Taipei 2009 - Tennis

Location:Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Opening Date:05 Sep 2009
Closing Date:15 Sep 2009
Nations:18
Athletes:53
     Men:34
     Women:19
Official Games Site

Taipei, the biggest city of Taiwan, has been selected to be the host of the 21st Summer Deaflympics. In the meanwhile, this is the milestone that the first Summer Deaflympics to be held in Asia. For this breaking point, Taipei City Government reconstructs the forty-year-old stadium and other venues to make their best effort to fit the standards.

Judo, Karate, and Taekwondo have been added in the Deaflympic sports competition program.

Gabor Mathe of Hungary received a $5000 Fair Play Award from Widex.

Countries participated:

CountryMenWomenTotal
Flag: Argentina Argentina101
Flag: Australia Australia505
Flag: Austria Austria303
Flag: Chile Chile011
Flag: China China112
Flag: Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei336
Flag: France France325
Flag: Germany Germany426
Flag: Great Britain Great Britain516
Flag: Greece Greece011
Flag: Hungary Hungary101
Flag: Italy Italy123
Flag: Japan Japan224
Flag: Netherlands Netherlands202
Flag: Slovakia Slovakia101
Flag: Spain Spain022
Flag: Turkiye Turkiye112
Flag: United States United States112
Total341953