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

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Wheelchair tennis – Women's doubles
at the XV Paralympic Games
Paralympic wheelchair tennis
VenueOlympic Tennis Centre
Dates9–16 September 2016
Competitors20 (10 pairs) from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Jiske Griffioen (NED)
 Aniek van Koot (NED)[1]
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Marjolein Buis (NED)
 Diede De Groot (NED)[1]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Lucy Shuker (GBR)
 Jordanne Whiley (GBR)[1]
2012
2020
Women's doubles
Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Events
Singles men women quad
Doubles men women quad
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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 to 16 September 2016.[2]

Draw

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Preliminaries

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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.

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

Final rounds

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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 Verfuerth (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

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  1. ^ a b c Rio 2016, Wheelchair Tennis Women's doubles - medalists, from Rio2012.org.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016 - Wheelchair Tennis - Play Schedule Women's Doubles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-31.