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The purpose of this study was to investigate a pre-competitive state anxiety in wheelchair tennis player on performance according to rival cognitive levels and whether or not the result of wheelchair tennis match changed by the state anxiety. Subjects consisted of 32 wheelchair tennis players (elite: 16, genenal: 16) and in age from 34-45, with a mean age of 41.7 year. The state anxiety of subjects was evaluated every 30 minute before. The data were analyzed by using two-way ANOVAs of group (elite and genenal) and result (winning and losing). And Two-way ANOVAs was conducted to investigate the difference on sports competitive state anxiety according to rival cogntitive levels. Dependent variables were cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and self-confidence scores. The research findings revealed that cognitive anxiety was positively related to somatic anxiety but cognitive anxiety was negatively related to self-confidence. But self-confidence was positively related to the performance of wheelchair tennis in elite wheelchair tennis players.