Chantal Vandierendonck

Chantal Vandierendonck (born 31 January 1965) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. Vandierendonck won various wheelchair tennis championships held by the International Tennis Federation and multiple Paralympic medals from 1988 to 1996. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.

Early life Vandierendonck was born on 31 January 1965 in the Netherlands. She became a paraplegic after a car accident when she was eighteen. Vandierendonck began her tennis career at a French competition in 1983. After her nomination to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013, Vandierendonck was inducted into the ITHF in 2014 as the first inductee in wheelchair tennis.