Henry de Cure

Henry de Cure (born 5 January 1993) is a wheelchair tennis player who lives in Glenelg North, South Australia. de Cure is unable to walk without assistance due to having cerebral palsy from birth. He is currently ranked 100 for singles and 117 in the world in Doubles and 3 in the world for juniors

Wheelchair tennis career

de Cure has been competing on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour since he was 12 years old. His breakthrough year was in 2008 when he participated in Junior Division at the 2008 Invacare World Team Cup in Cremona, Italy. Other highlights include an invitation to participate at Les Petits As as one of the Top 8 Junior Wheelchair Tennis Players in the World and getting to the Top of the Junior Rankings in Australia with a World Ranking of 6. As well as competing on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, he also competes against the able bodied players in the Glenelg Districts Tennis Association junior and senior divisions. For the 2009 Summer Season, he competed in Division 4 for Juniors and Division 8 for Seniors. He is also competing in the 2009 Winter Season with his current club Holdfast sitting in fourth place.

Henry's Breakout Tournament was at the 2009 Invacare World Team Cup being held at the Nottingham Tennis Centre. The Australian Team finished top of Group B and lost a close fought final against the Netherlands 2-1 to finish with a Silver medal.