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'''Ahmet Kaplan''' (born 1 January 2002) is a Turkish [[wheelchair tennis]] player who competes in the [[Wheelchair tennis classification#QuadClasses|quad]] class of international level events.<ref name="itf1"/><ref name="mgsim1"/>

== Career ==

=== 2022 ===

Kaplan started his wheelchair tennis career competing in the quad category in 2022. WithinHe a brief time, he made great development, and attractedwon attention byfor his performance at tournaments organized by the Turkish Physically Disabled Sports Federation ({{lang-tr|Türkiye Bedensel Engelliler Spor Federasyonu}}, TBESF).<ref name="kg1"/>

He ranked second in the singles event of the Tenis Akıncılar Qualifying Tournament, and became champion in the doubles event at the International Aspendos Open in [[Antalya]]. Moreover, he won the gold medal in the doubles event at the TBESF Open Tournament, took the silver medal in the doubles event of the International Antalya Open Tournament the same year.<ref name="kg1"/>

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He participated at the Johor Open 2023 Tennis Tournament in Malesia.<ref name="mgsim1"/>

He took part at the [[2023 US Open (tennis)|2023 US Open – Men's Wheelchair Tennis]]. He lost the first round match in the [[2023 US Open quad singles|quad singles]] event to Dutch [[Sam Schröder]]t. He and his teammate Uğur Altınel lost the quarter-final match in the [[2023 US Open – Wheelchair quad doubles|quad doubles]] event against Tomáš Masaryk from Slovakia and Brazilian Ymanitu Silva.<ref name="uso1"/>

He won the bronze medal in the quad singles event of the [[Wheelchair tennis at the 2023 European Para Championships|2023 European Para Championships]] in [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands.<ref name="ttf1"/>

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As of end May 2024, Kaplan won four champion titles, and rose to the world rank 8 in quad singles. He helped the Turkey wheelchair tennis quad team become world number 2.<ref name="trts1"/>

He missed out on a bronze medal at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Quad singles|Quad singles]], after being defeated by [[Guy Sasson]] of Israel.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tennis-player-guy-sasson-claims-bronze-israels-ninth-medal-at-paralympics/ "Tennis player Guy Sasson claims bronze, Israel’s ninth medal at Paralympics,"] ''The Times of Israel''.</ref>

== Personal life ==

Ahmet Kaplan was born on 1 January 20222002, and lives in [[Akdeniz, Mersin]], southern Turkey.<ref name="mgsim1"/><ref name="kg1"/>

At age eight, he lost his legs due to electric shock accident in the Akdeniz district of Mersin.<ref name="kg1"/>

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