When Esther Vergeer started playing wheelchair tennis in 1999 it was a growing niche in the tennis community. The relentlessness of her winning dovetailed with an era of growth for the game, and ...

The Esther Vergeer Foundation also aims to encourage children across the globe to take up sport. "I don't think a lot of kids with disabilities go out there and play sports," she says. "So that ...

Esther Vergeer put up eye-popping numbers during her career in wheelchair tennis, ... It all happened so fast that when you’re playing you don’t realize what the number are,” she said.

Adieu Esther Vergeer, ... Of course it isn’t like someone lost their life, but the thought that Esther will no longer play has left in me a crater the size of that Big Hole in Kimberley. Ad.

WATCH: Esther Vergeer, Rick Draney revealed as 2023 International Tennis Hall Of Fame inductees, at a ceremony in Rotterdam. ... Vergeer was never allowed to play singles at Wimbledon.

Vergeer also took charge of the doubles ranks, sweeping the Australian, French, Wimbledon and U.S. crowns in 2009 and 2011. She took home 19 additional doubles grand slam titles and three more ...

Meet ESTHER, your new tennis-playing robot partner The machine, designed by a Georgia Tech professor of robotics, is named after Hall of Fame wheelchair champion Esther Vergeer. By Baseline Staff ...

Esther Vergeer retired from tennis with an awesome win streak of 470 matches but now she is focused on breaking the mold for ... “I have to admit that I’m playing basketball now,” Vergeer ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — Esther Vergeer put up eye-popping numbers during her career in wheelchair tennis, piling them up as the sport grew and became a Grand Slam event. Now, her accomplishments will be ...

Netherlands' Esther Vergeer returns to Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen, not seen, during the women's single wheelchair tennis semifinal match at the 2012 Paralympics, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in London.

Wheelchair pioneers Esther Vergeer and Rick Draney enshrined in International Tennis Hall. ... It all happened so fast that when you're playing you don't realize what the number are," she said.