Wheelchair Tennis Paralympics 2024 Wikipedia English. First fully included to the paralympic sport programme in barcelona 1992, wheelchair tennis is governed by the. Invented in 1976, and first contested at the barcelona paralympic games in 1992, wheelchair tennis is an especially popular sport.

The sport grew in the 1980s as france became the first country in europe to put together a specific wheelchair. The wheelchair tennis events at the paralympics will be held from 30 august to 7.