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 Maggie Fiocchi at mfiocchi@pnw.usta.com for more information on wheelchair tennis programs in the USTA Pacific Northwest.

Programs

• Northwest Wheelchair Tennis Association - https://www.nwwheelchairtennis.org/nwta/home. Contact info is info@nwwheelchairtennis.org
• Robinswood Tennis Center (Bellevue, WA) - 6 week drop in wheelchair tennis programs. call 425-452-7690 for registration information
• Tennis Center Sand Point (Seattle, WA) - call (206) 522 - 5008 or email info@accesstennis.org for more information and programs.
• Salem Tennis & Swim Club (Salem, OR) - call (503) 363-2424 for more information and programs. 

Do you offer wheelchair tennis programming and want your program information listed here? Please email the details to Maggie Fiocchi at mfiocchi@pnw.usta.com.

USTA Adaptive Tennis Offers Sport to Accommodate All Circumstances

The game of tennis can be adapted to accommodate any age, environment, condition, or disability. The goal of USTA Adaptive Tennis is to promote and develop recreational tennis opportunities for individuals with varying abilities and circumstances through inclusion, knowledge, and support.

Please click here to go to the USTA Adaptive Tennis page.