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Netherlands · born West-Graftdijk, 1976 · three times Wimbledon wheelchair doubles champion · Paralympic bronze 2012
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3
Wimbledon doubles titles, 2007, 2008 and 2011
4
Wimbledon doubles finals, 2007 to 2012
No. 1
Doubles ranking, January 2012
39
Career doubles titles
Born in West-Graftdijk, North Holland, in 1976, Vink turned professional in 2000 and made his name in doubles. He won 39 doubles titles, including the season-ending Masters in 2006, 2009 and 2010, and reached No. 1 in the doubles rankings in January 2012. Besides his three Wimbledon titles he won the US Open doubles in 2010 with Maikel Scheffers and the Australian Open in 2012 with Robin Ammerlaan, and reached three French Open finals. In singles he rose to No. 4 in September 2010 and reached major semi-finals in Melbourne, Paris and New York. He played two Paralympic Games, finishing fourth in the Beijing singles in 2008 and winning the singles bronze in London in 2012.
| Major doubles titles | 3: Wimbledon (2007, 2008, 2011) |
|---|---|
| Wimbledon doubles | 2007 and 2008 with Robin Ammerlaan; 2011 with Maikel Scheffers |
| Wimbledon finals | 2007: beat Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. 2008: beat Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 6-7, 6-1, 6-3. 2011: beat Houdet and Michaël Jérémiasz 7-5, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon final lost | 2012 with Robin Ammerlaan, to Tom Egberink and Michaël Jérémiasz 6-4, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Men's wheelchair doubles | with Robin Ammerlaan |
| 2008 | Men's wheelchair doubles | with Robin Ammerlaan |
| 2011 | Men's wheelchair doubles | with Maikel Scheffers |
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"This is definitely one of the highlights of my career."
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Wimbledon 2007
Vink and Robin Ammerlaan won the men's wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon by beating the defending champions, the Japanese pair Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. "This is definitely one of the highlights of my career," Vink told the BBC afterwards.
Source: DutchNews.nlWimbledon 2008
Defending the title, the Dutch pair lost a first-set tiebreak 8-6 to the French pair Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer on grass made awkward by the weather, then won 6-1, 6-3. "We were a little bit nervous in the third set," Ammerlaan admitted. The event offered a record purse of about 28,000 US dollars.
Source: International Paralympic CommitteeWimbledon 2011
With Maikel Scheffers as his new partner, Vink met Robin Ammerlaan, his partner for the 2007 and 2008 titles, in the semi-final. Ammerlaan and Stefan Olsson were the defending champions. The new pair won 6-0, 6-3, then beat Stéphane Houdet and Michaël Jérémiasz 7-5, 6-2 for Vink's third Wimbledon title.
Source: International Paralympic CommitteeWimbledon 2012
Vink and Ammerlaan, the top seeds, were chasing a third Wimbledon title together but lost the final 6-4, 6-2 to Tom Egberink and Michaël Jérémiasz, who played in pink "Boom Boom Boys" T-shirts. "It shows what you can achieve when you play like brothers," Jérémiasz said.
Source: International Paralympic CommitteeRotterdam 2011
A year after losing the Rotterdam final to Stéphane Houdet 6-3, 6-3, Vink, then ranked No. 4, met the Frenchman again in the 2011 final and won 7-5, 6-1. It was the fourth singles title of his career at the top level of the ITF tour.
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