2009 USTA/PNW Wheelchair Tennis Championships
The 2009 USTA Pacific Northwest Wheelchair Tennis Championships were held August 14-16 at Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton, Ore. An ITF Futures event, competitors in the wheelchair tennis section championships represented six different states and played for a total of $1800 in prize money.
This year's section championships featured four divisions including Open singles and doubles and "A" singles and doubles, as well as the annual Don Drake Memorial One Up/One Down tournament that kicked off the weekend's competition.
For more on the 2009 USTA Pacific Northwest Wheelchair Tennis Championships and to view complete results, please click here.
ITF Wheelchair Tennis Handbook
Changes to the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Handbook for 2009 have been announced. These changes officially became rule on January 1, 2009. Please click here to view a complete explanation of the changes.
2009 Wheelchair Tennis Clinics
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Join us for a wheelchair tennis clinic hosted at Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton, Ore. Clinics are held on
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to Noon. Please visit our site again soon as clinic dates for the fall season will be announced.
Clinic fee is $12 payable on each Saturday you participate. For more information about participating in these lessons please contact Debbie Borchers at debbie.borchers@techpowerusa.com.
Get involved with USTA Wheelchair Tennis
Wheelchair tennis is one of the fastest growing and most challenging of all wheelchair sports. To meet this demand, the USTA offers programs geared towards the wheelchair player.
Rules are the same as stand-up tennis, except the wheelchair player is allowed two bounces of the ball. Wheelchair tennis provides persons with disabilities the opportunity to share in activities with their peers and family, whether able-bodied or disabled. Playing wheelchair tennis adds to socialization and the normalization of life after sustaining a disabling injury. Proficient wheelchair users can play and actively compete against stand-up players.
A wheelchair tennis player must have a medically diagnosed, mobility-related disability, with a substantial or total loss of function in one or more extremities. In wheelchair tennis, the player must master the game and the wheelchair. Learning mobility on the court is exciting and challenging, and helps build strength and cardiovascular ability.
Please email Valerie Weaks at weaks@pnw.usta.com for more information on wheelchair tennis programs in the USTA Pacific Northwest. For general information regarding wheelchair tennis, please click
here.