Nicholas Taylor (born November 12, 1979) is an American wheelchair tennis player. Nick started playing tennis at the age of 14. He has played 5 times in the Australian Open and 7 times in the US Open (tennis). He has a total of 11 grand slam quad doubles titles, all of them won with partner David Wagner. Taylor and Wagner are the most successful partnership to ever play at the UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters. They have won the title 11 times as of November 2018^[update].^[3]

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Nick Taylor

Taylor at the 2013 US Open
Full name	Nicholas Taylor
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Wichita, Kansas
Born	(1979-11-12) November 12, 1979 (age 44) Wichita, Kansas
Plays	Left-handed
Singles
Career record	350-221
Highest ranking	No.1 (August 6, 2001)[1]
Current ranking	No.14 (June 9, 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
US Open	SF (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record	376-76
Highest ranking	No.1 (July 28, 2003)
Current ranking	No.8 (June 9, 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013) F (2011)[2]
US Open	W (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles	W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
Paralympic Games	Gold Medal (2004, 2008, 2012)
Medal record Men's wheelchair tennis Representing the  United States Paralympic Games 2016 Rio Quad doubles 2012 London Quad Doubles 2008 Beijing Quad Doubles 2004 Athens Quad Doubles

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In July 2000, Nick Taylor and Kevin Whalen won the quads doubles title at the 2000 British Open wheelchair tennis tournament, in Nottingham, Great Britain. A few months later, in October 2000, Taylor also won his first major tournament in singles, at the US Open wheelchair tennis super series event.

In early 2004, Taylor and Wagner started playing doubles together, and soon became the most dominant doubles team in the history of wheelchair tennis. Together they have won 4 Paralympic medals, 11 Doubles Masters titles, 7 US Open grand slam titles and 4 Australian Open grand slam titles.

Taylor is known for his spectacular kick-serve technique.^[4]

Taylor was born with arthrogryposis.^[5] He has a master's degree in sports management from the Wichita State University.^[6] He is also an assistant coach for the men's tennis program at Wichita State University.^[7]