Ronald Vink

Ronald Vink (born 21 April 1976) is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles.

Grand Slam performances Vink has reached grand slam wheelchair doubles finals, capturing his first title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships with compatriot Robin Ammerlaan. In 2008, he successfully defended his Wimbledon Wheelchair title by defeating the French duo of Stéphane Houdet and Nicoles Peifer. In 2011 he won for the third time the final with his partner Maikel Scheffers.

In singles, he has had less successes. Vink has never captured a singles title nor has he reached a final. His best effort came at the 2008 French Open, when he reached the semifinals.

Grand Slam Doubles Wheelchair finals

Wins (5) YearChampionshipPartneringOpponents in FinalScore in Final 2007 Wimbledon Robin Ammerlaan Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 2008 Wimbledon Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer 6–7(6), 6–1, 6–3 2010 US Open Maikel Scheffers Nicolas Peifer Jon Rydberg 6–0, 6–0 2011 Wimbledon Maikel Scheffers Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz 7–5, 6–2 2012 Australian Open Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Runners-up (5) YearChampionshipPartneringOpponents in FinalScore in Final 2007 Australian Open Maikel Scheffers Shingo Kunieda Robin Ammerlaan 6–2, 6–0 2008 Australian Open Robin Ammerlaan Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida 6–4, 6–32008 French Open Robin Ammerlaan Shingo Kunieda Maikel Scheffers 6–2, 7–5 2009 US Open Maikel Scheffers Stéphane Houdet Stefan Olsson 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 2011 US Open Maikel Scheffers Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer 6–3, 6–1

Paralympic performances He represented the Netherlands at the Paralympics in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Beijing 2008 He competed in singles and doubles. In both events he made it to the semifinals but lost there and lost again in the bronze medal match.

London 2012 He competed in the singles and doubles events. In the semifinals of the singles event he lost from Shingo Kunieda but won the bronze medal match from Maikel Scheffers. In the bronze medal match of the doubles event he lost with his partner Robin Ammerlaan from the French Stéphane Houdet and Michaël Jeremiasz.

Performance timelines

Wheelchair singles

Wheelchair doubles