 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait | |
| Country (sports) | Australia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Langwarrin, Victoria[1] |
| Born | (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (age 38) Rosebud, Victoria, Australia |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 104–86[2] |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (16 April 2018)[2] |
| Current ranking | No. 7 (15 February 2021)[2] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2022) |
| French Open | SF (2022) |
| Wimbledon | F (2023) |
| US Open | QF (2021,2022,2023) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Paralympic Games | QF (2016,2020) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 107–42[2] |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (9 December 2019)[2] |
| Current ranking | No. 4 (30 August 2021)[2] |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2018,2019,2020,2021) |
| French Open | F (2022,2023) |
| Wimbledon | F (2023) |
| US Open | F (2021) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Masters Doubles | W (2019) |
| Paralympic Games | W (2016) |
Medal record | |
Heath Arthur Davidson,OAM (born 9 May 1987) is an Australianwheelchair tennis player. Davidson is a four-timeAustralian Open doubles champion, all partneringDylan Alcott. He has also won twoParalympic medals, a gold and silver in doubles at the2016 Rio[3][4][5] and2020 Tokyo Paralympics,[6] respectively (both also partnering Alcott). He has been selected for the2024 Paris Paralympics, his third Games.
Davidson was born on 9 May 1987.[7] He contracted viraltransverse myelitis at the age of five months and this led to paraplegia.[8] He attended Parkdale Secondary College inMelbourne.[8]
Davidson started playing wheelchair tennis at the age of 14.[8] In 2001, At the Australian Disabled Games in Queensland he won a bronze medal in wheelchair tennis and two silver medals for table tennis.[8] After ten years he retired from the sport.[9]
After Davidson returned to wheelchair tennis, he teamed withDylan Alcott to win the prestigious BNP Paribas World Team Cup held in Tokyo, Japan in May 2016. They upset Great Britain in the final.[3] Davidson and Alcott won the Men's Quad Doubles gold medal at the Rio Paralympics.[5] They defeated the reigning championsDavid Wagner andNick Taylor in the gold medal match 4–6, 6–4, 7–5.[5][10] In the Men's Quad Singles, Davidson lost toAndy Lapthorne (GBR) 0–2 (1–6, 2–6) in the quarter-finals.[5]
In May 2017, Davidson won his first international quad singles title by winning the Korea Open.[11] In 2019, Davidson and his partner Niels Vink won the 2019Wheelchair Tennis Masters in quad doubles.[12]
At the2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he teamed with Alcott to win the Men's Quad Doubles silver medal. He lost in theMen's Quad Singles quarter final.
Davidson won the Variety Australia Young Sports Achievers Award in 2003 with Dylan Alcott.[13] In 2016, he sharedTennis Australia's Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability with doubles partner Dylan Alcott.[14] He was awarded theMedal of the Order of Australia in 2017.[15] In 2022, he was awarded Tennis Australia's Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability.[16]
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2023 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Niels Vink | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard |  Dylan Alcott |  Andrew Lapthorne David Wagner | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Andrew Lapthorne David Wagner | 6–0, 6–7(5–7), [10–6] |
| Winner | 2019 | Australian Open(2) | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Andrew Lapthorne David Wagner | 6–3, 6–7(6–8), [12–10] |
| Winner | 2020 | Australian Open(3) | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Andrew Lapthorne David Wagner | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2021 | Australian Open(4) | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Andrew Lapthorne David Wagner | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 2021 | US Open | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Sam SchröderNiels Vink | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2022 | French Open | Clay |  Ymanitu Silva | Sam Schröder Niels Vink | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2023 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Robert Shaw | Sam Schröder Niels Vink | 6–7(5–7), 0–6 |
