Shingo Kunieda
Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player who won four Paralympic gold medals and 28 Grand Slam singles titles before retiring in 2023.
2004 Summer Paralympics: The Paralympic Games held in Athens, Greece, from August 28 to September 5, 2004. Kunieda won his first Paralympic gold medal in men's wheelchair tennis in Athens.
Yui Kamiji: A Japanese wheelchair tennis player and multiple Paralympic and Grand Slam champion. Kamiji became Japan's other defining wheelchair tennis champion during Kunieda's career.
Wheelchair tennis: A form of tennis in which players use sports wheelchairs and may let the ball bounce twice. It is the sport in which Kunieda built his professional career.
Career Grand Slam: A tennis achievement of winning singles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments over a career. Kunieda completed this milestone with his 2022 Wimbledon title.
2008 Summer Paralympics: The Paralympic Games held in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. Kunieda defended his singles title and won doubles gold in Beijing.
Gordon Reid: A Scottish wheelchair tennis player and multiple Grand Slam and Paralympic champion. Reid was among Kunieda's major rivals on the men's singles tour.
Wheelchair tennis classification: A system that determines eligibility for wheelchair tennis based on athletes' physical impairments. Classification defines eligibility for the sport's open division, where Kunieda competed.
Wheelchair tennis world rankings: Rankings that order wheelchair tennis players by results in sanctioned competitions. Kunieda spent years at the top of the men's singles rankings.
2012 Summer Paralympics: The Paralympic Games held in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9, 2012. A semifinal loss ended his run of consecutive Paralympic singles gold medals.
Alfie Hewett: A British wheelchair tennis player who has won major singles and doubles titles. Hewett contested the 2022 Wimbledon final that gave Kunieda his career Grand Slam.