lucy Shuker (GBR) Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	6

	Macarena Cabrillana (CHI) Francisca Mardones (CHI)	0	0
									1	Jiske Griffioen (NED) Aniek van Koot (NED)	6	6

									2	Marjolein Buis (NED) Diede De Groot (NED)	4	2
	Huang Huimin (CHN) Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN)	3	0

4	Yui Kamiji (JPN) Miho Nijo (JPN)	6	6
				4	Yui Kamiji (JPN) Miho Nijo (JPN)	4	7	5	Bronze medal match
bottom half
				2	Marjolein Buis (NED) Diede De Groot (NED)	6	5	7
	Dana Mathewson (USA) Kaitlyn Verfeurth (USA)	2	4						3	Lucy Shuker (GBR) Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	6	0	6

2	Marjolein Buis (NED) Diede De Groot (NED)	6	6						4	Yui Kamiji (JPN) Miho Nijo (JPN)	3	6	1

References

Rio 2016, Wheelchair Tennis Women's doubles - medalists, from Rio2012.org.

"Rio Paralympic Game, Wheelchair Tennis: Women's Doubles". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
"Women's Doubles - Standings". The Rio Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. 2016. Retrieved 2012-09-20.

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[3] Winner of match 1 faces Griffioen/van Koot (1) in quarter final

[4] Winner of match 2 faces Buis/de Groot (2) in quarter final

[medalists-1] Rio 2016, Wheelchair Tennis Women's doubles - medalists, from Rio2012.org.