| Soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Sajik Tennis Courts |
| Dates | 1–7 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 54 from 7 nations |
Soft tennis was a discipline of the tennis competitions at the 2002 Asian Games. Competition took place from October 1 to October 7. All events were held at Sajik Tennis Courts. The host nation South Korea dominated the competition by winning all seven gold medals.
| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | G | Gold medal match |
| Event↓/Date → | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | ||||||||||
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| Men's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
| Men's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
| Men's team | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
| Women's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
| Women's team | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Kim Kyung-han South Korea | Kim Hee-soo South Korea | Liao Nan-kai Chinese Taipei |
| Men's doubles |  South Korea Lee Won-hak You Young-dong | South Korea Hwang Jeong-hwan Kim Hee-soo |  Chinese Taipei Liao Nan-kai Tsai Ho-tsen |
| Men's team | South Korea Hwang Jeong-hwan Kim Hee-soo Kim Kyung-han Lee Won-hak You Young-dong |  Japan Shuji Komine Yasuhito Mitsuishi Shigeo Nakahori Tsuneo Takagawa Hikotsugu Watanabe | Chinese Taipei Fang Tung-hsien Kuo Hsu-tung Liao Nan-kai Liu Chia-lun Tsai Ho-tsen |
| Women's singles | Park Young-hee South Korea | Kim Hyun-ju South Korea | Zhao Ying China |
| Women's doubles | South Korea Kim Seo-woon Jang Mi-hwa | Japan Shino Mizukami Shiho Yatagai | South Korea Park Young-hee Kim Myung-hee |
| Women's team | South Korea Jang Mi-hwa Kim Hyun-ju Kim Myung-hee Kim Seo-woon Park Young-hee | Japan Harumi Gyokusen Shino Mizukami Miwa Tsuji Ayumi Ueshima Shiho Yatagai | Chinese Taipei Chang Fang-tzu Chiang Wan-chi Chou Chiu-ping Lan Yi-yun Wang Shi-ting |
| Mixed doubles | South Korea You Young-dong Kim Seo-woon | Chinese Taipei Fang Tung-hsien Chou Chiu-ping | South Korea Kim Hee-soo Park Young-hee |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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China (8) Chinese Taipei (10) Japan (10)
Mongolia (10)
Nepal (2)
Philippines (4) South Korea (10)
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