Ahmet Kaplan is a national athlete representing Türkiye in wheelchair tennis in the quad category. Competing in both singles and doubles events at international tournaments, Kaplan rapidly rose to the upper ranks of the world rankings and has consistently participated at the Grand Slam and Paralympic Games levels.

Ahmet Kaplan was born on 1 January 2002 in Mersin. At the age of eight, he lost both legs as a result of an electric shock during childhood. After spending a prolonged period at home, he turned to sports and began engaging with individual disciplines. He first encountered wheelchair basketball before discovering tennis as a solo sport. This period laid the foundation for his professional athletic career.

Kaplan began his wheelchair tennis career in the quad category in 2022. Within the same year, he regularly participated in national and international events and started accumulating points under ITF tournaments. Competing in the quad category, he faced athletes with limitations in both upper and lower limbs. The tournaments he entered during this period formed the basis of his rise in the world rankings.

Ahmet Kaplan has competed in numerous events on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis calendar. Throughout his career, he reached a career-high singles world ranking of number 4, achieved on 9 September 2024. In doubles, his highest world ranking is 7. He has recorded a total of 110 wins and 66 losses in his career. He plays right-handed.

Kaplan has competed in the quad category at the Grand Slam tournaments of the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. At the Australian Open, he reached the semifinals in the 2024 and 2025 seasons and again in the 2026 edition held in Melbourne. At Wimbledon, he reached the semifinals in 2025, placing him among the final four players in the quad category. He has competed in both singles and doubles at the US Open.

Ahmet Kaplan reached the semifinals in the quad singles event at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. With this achievement, he became the first Turkish athlete in Paralympic history to reach the semifinals in wheelchair tennis. Throughout the tournament, he won multiple matches to qualify for the final four and concluded the competition at the semifinal stage.

Kaplan competes in the quad category using his right hand. He has regularly participated in both singles and doubles events, particularly accumulating a dense match schedule on hard-court tournaments. According to tournament records, match durations typically range between one and two hours. He has partnered with various players in doubles and reached the quarterfinals and semifinals at Grand Slam events.

As of 2026, Ahmet Kaplan is ranked within the top four in the ITF quad singles world rankings. He maintains an active status on the international tournament circuit and continues to represent Türkiye at Grand Slam and ITF events.

Ahmet Kaplan competed in the wheelchair quad category at the 2026 Australian Open tennis tournament held in Melbourne. In the quarterfinals, he faced Brazilian player Leandro Pena and won the match in straight sets 7–6, 6–2 to advance to the semifinals. The match lasted approximately one and a half hours.

With this result, Kaplan secured a place among the final four players in the tournament. He was drawn against Dutch player Sam Schroder in the semifinals. Kaplan’s 2026 Australian Open performance demonstrated his consistent presence at the Grand Slam level and his ability to reach advanced stages of major tournaments.

The 24-year-old Turkish athlete Ahmet Kaplan, ranked fifth in the world, participated in the 2026 Roland Garros French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the season, in the wheelchair quad category. At this tournament held in Paris, Kaplan competed in both singles and doubles events, achieving milestones that marked a new chapter in Turkish tennis history.

Ahmet Kaplan competed in the main draw of the wheelchair quad singles event at the 2026 Roland Garros tournament. Entering the event as the world number 5, he faced high-seeded opponents in the later rounds. In addition to the singles main draw, it was confirmed that Kaplan was also entered in the quad doubles competition held under the same tournament umbrella.

In the singles semifinals of the tournament, Ahmet Kaplan faced Dutch player Sam Schroder, the world number 2 and top seed of the event. Schroder, a seasoned athlete, holds 18 Grand Slam titles in his career—seven in singles and eleven in doubles.

This semifinal match, held in the French capital Paris, lasted a total of 2 hours and 24 minutes. Throughout the match, Ahmet Kaplan gained the upper hand and won the match in three sets with a score of 2–1. The sets concluded with scores of 6–4, 4–6, and 6–1 in favor of Kaplan, securing his place in the final.

^{Ahmet Kaplan at the 2026 Roland Garros French Open (AO)}

Having advanced to the final after his semifinal victory, Ahmet Kaplan’s opponent was Dutch player Niels Vink, who entered the tournament as the second seed. Vink is a decorated athlete with eight Grand Slam titles to his name, including victories at Roland Garros in 2022 and 2023.

Competing in the quad wheelchair singles category at the second Grand Slam of the season, Ahmet Kaplan finished the tournament in second place. In the final in Paris, world number 5 Ahmet Kaplan faced second seed Niels Vink.

With this result, Ahmet Kaplan became the first Turkish athlete to reach a Grand Slam singles final in wheelchair tennis. Dutch player Niels Vink won the final match in straight sets 6–3, 6–4, claiming his third French Open title and ninth Grand Slam singles title overall.

At the age of 24, Ahmet Kaplan had reached the final by defeating tournament top seed and Dutch player Sam Schroder in the semifinals.