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Netherlands · born Helmond, 2002 · four times Wimbledon quad singles champion · Paralympic champion 2024
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Successive Wimbledon quad singles titles, 2023 to 2026
5
Successive Wimbledon quad doubles titles, 2022 to 2026
10
Major singles titles by July 2026
3
Paralympic gold medals, 2021 and 2024
Born in Helmond in 2002, Vink watched the London 2012 Paralympics at the age of nine and chose wheelchair tennis after trying a few sports. He reached world No. 1 in quad doubles in September 2021 and in singles in March 2022. At the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 he won quad doubles gold and singles bronze, and in Paris in 2024 he won gold in both. His first major singles title came at the 2022 French Open, and the Australian Open in January 2026 completed his set of all four. Most of his major finals have been against his compatriot Sam Schröder, his doubles partner until 2024; since 2025 he has partnered Guy Sasson. In 2026 he won the British Open doubles at Roehampton with Sasson, then a fourth successive Wimbledon singles title, 6-1, 6-3 over Schröder, and the doubles.
| Major singles titles | 4: Wimbledon (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Major singles finals lost | 1: Wimbledon (2022) |
| Major doubles titles | 5: Wimbledon (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) |
| Other grass singles titles | 2: British Open (2024, 2025) |
| Other grass doubles titles | 3: British Open (2024, 2025, 2026) |
| Wimbledon doubles partners | 2022 to 2024 with Sam Schröder; 2025 and 2026 with Guy Sasson |
| Wimbledon singles finals | 2022: lost to Schröder 7-6 (5), 6-1. 2023: beat Heath Davidson 6-1, 6-2. 2024: beat Schröder 7-6 (4), 6-4. 2025: beat Schröder 6-3, 6-3. 2026: beat Schröder 6-1, 6-3 |
| Final to remember | 2024 doubles with Schröder: beat Andy Lapthorne and Guy Sasson 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 |
| British Open, Roehampton | Singles finals: 2024 beat Schröder 6-1, 6-1; 2025 beat Schröder 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Doubles with Schröder in 2024, with Sasson in 2025 and 2026 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Quad doubles | with Sam Schröder |
| 2023 | Quad doubles | with Sam Schröder |
| 2023 | Quad singles | |
| 2024 | Quad doubles | with Sam Schröder |
| 2024 | Quad singles | |
| 2025 | Quad doubles | with Guy Sasson |
| 2025 | Quad singles | |
| 2026 | Quad doubles | with Guy Sasson |
| 2026 | Quad singles | |
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
"Wimbledon feels like home."
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London 2012
At nine he went to the London 2012 Paralympics as a spectator, and the Games gave him the ambition to compete at one himself. He tried a few sports before settling on wheelchair tennis. Nine years later he won Paralympic quad doubles gold in Tokyo, and in Paris in 2024 he took gold in both events.
Source: WikipediaParis 2024
After his Paralympic singles gold in Paris, Dylan Alcott rang him on FaceTime to congratulate him, with one reminder attached: "but you never beat me." Alcott, the Australian who holds the record of 15 major quad singles titles, had beaten Vink in the 2021 US Open final, the first major final of the Dutchman's career.
Source: ITFWimbledon 2025
Known on tour as a party animal, Vink won the doubles with Guy Sasson on the Saturday but did not have a sip that night because he had the singles final next day. After beating Schröder 6-3, 6-3 he announced: "I have the champagne ready when I am finished here," with a celebration planned on the Wimbledon terrace.
Source: ITFMelbourne 2026
The Australian Open was the one major singles title he had not won. He beat Schröder 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the January 2026 final to complete the set, a period covered by the documentary Niels Vink. De Laatste Grandslam, shown on the regional broadcaster's Brabant+ service.
Source: Omroep BrabantWimbledon 2026 · Final
His coach and friend Hans-Jurgen Striek had died the year before. After beating Schröder for a fourth successive title Vink kissed the grass and looked up at the sky. "Mijn nieuwe trainer helpt me heel goed, maar de lege stoel naast hem was niet leeg," he said: his new coach helped him well, but the empty chair beside him was not empty.
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