Dutch wheelchair tennis player

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 *les—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles.

Contents

• 1 Paralympic Games
• 2 Grand Slam performance timelines
  • 2.1 Wheelchair singles
  • 2.2 Wheelchair doubles
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Paralympic Games

Scheffers participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won a bronze medal in the wheelchair men singles compe*ion. 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) 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

Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org

Wheelchair doubles

Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org

References

External links

• Site of Maikel Scheffers
• Maikel Scheffers at the International Tennis Federation
• Maikel Scheffers at the International Paralympic Committee