Shingo Kunieda: Michael Jordan of Wheelchair Tennis [GOAT of Wheelchair Tennis]

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He has worked as a visiting scholar at Michael Jordan's alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), from September 2012 to August 2013, and is familiar with US college basketball (NCAA) and the NBA. He is Japanese and also familiar with Japan basketball and B.LEAGUE (Japan).
He is presently working as CTO at Guarantee Happiness LLC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States (the town where UNC is located) from January 2020 and as CEO and CTO of Japanese Tar Heel, Inc. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States from June 2022. He is familiar with the latest basketball in United States.
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He played basketball in junior high and high school, and was in the top 8 in Chiba Prefecture in junior high school and in the top 16 in Chiba Prefecture in high school (Japan). He has experience playing American basketball with UNC students and North Carolina locals.

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Shingo Kunieda: Michael Jordan of Wheelchair Tennis

We introduce Shingo Kunieda, the Michael Jordan of wheelchair tennis.

Shingo Kunieda was a professional wheelchair tennis player from 2009 to 2023 (Japan).

NOTE: Shingo Kunieda was an amateur wheelchair tennis player from 1995 (6th grade) to 2009.

Shingo Kunieda's main achievements are listed below. Awesome!

Highest record in 4 major tournaments, singles
- Winner 28 times (Australian Open 11 times, French Open 8 times, British Open (Open Championship) 1 time, US Open 8 times)

Highest 4 major championships, doubles
- 22 titles (Australian Open 8 times, French Open 8 times, British Open 4 times, U.S. Open 2 times)

Olympic Games
- 2004: Athens Paralympics, Gold Medal in Doubles
- 2008: Beijing Paralympics, Gold Medal in Singles
- 2012: London Paralympics, Gold Medal in Singles
- 2021: Tokyo Paralympics 2020, Gold Medal in Singles

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
- 2019, 2022: Winner

In doubles, he played with Satoshi Saida (Japan) and Robin Ammerlaan (Netherlands), played with Maikel Scheffers (Netherlands).

Because of the above achievements, Shingo Kunieda has been called the Michael Jordan of wheelchair tennis and the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) of wheelchair tennis.

Introduction Video of Shingo Kunieda

These are introduction videos of Shingo Kunieda.

Shingo Kunieda's Activities in Four Major Tournaments

We introduce Shingo Kunieda's activities in the four major tournaments.

2010: Winner of the U.S. Open

Here is a video of his winner of the 2010 U.S. Open.

2016: Winner of the U.S. Open

Here is a video of his winner of the 2016 U.S. Open.

2020: Winner of the U.S. Open

Here are videos of his winner of the 2020 U.S. Open.

2022: Winner of the Australian Open

Here is a video of his winner of the 2020 Australian Open.

2022: Career Golden Slam Achieved by Winning the British Open (Open Championship)

Shingo Kunieda won the British Open (Open Championship) in 2022 and a career Golden Slam achievement!

The Career Golden Slam is a title given to players who have won a Grand Slam (Australian Open, French Open, British Open, and U.S. Open) plus the Olympics (held once every four years)!