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Jayant Mistry

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Jayant Mistry
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1966-08-29) 29 August 1966 (age 58)
Leicester, Great Britain
Turned pro1992
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles20
Highest rankingNo. 8 (14 August 2000)
Other tournaments
Paralympic Games3R (1996, 2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career titles48
Highest rankingNo. 2 (27 May 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonW (2005)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesW (2005)
Paralympic Games4th (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 Michaël 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Jayant Mistry - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Interview with Jayant Mistry (Full interview)". Paralympic Heritage. 1 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Britain's Other Wimbledon Winner". Pukaar Magazine. 25 August 2017.
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