Jayant Mistry
Country (sports) | Great Britain |
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Born | (1966-08-29) 29 August 1966 (age 58) Leicester, Great Britain |
Turned pro | 1992 |
Retired | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career titles | 20 |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (14 August 2000) |
Other tournaments | |
Paralympic Games | 3R (1996, 2000, 2004) |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 48 |
Highest ranking | No. 2 (27 May 2002) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (2005) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Masters Doubles | W (2005) |
Paralympic Games | 4th (2000) |
Jayant Mistry (born 29 August 1966) is a retired British wheelchair tennis player of Indian descent who competed in international level events. He is a former British no.1 player in the singles and a former World no. 2 in the men's doubles. He competed at four Paralympic Games and was a semifinalist in the men's doubles at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[1]
He was the first British player to win the wheelchair men's doubles title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships alongside Michaël Jeremiasz and the first British man to win a men's title at the Wimbledon Championships since Fred Perry in 1936, they were runner-ups at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships a year later.[2]
Mistry was born with spina bifida and his left leg shorter than his right. He had his right foot amputated aged twelve and has a prosthetic.[3]
References
External links
- Jayant Mistry at the International Tennis Federation
- Jayant Mistry at the International Paralympic Committee
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- 2000: Ricky Molier / Stephen Welch
- 2001: Miroslav Brychta / Martin Legner
- 2002: Kai Schrameyer / Stephen Welch
- 2003: Martin Legner / Satoshi Saida
- 2004: Martin Legner / Satoshi Saida
- 2005: Michaël Jérémiasz / Jayant Mistry
- 2006: Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink
- 2007: Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jérémiasz
- 2008: Stefan Olsson / Peter Vikström
- 2009: Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink
- 2010: Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink
- 2011: Tom Egberink / Michaël Jérémiasz
- 2012: Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda
- 2013: Stéphane Houdet / Gordon Reid
- 2014: Joachim Gérard / Stéphane Houdet
- 2015: Michaël Jérémiasz / Gordon Reid
- 2016: Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer
- 2017: Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid
- 2018: Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer
- 2019: Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer
- 2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2021: Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid
- 2022: Gustavo Fernández / Martín de la Puente