Jayant Mistry | |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1966 |
Birth Place: | Leicester, Great Britain |
Turnedpro: | 1992 |
Retired: | 2007 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singlestitles: | 20 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 8 (14 August 2000) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Paralympicsresult: | 3R (1996, 2000, 2004) |
Doublestitles: | 48 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 2 (27 May 2002) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | W (2005) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Wheelchairtennismastersdoublesresult: | W (2005) |
Paralympicsdoublesresult: | 4th (2000) |
Jayant Mistry (born 29 August 1966) is a retired British wheelchair tennis player of Indian descent who competed in international level events. He is a former British no.1 player in the singles and a former World no. 2 in the men's doubles. He competed at four Paralympic Games and was a semifinalist in the men's doubles at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[1]
He was the first British player to win the wheelchair men's doubles title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships alongside Michaƫl Jeremiasz and the first British man to win a men's title at the Wimbledon Championships since Fred Perry in 1936, they were runner-ups at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships a year later.[2]
Mistry was born with spina bifida and his left leg shorter than his right. He had his right foot amputated aged twelve and has a prosthetic.[3]