Guy Sasson (; born April 28, 1980) is an Israeli wheelchair tennis player. He is a multi-time Grand Slam champion having won two singles majors at the 2024 and 2025 French Opens, and six major doubles titles.
In 2015, Sasson suffered a severe spinal cord injury in a snowboarding accident in the French Alps, leaving him paralyzed from the knees down. Following surgery and extensive rehabilitation, he began playing competitive wheelchair tennis in 2018.
His highest world ranking in singles is No. 2, and in doubles is No. 1, in 2024 and 2026 respectively. He won a bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the Quad singles event.
In quad doubles, Sasson plays alongside regular partner Niels Vink of the Netherlands. The pair won three consecutive Grand Slam titles in 2025 (the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open), and swept the first three majors of the 2026 season (the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon). By winning the first three majors of 2026, Sasson and Vink entered the 2026 US Open with the opportunity to complete a first-ever calendar-year Grand Slam in the wheelchair quad doubles division, but lost in the championship round in a tie-breaker.
Early and personal life Sasson was born and grew up in Ramat Gan, Israel, and is Jewish. His parents are Nissim, who worked in real estate, and Venus, who worked in education, and he has two younger brothers."Guy Sasson," Wimbledon. Sasson attended Blich High School in Ramat Gan, where he played for the school's soccer team and won a national championship before competing in the high school world championship in Lima, Peru in 1997. He played tennis as a child, served in the Israel Defense Forces, and then attended the University of Michigan business school where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a specialization in finance in 2006.
Sasson then returned to Israel, where he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on real estate from the University of Haifa. After graduating he founded a property management, real estate investment, and urban renewal firm named IsraMich Investments."Israeli quads tennis star Guy Sasson shares his 1st US Open experience," The Jerusalem Post.
He married Aya Mohr (now Dr. Aya Mohr-Sasson, an obstetrician-gynecologist). Sasson and his wife have four children."Sasson, world-ranked Israeli wheelchair tennis player," Jewish News Syndicate. His brother spent two months in the IDF reserves in Gaza.
Snowboarding accident In January 2015 Sasson was paralyzed from the knees down in a snowboarding accident in Val Thorens in the French Alps after he fell 10 meters (33 feet) and injured his back, spine, leg, and hand."Conventional hitter: after winning Roland Garros - tennis player Guy Sassoon aims for the Paralympic Games," Israel HaYom."First interview: tennis player Guy Sassoon Massivon will participate in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo," Ono News. He was flown to Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, where he had major surgery for his severe traumatic spinal cord damage, stabilizing his fractured spinal vertebrae, and repairing nerve damage and severe injuries to his left hand.
He was told by the doctors that the neurological damage had left him permanently paralyzed from the knees down, and that he would remain wheelchair-dependent for the rest of his life, not able to walk again. After spending well over a year in a rehab hospital following a grueling daily physical rehabilitation regimen, he was able to walk out, albeit with the help of braces and canes.
Although he achieved partial upright mobility, he remains permanently paralyzed in his lower limbs, and relies on a combination of leg braces and orthopedic canes to walk.
Wheelchair tennis career 2018–23 Sasson began playing competitive wheelchair tennis seriously in 2018 at the Israel ParaSport Center in Ramat Gan."Jewish competitors — paralympics preview," Intermountain Jewish News. He is coached by former professional tennis player Ofri Lankri."Guy Sassoon won the Israel Wheelchair Tennis Championship," Ynet. Just a year after beginning dedicated training, he won the men's singles title at the 2019 Israel Wheelchair Tennis Championship.
He competed for Israel in the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021, coming in 9th. In May 2023, Sasson was a member of the Israeli quad team that won a silver medal at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Vilamoura, Portugal.
2024–25 Sasson competed in the 2024 U.S. Open in New York City, where he reached the quarterfinals in both wheelchair quad singles and doubles. In May 2023 he was part of the Israeli quad wheelchair tennis team that won the silver medal at the world championship in Portugal. Later that year, he made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 US Open in New York City, advancing to the quad quarterfinals in both the singles and doubles draws.
He won the singles championship in the 2024 Victorian Wheelchair Open, and the quad doubles championship in the 2024 Melbourne Wheelchair Open. In the 2024 Australian Open, Sasson reached the finals in both the quad singles and the quad doubles.
Sasson won his first major title at the 2024 French Open, defeating Sam Schröder of the Netherlands in the final of the Quad Singles event in a final set tiebreaker. He dedicated his victory to Israel and to the four hostages who were released from captivity in Gaza on that day."Dedicating it to the freed hostages": Guy Sassoon won Roland Garros in wheelchairs," Ynet. He also reached the finals in the 2024 Australian Open in both singles and doubles.
Sasson won a bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in Quad singles, defeating Ahmet Kaplan of Turkey in the bronze medal match."Tennis player Guy Sasson claims bronze, Israel’s ninth medal at Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
At the 2025 French Open, Sasson partnered with Niels Vink of the Netherlands to win his first Grand Slam doubles title.
Sasson also won the 2025 French Open singles championship, and swept the 2025 Wimbledon Championships and 2025 US Open doubles crowns with Vink.
2026–present Sasson and Vink began the following year by winning the 2026 Australian Open quad doubles championship.
They then retained their quad doubles title at the 2026 French Open, making it back-to-back victories at Roland Garros.
In July 2026, Sasson and Vink won their sixth consecutive Grand Slam doubles title as a team at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, beating Sam Schröder and Jin Woodman in the final.
Career statistics Performance timelines
Quad Singles
Tournament2023202420252026 Australian Open A F SF SF 0 / 3 7–3 French Open A W W SF 2 / 3 7–1 Wimbledon A SF QF SF 0 / 3 2–3 US Open QF NH SF SF 0 / 3 5–3 Win–loss 1–1 7–2 7–3 6–4 2 / 12 21–10
Quad doubles
Tournament2023202420252026 Australian Open A F F W 1 / 3 French Open A F W W 2 / 3 Wimbledon A F W W 2 / 3 US Open QF NH W 1 / 2 Win–loss 6/11
Quad singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss2024Australian OpenHard Sam Schröder3–6, 3–6Win2024French OpenClay Sam Schröder 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(10–7)Win2025French OpenClay Niels Vink 6–4, 7–5
Quad doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss2024Australian OpenHard Donald Ramphadi Andy Lapthorne David Wagner4–6, 6–3, [2–10]Loss2024French OpenClay Andy Lapthorne Niels Vink Sam Schröder 6–7(9–11), 1–6Loss2024WimbledonGrass Niels Vink Donald Ramphadi Gregory Slade 6–3,6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss2025Australian OpenHard Niels Vink Andy Lapthorne Sam Schröder1–6, 4–6Win2025French OpenClay Niels Vink Ahmet Kaplan Donald Ramphadi 6–3, 6-4Win2025WimbledonGrass Niels Vink Donald Ramphadi Gregory Slade 6–0, 6–2Win2025US OpenHard Niels Vink Francisco Cayulef Gonzalo Enrique Lazarte 6–1, 6–1Win2026Australian OpenHard Niels Vink Heath Davidson Andy Lapthorne6–3, 6–1Win2026French OpenClay Niels Vink Sam Schröder Jin Woodman6–4, 6–3Win2026WimbledonGrass Niels Vink Sam Schröder Jin Woodman 6–2, 6–1Loss2026US OpenHard Niels Vink Sam Schröder Jin Woodman 3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
See also List of Australian Open champions List of French Open champions List of US Open champions List of Wimbledon champions List of Grand Slam and related tennis records List of quad wheelchair tennis champions Israel at the Paralympics
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