2012_Australian_Open_–_Wheelchair_men's_singles

2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

2012 tennis event results

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open.[1][2]

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Shingo Kunieda was the five-time reigning champion, but did not participate.

The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles[3][4] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic men tennis players, which is part of the NEC Tour. The tournament takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open men's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which is rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition is organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.

Seeds

  1. Netherlands Maikel Scheffers (champion)
  2. France Stéphane Houdet (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Netherlands Maikel Scheffers 4 6 6
  Japan Satoshi Saida 6 2 3
1 Netherlands Maikel Scheffers 2 7 9
  Sweden Stefan Olsson 6 5 7
  Sweden Stefan Olsson 6 6  
WC Australia Ben Weekes 1 0  
1 Netherlands Maikel Scheffers 3 77 6
  France Nicolas Peifer 6 62 0
  France Nicolas Peifer 6 6  
  Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan 3 1  
  France Nicolas Peifer 6 6  
2 France Stéphane Houdet 4 4  
  Netherlands Ronald Vink 4 79 4
2 France Stéphane Houdet 6 67 6

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Open Wheelchair results Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine beta.ITFtennis.com
  2. [2]
    Results Men Wheelchair Singles www.australianopen.com
  3. [3]
    "itftennis.com Australien open Wheelchair championships preview". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  4. [4]
    Australian open
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