Tadeusz Kruszelnicki is a professional wheelchair tennis

Wheelchair Tennis

Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for those who have disabilities in their lower bodies. The size of courts, balls, and rackets are same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis; they use specially designed wheelchairs and the ball may bounce up to two times...

 player from Poland. Currently residing in Ziębice

Ziebice

Ziębice is a town in Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Ziębice. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...

, Kruszelnicki has been ranked as high as World Number 3 in singles on April 10, 2006, and World Number 5 on June 23, 2003 in the wheelchair rankings. He has represented his country at every Summer Paralympics since 1996, and has competed in both singles and doubles at all of those Games.

Grand Slam Men's Singles Runner Ups (1)

Year	|Partnering		2001	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	David Hall	6–2, 6–0

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