Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6

Men's singles SH6 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Arena Porte de La Chapelle, Paris
Dates	29 August 2024 (2024-08-29) – 2 September 2024 (2024-09-02)
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Charles Noakes  France Krysten Coombs  Great Britain Vitor Tavares  Brazil

The men's singles SH6 tournament at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in France took place between 29 August and 2 September 2024 at Arena Porte de La Chapelle.^[1] 11 players entered the event. The event was won by unseeded home player Charles Noakes, who defeated the 2020 bronze medalist, Krysten Coombs in the final.

Classification

• SH6
  Players in this class have short stature caused by achondroplasia or other genetic conditions.

Seeds

These were the seeds for this event:^[2]

1.  Chu Man Kai (HKG) (semifinals)
2.  Vitor Tavares (BRA) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
3.  Krishna Nagar (IND) (group stage)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage was revealed on 24 August 2024.^[3] The group stage was played from 29 to 31 August. The top two winners of each group advanced to the knockout rounds.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chu Man Kai (HKG)	3	3	0	6	2	+4	163	124	+39	3	Semi-finals
2	Krysten Coombs (GBR)	3	2	1	5	3	+2	150	137	+13	2	Quarter-finals
3	Subhan (INA)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	122	133	−11	1
4	Sivarajan Solaimalai (IND)	3	0	3	1	6	−5	103	144	−41	0

First match(es) will be played: 29 August 2024. Source: COJOP2024

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Aug 29	16:46	Subhan	2–0	Sivarajan Solaimalai	21–15	21–17		Report
	18:35	Chu Man Kai	2–1	Krysten Coombs	21–13	19–21	21-15	Report
Aug 30	17:17	Subhan	1–2	Krysten Coombs	15–21	21–17	18–21	Report
	18:21	Chu Man Kai	2–1	Sivarajan Solaimalai	21–13	18–21	21–15	Report
Aug 31	17:29	Chu Man Kai	2–0	Subhan	21-13	21-13		Report
	18:34	Sivarajan Solaimalai	0–2	Krysten Coombs	12-21	10-21		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nattapong Meechai (THA)	2	2	0	4	0	+4	76	56	+20	2	Quarter-finals
2	Miles Krajewski (USA)	2	1	1	2	2	0	75	77	−2	1
3	Krishna Nagar (IND)	2	0	2	0	4	−4	57	75	−18	0

First match(es) will be played: 29 August 2024. Source: COJOP2024

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Aug 29	17:52	Miles Krajewski	0–2	Nattapong Meechai	13–21	20–22		Report
Aug 30	22:14	Krishna Nagar	0–2	Miles Krajewski	16–21	18–21		Report
Aug 31	20:41	Krishna Nagar	0–2	Nattapong Meechai	20–22	3–11 RET		Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Charles Noakes (FRA)	3	3	0	6	0	+6	126	101	+25	3	Semi-finals
2	Vitor Tavares (BRA)	3	1	2	3	4	−1	136	129	+7	1	Quarter-finals
3	Lin Naili (CHN)	3	1	2	2	4	−2	104	115	−11	1
4	Jack Shephard (GBR)	3	1	2	2	5	−3	122	143	−21	1

First match(es) will be played: 29 August 2024. Source: COJOP2024

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Report
Aug 29	17:02	Lin Naili	2–0	Jack Shephard	21–17	21–14		Report
	17:45	Vitor Tavares	0–2	Charles Noakes	19–21	16–21		Report
Aug 30	19:27	Vitor Tavares	1–2	Jack Shephard	19–21	21–15	19–21	Report
	21:22	Lin Naili	0–2	Charles Noakes	15–21	17–21		Report
Aug 31	18:43	Vitor Tavares	2–0	Lin Naili	21–15	21–15		Report
	19:12	Jack Shephard	0–2	Charles Noakes	17–21	17–21		Report

Finals

The knockout stage was played from 1 to 2 September.^[4]

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
								A1	Chu Man Kai (HKG)	19	14	-
								A2	Krysten Coombs (GBR)	21	21	-
	B1	Nattapong Meechai (THA)	15	21	11
	A2	Krysten Coombs (GBR)	21	18	21
															A2	Krysten Coombs (GBR)	19	13	-
															C1	Charles Noakes (FRA)	21	21	-
	C2	Vitor Tavares (BRA)	21	10	23
	B2	Miles Krajewski (USA)	12	21	21
								C2	Vitor Tavares (BRA)	18	20	-			Bronze medal match
								C1	Charles Noakes (FRA)	21	22	-
															A1	Chu Man Kai (HKG)	21	21	12
															C2	Vitor Tavares (BRA)	23	16	21

References

1. "Badminton". Olympics.com. COJOP2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. "Men's singles SH6 – Seeds" (PDF). Olympics.com. COJOP2024. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
3. "Paralympics Draw: Thrilling Showdowns Anticipated in Paris". Badminton World Federation. 24 August 2024.
4. "Men's singles SH6 – Draw" (PDF). Olympics.com. COJOP2024. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.