David Wagner

Early life Wagner was born in Fullerton, California, and grew up in Walla Walla, Washington. He took a year off of college and began practicing table tennis as part of his rehabilitation. He won a national competition in that sport three years in a row, from 1997 to 1999.

In 2007, he participated in the first Quad competition held at the U.S. Open, winning doubles with Taylor and taking second place in singles behind Peter Norfolk. Wagner had urged the United States Tennis Association to include a quadriplegic division at the event; the U.S. Open was the first of the Grand Slam tournaments to do so. The Australian Open followed suit the next year, with Wagner finishing runner-up in singles, and winning doubles with Taylor. The US Open and the Australian Open were the only Grand Slams to offer a Quad wheelchair tennis draw, until 2019. The first Quad Wheelchair Doubles exhibition event was held at Wimbledon in 2018. Wagner won the event, partnering Andy Lapthorne. Later that year, Wimbledon announced that they would offer a singles and doubles quad draw . Roland Garros followed with a similar announcement a few months later. Wagner, partnering Alcott, won the inaugural Roland Garros Quad Doubles draw.

At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Wagner and Taylor won gold in doubles and competed against each other in the bronze medal match of the singles event, with Wagner taking the match and the medal.

Personal life Wagner graduated with an elementary education degree in 2000. In 2001, when he had to choose between teaching and playing tennis, he decided to become a full time wheelchair tennis player. From 2006 until 2014 he lived in Hillsboro, Oregon, and then moved to Chula Vista, California. He trains at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, (formerly Chula Vista Olympic Training Center) where he is the only tennis player in residence.

Tennis career statistics Grand Slam performance timelines

Current through the 2026 French Open.

Quad singles

Quad doubles Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Australian OpenNHWWWFFWWWWWFFFFWSFWQFA10 / 18 French OpenNot heldWWWSFSFSFAA3 / 6 WimbledonNot heldWFNHWFSFSFA1 / 5 US OpenWNHWWWNHWWWNHWWFFSFSFQFNHQF9 / 14

Quad doubles: 31 (23 titles, 8 runner-ups)