16 Facts About Andy Lapthorne

Andy Lapthorne took up wheelchair tennis in 2005, and entered the quad division in 2008.

Andy Lapthorne is active in both singles and doubles tournaments, and has 17 grand slam titles in singles and doubles.

Andy Lapthorne can walk for limited periods, but not very far and the condition has left him unable to straighten his arms fully.

Andy Lapthorne joined a disabled football team at the age of eight, and tried wheelchair basketball.

Andy Lapthorne took up the sport full-time in 2005 after playing at a sports camp for people in wheelchairs.

Andy Lapthorne was spotted by coaches from the Tennis Federation, and became a professional player.

Andy Lapthorne began teaming up with Peter Norfolk, to compete in the quad doubles.

Andy Lapthorne won his first singles title during the same year, at the Wroclaw Cup, and won the singles title at Prague Cup Czech Indoor resulting in completing his first full season as a quad player ranked ninth in the world.

In 2010, Andy Lapthorne won both the Melbourne Open singles titles and doubles alongside Norfolk.

Andy Lapthorne reached the final of the Sydney Open and regularly appeared in the quarter finals of the year's Super Series tournaments.

Andy Lapthorne's world ranking in 2010 improved to number six, and he won the end of season Camozzi Doubles Masters, teaming with Norfolk once more.

Andy Lapthorne was selected for the Great Britain squad for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in both the quad singles and quad doubles tennis events.

Andy Lapthorne was featured in the special resulting in The Daily Telegraph describing him as "the young pretender, talented, aggressive and gobby in the extreme".

In 2014 Andy Lapthorne went on to win the US open singles title.

Andy Lapthorne won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the quad doubles playing alongside Gregory Slade.

Andy Lapthorne is an ambassador of Brentford FC He is a fan of West Ham United FC He lives in Eastcote, Greater London.