It was a successful campaign for Team Australia at the 2026 Virtus Open European Summer Games in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The Australian team secured two gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze throughout the week across three intellectual disability or autism (IDA) classifications – II-1 (intellectual disability), II-2 (down syndrome) and II-3 (autism).
Hunter Thompson won his fourth-straight II-3 men’s singles gold medal after topping his group with an undefeated record. The II-3 world No.1 dropped a combined eight games in his two matches.
It means that Thompson has won all four singles gold medals since the category was introduced at the Games in 2023.
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There was more success in the II-3 men’s singles tournament as Hayden Ballard claimed the bronze medal. He was a match tiebreak away from securing silver, falling 7-6(6) 5-7 [10-8] to Frenchman Youen Segre.
II-2 men’s singles world No.1 Timothy Gould improved on his silver medal performance in 2025, defeated Italian Emmanuele Bezzi in a tense final. After falling to Bezzi 0-6 6-3 [10-8] in the final last year, Gould overturned the result, prevailing in another match tiebreak 6-2 6-7(5) [10-8] to win gold.
Australia’s II-1 men’s and women’s doubles teams finished runners-up in their campaigns. On debut, Jack Kavenagh paired with Archie Graham to secure a silver medal, while Kelly Wren and Andriana Petrakis claimed silver for the third-straight year.
The II-1 women’s doubles silver medal was one of three medals Wren won in Poland. Wren also won bronze with Petrakis in the II-1 women’s doubles overall teams event, as well as in the II-1 mixed doubles with Graham.
| 2026 Virtus World Tennis Championships Australian medallists | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Timothy Gould (II-2 men's singles) Hunter Thompson (II-3 men's singles) |
| Silver | Andriana Petrakis/Kelly Wren (II-1 women's doubles) Archie Graham/Jack Kavenagh (II-1 men's doubles) |
| Bronze | Archie Graham/Kelly Wren (II-1 mixed doubles) Andriana Petrakis/Kelly Wren (II-1 women's doubles overall teams event) Hayden Ballard (II-3 men's singles) |
Classifications in the PWII pathway: II-1 (Intellectual Disability), II-2 (Down syndrome), II-3 (Autism).