Israeli wheelchair tennis player Guy Sasson and Dutch partner Niels Vink won their second straight Wimbledon quad wheelchair doubles title on Saturday, beating second seeds Sam Schröder and Jin Woodman 6-2, 6-1 at the All England Club in a final that ran under an hour. The top-seeded pair arrived in London holding all four Grand Slam doubles titles in the quad category and left with a sixth consecutive major trophy together, a run the report on Sasson’s Wimbledon doubles title ties to the all-time record in the category.
The streak stretches across three continents and four majors and leaves one box unchecked on Sasson and Vink’s run: a calendar Grand Slam, all four major titles in the same calendar year. Sasson told Israel’s Sport5 channel after the trophy lift that completing one would be historic in a category where nobody has done it before. The next, and last, chance comes at the 2026 US Open.
Sasson and Vink Repeat at the All England Club
Sasson, 46, and Vink arrived as the top seeds and exited as the reigning pair in all four Grand Slam doubles titles in quad wheelchair tennis. Their opponents were second-seeded Schröder, the Dutchman Vink had partnered for five years before their split, and Woodman, an Australian who had reached the final on the other side of the draw. The 6-2, 6-1 scoreline, finished in straight sets, ran under an hour.
The win completed a back-to-back at the All England Club and pushed the duo’s combined Grand Slam doubles haul with each other into record territory. Speaking to Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, per Sasson’s post-match Kan interview, he framed the partnership as the reason: “I’m glad I have a wonderful partner, and I think we complement each other as a pair. We just work well together.” The rehabilitation framework behind them, he added, became something nobody had expected: a professional career at the highest level.
“I was injured 11 years ago in a snowboarding accident, and when I finished rehab I looked for a framework where I could continue rehabilitating myself through sports,” he told Kan. “No one thought at first that it was going to be something professional in an organized and competitive way at the level I’m at today. It fills up my life today.” The 2025 Wimbledon doubles final, when Sasson and Vink beat Ramphadi and Slade 6-0, 6-2, was their first title at the All England Club together; Saturday’s edition made it two in a row.
Six Straight Grand Slams, Level With the Record
Six Grand Slam titles in a row. The run started at the 2025 French Open, went through Wimbledon and the US Open that summer, then through the 2026 Australian Open, the 2026 French Open and now Wimbledon. The figure ties the all-time record for consecutive Grand Slam titles in the quad doubles category, per the same report.
The quad category covers a small, specialist pool of players, and the same names meet across surfaces and continents.
Their resumes at the major level, set side by side, read like this:
- 6 consecutive Grand Slam quad doubles titles together, tying the all-time record.
- 9 Grand Slam doubles titles Vink won previously with Sam Schröder.
- 2 Grand Slam singles titles for Sasson, both at Roland Garros in 2024 and 2025.
- 1 Paralympic bronze medal for Sasson at Paris 2024.
- World No. 1 for Vink in both quad singles and quad doubles; Sasson at No. 3 in singles, No. 2 in doubles.
The Next Bet: A Calendar Grand Slam
The streak still leaves one task undone. A calendar Grand Slam in quad doubles has never been completed, and the 2026 US Open is the last shot at one in this calendar year. Sasson and Vink’s Australian Open title in January already pushed them into territory no pair had covered; the New York major would finish the job.
A calendar Grand Slam means winning all four major tournaments in the same calendar year, Melbourne, Paris, London and New York. Sasson laid out the goal to Sport5 shortly after the Wimbledon trophy lift. Per the Australian Open doubles victory, no quad doubles pair has ever completed one. The standard the duo is now chasing is the one their own consistency has built.
The path to New York runs through one more final. Sasson has framed every step as a partnership effort.
What Vink Brings to the Pair
Vink is the higher-ranked of the two on both lists, sitting at world No. 1 in quad singles and quad doubles. Sasson ranks No. 3 in singles and No. 2 in doubles. The two came together ahead of the 2025 Australian Open, after Vink ended a five-year doubles partnership with Schröder, the Dutchman he had won nine Grand Slams and two Paralympic gold medals alongside. Per the feature on how the pair formed, Vink approached Schröder before the switch.
Their on-court chemistry was tested before it took hold. They lost the 2025 Australian Open final to Andy Lapthorne and Sam Schröder, then reeled off the next six Slam finals in a row.
The partnership numbers stack up like this:
| Partnership | Grand Slam doubles titles | Paralympic gold medals |
|---|---|---|
| Niels Vink and Sam Schröder | 9 | 2 |
| Niels Vink and Guy Sasson | 6 (consecutive) | None yet |
Vink has said he and Schröder will reunite for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics to defend the gold medals they won in 2024. The Sasson partnership covers the gap between those two Paralympic cycles.
“I have a great partner and we complete each other as a team. We knew we had to perform today and we’re looking for many more finals together.”
Sasson said it to Sport5, sizing up the partnership that has carried both players through six consecutive Grand Slam doubles finals.
From a 2015 Crash to Wimbledon’s Winners’ Wall
The road from a French ski slope to Wimbledon’s winners’ wall runs through a wheelchair and a year of rehabilitation. A snowboarding accident in France in 2015 left Sasson paralyzed from the knees down.
A year in a rehab hospital followed. He picked up wheelchair tennis in 2018, returning to a sport he had played as a child in Ramat Gan. He had previously served in the Israel Defense Forces and attended the University of Michigan.
The professional breakthrough came quickly. The milestones:
- 2015: Snowboarding accident in France; Sasson paralyzed from the knees down.
- The year that followed: A rehab hospital in Israel.
- 2018: Picked up wheelchair tennis, returning to a sport from his childhood in Ramat Gan.
- A year after starting: Won the Israeli Wheelchair Tennis Championship.
- 2024: French Open quad singles title, dedicated to Israel and the four hostages released from Gaza that day; bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics.
- 2025: French Open singles title; Wimbledon doubles title (over Ramphadi and Slade, 6-0, 6-2); US Open doubles title.
- 2026: Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon doubles titles, all with Vink.
The streak has changed both players’ places in the sport’s record book. For Sasson, the run adds to two French Open singles titles and a Paralympic bronze from Paris 2024. Vink, who had 14 Slam titles at the time of an ITF feature in January 2025, has won six more since, all of them with Sasson.
The Wimbledon week ran in two directions for Sasson. He reached the singles semifinal, where Vink beat him, leaving him to pour everything into the doubles final. Schröder, who won the 2025 Wimbledon singles title, lost the doubles final on Saturday alongside Woodman.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Guy Sasson?
Guy Sasson, 46, is an Israeli wheelchair tennis player and a father of four. Born and raised in Ramat Gan, he picked up the sport in 2018, three years after a snowboarding accident in France left him paralyzed from the knees down.
What did Guy Sasson and Niels Vink win at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships?
The top seeds beat second-seeded Sam Schröder and Jin Woodman 6-2, 6-1 in the final, wrapping it up in under an hour. It was their sixth consecutive Grand Slam doubles title together and a second straight Wimbledon doubles title.
How many consecutive Grand Slam doubles titles have Sasson and Vink won?
Six in a row. The run started at the 2025 French Open, went through Wimbledon and the US Open that summer, then the 2026 Australian Open, the 2026 French Open and now Wimbledon 2026. The figure ties the all-time record in the quad doubles category.
What is the calendar Grand Slam they are chasing?
A calendar Grand Slam is winning all four major tournaments in a single calendar year, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York. No pair has ever completed one in quad doubles.
When is the 2026 US Open wheelchair tennis event?
The 2026 US Open wheelchair tennis event is the next and final major of the 2026 calendar. Winning it would give Sasson and Vink the first calendar Grand Slam ever achieved in the quad doubles category.
