| Born | (1965-01-31)January 31, 1965 (age 60) |
|---|---|
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2014(member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 175-39 |
| Masters | W (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 79-12 |
Chantal Vandierendonck (born 31 January 1965) is a Dutch former professionalwheelchair tennis player. Vandierendonck won various wheelchair tennis championships held by theInternational Tennis Federation and multipleParalympic medals from 1988 to 1996. She was inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.[1]
Vandierendonck was born on 31 January 1965 in the Netherlands. She became a paraplegic after a car accident when she was eighteen.[1]
After meeting wheelchair tennis playerJean-Pierre Limborg inParis,[2] Vandierendonck began her tennis career at a French competition in 1983.[3] In 1985, she won her first out of sevenSuper SeriesU.S. Open championships with her last win in 1993.[1] Alternatively, Vandierendonck participated in the first team event at theITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 1996 and co-won the ITF's women's doubles cup in 1997.[3] During her time at the ITF in the 1990s, she was namedITF World Champion three times and won theWheelchair Tennis Masters in 1996.[3]
Outside of the ITF, Vandierendonck competed at theParalympic Games for wheelchair tennis in both singles and doubles. Her first Paralympic medal was at the demonstration of wheelchair tennis at the1988 Summer Paralympics. She won additional Paralympic medals at the1992 Summer Paralympics and1996 Summer Paralympics.[1]
In 2010, Vandierendonck was given theBrad Parks Award.[3] After her nomination to theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013,[4] Vandierendonck was inducted into the ITHF in 2014 as the first inductee in wheelchair tennis.[1]
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