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| Full name | Maikel Scheffers | ||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 Netherlands
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| Residence | Dorst, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 September 1982 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
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| Plays | Right handed | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (2009) | ||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Masters | W (2009) | ||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |
 Bronze Medal (2008) |
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| 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, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |
Bronze Medal (2020) |
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Medal record
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| Last updated on: 3 September 2021. | |||||||||||||||||
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.
He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles.
Paralympic Games
Scheffers participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won a bronze medal in the wheelchair men singles competition. In the wheelchair men's doubles tournament, he and partner Ronald Vink lost in the bronze medal game to Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida.
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.
Wheelchair singles
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | ? | QF | QF | SF | QF | QF | W | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | |||||
| French Open | ? | A | QF | QF | QF | W | QF | SF | QF | SF | A | QF | |||||
| Wimbledon | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | QF | QF | |||||
| US Open | QF | A | NH | F | SF | SF | NH | QF | QF | QF | NH | A | |||||
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org
Wheelchair doubles
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F | 1R | F | F | W | SF | SF | ||||||||||
| French Open | A | W | F | F | F | SF | SF | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F | A | F | F | W | A | |||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | F | W | F | NH | |||||||||||
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org
External links
- Site of Maikel Scheffers Archived 4 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Maikel Scheffers at the International Tennis Federation
- Maikel Scheffers at the International Paralympic Committee