Diede de Groot

Quick Facts

Full Name	Diede de Groot
Occupation	Wheelchair Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1996(1996-12-19)
Age	28
Birthplace	Woerden
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	Utrecht
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Diede de Groot Biography

Diede de Groot is one of the most popular and richest Wheelchair Tennis Player who was born on December 19, 1996 in Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands. Diede De Groot (born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. In her professional time in the sport, de Groot won over 10 Grand Slam tournaments including back to back women’s singles tournaments at Wimbledon from 2017 until 2018. in 2019, de Groot completed her Career Grand Slam when she took the singles title in the 2019 French Open. Her singles victory during the French Open also made de Groot the first wheelchair tennis player to achieve the grand slam that was not calendar year. In addition to winning her Grand Slam wins, De Groot has won a number of Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles between 2016 and 2018 , and also she also won a Silver medal from the Summer Paralympics.

De Groot made her first Grand Slam appearance at the 2017 Australian Open. After reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the 2017 French Open, de Groot was awarded her debut Grand Slam title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. The 2017 season ended with de Groot winning the Grand Slam tournaments with a top-four finish during the 2017 US Open. In the beginning of 2018 she was the winner of her first title at the Australian Open and appeared at the final of the 2018 French Open. In the final Grand Slams in 2018, De Groot won the women’s singles title in the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and her first US Open singles title at the 2018 US Open. In 2019 de Groot rewon the Australian Open title in singles play in the 2019 Australian Open. In this year’s French Open, de Groot ended her first career Grand Slam when she won her first French Open singles title. The French Open title also made de Groot the first wheelchair tennis player to win the non- calendar season Grand Slam (win all four Grand Slam singles events in consecutive years but not all within one year). In the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, de Groot finished her back-to-back singles victories after she was defeated in the final by Aniek Van Koot during the championship final.

Doubles-wise, De Groot was a third place finisher at her 2017 Australian, French and Wimbledon championships. Following her win at her very first Doubles Championships in the US Open, she lost at the 2018 Australian Open and co-won the doubles title during the 2018 French Open. De Groot became the first wheelchair tennis player to win both female singles event and the doubles tournament in Wimbledon in July, 2018. She took home the second US Open doubles title at the 2018 US Open alongside Yui Kamiji. In the 2019 Australian Open, De Groot was awarded the first Australian doubles title alongside Aniek van Koot. She also won her singles title at the beginning of January in 2019. The following Grand Slams De Groot and Van Koot were the winners of the Doubles title at both Wimbledon, the French Open and Wimbledon.

Diede de Groot Net Worth

Diede de Groot is one of the richest Wheelchair Tennis Player from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Diede de Groot 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

De Groot was born with uniform leg lengths and began her wheelchair tennis journey at seven years old. She began taking part in the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2009 as an amateur player. In her time with the ITF, De Groot won the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in 2013 both in doubles and singles. In the next year, she was awarded in 2014 the Junior Masters in doubles.

In addition to those Grand Slam tournaments, De Groot participated in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in singles and doubles events. Although De Groot did not medal in singles competition, she took home an Olympic silver medal for women’s doubles. For Masters events, De Groot won the 2017 and 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters in women’s singles. In doubles competition she was crowned in 2016 the Wheelchair Doubles Masters with Lucy Shuker and the 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters alongside Marjolein Buis. She also played in the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in consecutive years , from 2011 until 2019. In the World Team Cup, De Groot was a rookie in 2011, before becoming as a member of the world team in 2012.

In 2018, de Groot was named ITF World Champion in women’s wheelchair tennis. The following year, she was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2019.

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Facts & Trivia

Diede Ranked on the list of most popular Wheelchair Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Diede de Groot celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Diede de Groot

1. Diede de Groot is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player.
2. She was born on May 4, 1996 in Oudewater, Netherlands.
3. De Groot turned professional in 2015.
4. She has won multiple Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles.
5. De Groot is currently ranked world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.
6. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
7. De Groot has a career record of over 200 wins and only 30 losses.
8. She was named ITF Wheelchair World Champion for two consecutive years (2019-2020).
9. De Groot has also won numerous other awards and accolades throughout her career.
10. She is known for her powerful serve and aggressive playing style on court.

Why is diede de Groot in a wheelchair?

From an early age, I walked with a prosthetic leg, but after a few hip surgeries I found out that playing sports standing up wasn’t possible. My right hip can’t handle walking for more then 10 minutes, so I was encouraged by physiotherapists to play wheelchair tennis.

What is wrong with Diede de Groot?

De Groot was born with a shorter right leg , and she started playing wheelchair tennis at age 7 because she needed to do rehabilitation after hip operations. “I had my first lesson, and I loved it straight away,” she said in an International Tennis Federation mini documentary.

How do you play a wheelchair in tennis?

Wheelchair Tennis follows the same rules as able-bodied tennis. The only difference is Wheelchair Tennis players are allowed two bounces of the ball; provided the first bounce occurs within the bounds of the court. The events are singles (between two players) and doubles (between two pairs).

What does De Groot mean?

Dutch: nickname for a big man , from Middle Dutch grote ‘big’, ‘large’, preceded by the definite article de.

What is meaning by grand slam?

(1) : the winning of all four of the most significant championships in a particular sport in the same year —used especially in tennis and golf …