Dutch wheelchair tennis player

Last updated on: 19 August 2012.

Sharon Walraven (born 19 June 1970, Schaesberg) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. She became paraplegic at age 23 after complications following a fall while she was ice-skating. She has won seven Grand Slams doubles *les partnering compatriot Esther Vergeer. At the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing she won the gold medal in the women's doubles compe*ion. At the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney she won a silver medal in the women's singles compe*ion. Walraven has a highest ranking of No.2 in singles and No.1 in doubles.

Walraven won the doubles *le with Griffioen in St Louis 2010, however the pair lost in the final in Paris. With Graviller she took the Florida Open *le.

With Vergeer, Walraven achieved the Grand Slam in 2011, defeating Griffioen and van Koot in all four finals. During the finals the pair recovered from being 5–2 down in the final set at Wimbledon and 6–1 down in the second set tiebreak at the US Open to win. The pair were also victorious in the Masters. Alongside Vergeer she lost the final at Boca Raton.

2012 saw Walraven win a singles *le in Trofeo della Mole. However Walraven also lost finals in Sardinia, Olot and Gauteng. In doubles compe*ion Walraven won the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open with Vergeer. Throughout the rest of the year she won the *an Open with Buis, and *les in Olot and Sardinia with Ellerbrock. Walraven was runner up at the Pensacola Open with Vergeer, in Atlanta with Sevenans, and made the finals in Gauteng and Johannesburg with Kruger. Walraven helped her nation win a 25th World Team Cup final.

Contents

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

Grand Slam *les

• Australian Open: singles 2005, doubles 2011, 2012
• French Open: doubles 2011
• Wimbledon: doubles 2010, 2011
• US Open: doubles 2010, 2011

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

Wheelchair doubles

References

External links

• Sharon Walraven at the International Tennis Federation
• Sharon Walraven at the International Paralympic Committee
• Official website