Soft tennis at the 2006 Asian Games

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Soft tennis
at the 2006 Asian Games
Soft tennis pictogram.svg
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Dates2–8 December
Competitors67 from 10 nations
  2002
2010  

Soft tennis was a discipline of the tennis competitions at the 2006 Asian Games. Competition took place from December 2 to December 8. All events were held at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.

Contents

Singles, Doubles, and Team events were held in this competition, Chinese Taipei finished first in medal table by winning three gold medals.

Schedule

PPreliminary rounds¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchGGold medal match
Event↓/Date →2nd
Sat
3rd
Sun
4th
Mon
5th
Tue
6th
Wed
7th
Thu
8th
Fri
Men's singles P¼½BG
Men's doubles P¼½BG
Men's team P¼½BG
Women's singles P¼½BG
Women's doubles P¼½BG
Women's team P¼½BG
Mixed doubles P¼½BG

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Wang Chun-yen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Hidenori Shinohara
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Nam Taek-ho
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Men's doubles
details
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Li Chia-hung
Yang Sheng-fa
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Kim Jae-bok
You Young-dong
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Shigeo Nakahori
Tsuneo Takagawa
Men's team
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Noaya Hanada
Tatsuro Kawamura
Shigeo Nakahori
Hidenori Shinohara
Tsuneo Takagawa
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Li Chia-hung
Lin Shun-wu
Wang Chun-yen
Yang Sheng-fa
Yeh Chia-lin
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Jong Young-pal
Kim Jae-bok
Nam Taek-ho
We Hyu-hwan
You Young-dong
Women's singles
details
Chiang Wan-chi
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Jiang Ting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Miwa Tsuji
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Women's doubles
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Harumi Gyokusen
Ayumi Ueshima
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Hiromi Hamanaka
Miwa Tsuji
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Kim Kyung-ryun
Lee Kyung-pyo
Women's team
details
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Kim Ji-eun
Kim Kyung-ryun
Lee Bok-soon
Lee Kyung-pyo
Min Soo-kyoung
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Harumi Gyokusen
Hiromi Hamanaka
Miwa Tsuji
Eri Uehara
Ayumi Ueshima
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chiang Wan-chi
Chou Chiu-ping
Fang Yen-ling
Lan Yi-yun
Yang Hui-ju
Mixed doubles
details
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
We Hyu-hwan
Kim Ji-eun
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
You Young-dong
Kim Kyung-ryun
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tsuneo Takagawa
Harumi Gyokusen

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)3115
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)2338
3Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)2237
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0101
Totals (4 nations)77721

Participating nations

A total of 67 athletes from 10 nations competed in soft tennis at the 2006 Asian Games:

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