| Soft tennis at the 1994 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Hiroshima Central Tennis Stadium |
| Dates | 10–14 October 1994 |
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South Korea topped the medal table winning two gold medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles |  South Korea Lee Myung-gu You Young-dong | South Korea Jang Han-sub Lee Suk-woo |  Chinese Taipei Liao Nan-kai Lai Yung-liao |
| Men's team | Chinese Taipei Chen Hsin-teng Hsieh Shun-feng Lai Yung-liao Liao Nan-kai Liu Hung-yu | South Korea Jang Han-sub Kim Tae-kyun Lee Myung-gu Lee Suk-woo You Young-dong |  Japan Takahisa Hirayama Hideyuki Kitamoto Hironobu Saito Tsuneo Takagawa Akihiro Uematsu |
| Women's doubles | Japan Miyuki Kumano Yuriko Sunamoto | South Korea Yoon Sun-kyung Jung Soon-young | Japan Reiko Sahashi Miyuki Furusawa |
| Women's team | South Korea Jung Soon-young Kang Ji-sook Park Soon-joung Park Young-a Yoon Sun-kyung | Chinese Taipei Chang Shih-tsung Chang Shu-chuan Cheng Shu-chen Lin Li-jung Peng Mei-yuan | Japan Miyuki Furusawa Yoshiko Goto Miyuki Kumano Reiko Sahashi Yuriko Sunamoto |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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