Kai Schramayer Explained

Kai Schramayer
Residence:Vancouver, Canada
Birth Date:10 January 1968
Birth Place:Heidelberg, Germany
Turnedpro:1990
Retired:2005
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singlestitles:52
Highestsinglesranking:No. 1 (10 August 1993)
Othertournaments:yes
Wheelchairtennismastersresult:W (1997)
Paralympicsresult: (1992)
Doublestitles:53
Highestdoublesranking:No. 2 (19 October 1999)
Wheelchairtennismastersdoublesresult:W (2002)

Kai Schramayer (born 10 January 1968) is a retired German wheelchair tennis player who competed at international level events. He was a former World no. 1 in the sport and is a double Paralympic medalist.[1]

Schramayer was a very sporty person: he played ice hockey, volleyball, basketball and soccer at a young age and pursued his interest in tennis aged six years old. He lost his left femur to bone cancer when he was fourteen years old after his mother noticed that her son complained about pain in his leg when going up stairs. After his leg got amputated, he went back to playing tennis with a prosthesis. He soon discovered wheelchair tennis and played competitively in the later 1980s and won many wheelchair doubles titles in 1990 with his partner Randy Snow.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 October 2020. Kai Schramayer - ITF Profile. International Tennis Federation.
  2. Web site: 17 October 1993. Cancer Can't Keep Him Off the Court: Tennis: Schramayer, who had his left amputated, is the world's top-ranked wheelchair tennis player. Los Angeles Times.
  3. Web site: 10 January 2020. How To Help Someone After Disability? Teach Them Tennis. Folks Magazine.