British Tennis - Lawn Tennis Association

With just 200 days to go until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) have announced the completion of Eton Manor on the Olympic Park, the venue for Wheelchair Tennis during the Paralympic Games.

The 10,500 capacity venue at Eton Manor, with distinctive blue courts, is the only new one designed to be used only for Paralympic competition.

112 Paralympic athletes will compete for six medals in Wheelchair Tennis at the Paralympic Games, and during the Olympic Games the venue will provide temporary aquatic training facilities including three Olympic-size swimming pools, a synchronised swimming pool and a water polo pool.

Demolition of the disused sports hall began in December 2006 and it was the first building on the Olympic Park to be knocked down. Construction began in early 2010.

Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair said: "With just 200 days to go to the Opening Ceremony on 29 August, we’re in great shape for what should be a spectacular summer of Paralympic sport. Wheelchair Tennis has proved to be one of our most popular tickets, and the venue at Eton Manor will be a fantastic setting to showcase some truly world-class athletes."

Sir John Armitt, ODA Chair said: "Eton Manor is a stylish new sports facility that will be centre stage during the Paralympic Games. It will re-pay every pound of the investment in it by also providing training facilities during the Olympics and then, after the Games, becoming an exciting new centre where local people can play sport for decades to come."

Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and the Olympics and Paralympics said: "With only 200 days until the start of the Paralympic Games the excitement is now building. It’s fantastic that an unprecedented one million Paralympic tickets have already been sold. I know our British Paralympians are training hard and looking forward to this once in a lifetime chance of competing at the biggest event in disability sport on home soil. I am sure we will put on a Paralympic Games to remember.W

Shaun Dawson, Chief Executive of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, which will manage Eton Manor after the Games, said: "Lee Valley Tennis Centre will be an outstanding inclusive regional tennis hub after the Games. We’re working closely with the Lawn Tennis Association and Tennis Foundation to ensure that the Centre will provide additional opportunities for disabled players across London and are formulating talent identification programmes to help uncover the stars of tomorrow and a range of other projects to maximise participation."