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France · born Paris, 1981 · world No. 1 in singles, 2005 · three times Wimbledon doubles champion
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Wimbledon doubles titles, 2005 to 2012
2005
First Wimbledon wheelchair doubles title
4
Paralympic medals, Athens to London
8-6
Deciding tiebreak of the 2005 final
Born in Paris in 1981, Jérémiasz played tennis from the age of five. A skiing accident at 18 left him using a wheelchair, and he tried wheelchair tennis at his rehabilitation centre in 2000. He was French champion in 2001, world No. 1 in doubles in 2004 and in singles in 2005, when he was also ITF world champion. He won major doubles titles at all four Slams, among them the US Open in 2005 and 2006 with Robin Ammerlaan and the French Open in 2009 with Stéphane Houdet, and four Paralympic medals: singles bronze and doubles silver in Athens, doubles gold in Beijing and doubles bronze in London. He carried the French flag at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, and in 2011 co-founded the association Comme les autres, which takes people disabled by accidents into adventure sport.
| Major doubles titles | 3: Wimbledon (2005, 2009, 2012) |
|---|---|
| Wimbledon doubles | 2005 with Jayant Mistry; 2009 with Stéphane Houdet; 2012 with Tom Egberink. Runner-up 2015 with Gordon Reid, losing to Gustavo Fernández and Nicolas Peifer 5-7, 7-5, 2-6 |
| Finals to remember | 2005: beat David Hall and Martin Legner 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) in the first Wimbledon wheelchair doubles final. 2009: beat Robin Ammerlaan and Shingo Kunieda 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). 2012: beat the top seeds Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink 6-4, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Men's wheelchair doubles | with Jayant Mistry |
| 2009 | Men's wheelchair doubles | with Stéphane Houdet |
| 2012 | Men's wheelchair doubles | with Tom Egberink |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It is an enormous source of pride. An immense honour."
The person behind the player.
Avoriaz, 2000
On a family ski trip at 18, he and his brothers set a challenge, "as stupid and simple as it was, to jump the highest as possible". He went about ten metres up in the snowpark, wanting, he said, to impress his cousin and his brothers, and landed badly. Months later, at his rehabilitation centre, he tried wheelchair tennis.
Source: Talks at Goldman SachsWorld Team Cup, 2000
Soon after he started, the sports director of French disability tennis invited him to watch a World Team Cup final. Jérémiasz told his family that one day he would beat the players he was watching. He won the French championship the next year and was world No. 1 in singles by 2005.
Source: Ville de ParisWimbledon 2005
Wimbledon added a gentlemen's wheelchair doubles in 2005, and Jérémiasz, paired with the Briton Jayant Mistry, reached the first final against David Hall and Martin Legner. After losing the opening set they won the second 6-3 and the deciding tiebreak 8-6, making them the first winners of the event.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2012
With the 19-year-old Dutchman Tom Egberink he beat the top seeds Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink 6-4, 6-2 on the final Sunday. It was the pair's first major title together and their tenth successive win across three tournaments. "We were solid today and for me it shows what you can achieve when you play like brothers," he said.
Source: International Paralympic CommitteeRio 2016
He had meant to retire after London 2012 but carried on to Rio to prepare for life after tennis, and was chosen to carry the French flag at the opening ceremony. He thanked the French Paralympic committee for "this fine present" and said the role should be seen as a bonus: he would be a spokesman for the Paralympic movement.
Source: Le 10 SportParis, 2011 onwards
In 2011 he co-founded Comme les autres, an association that supports people disabled by accidents through social help and adventure sport, and Handiamo!, which backs disabled athletes. He became the first wheelchair athlete to finish the Spartiate obstacle race and also wrote a book on his accident and recovery, Tant d'histoire pour un fauteuil.
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