| Soft tennis at the 2014 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Yeorumul Tennis Courts |
| Dates | 29 September – 4 October 2014 |
| Competitors | 87 from 13 nations |
Soft tennis at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from September 29 to October 4, 2014. All events were held at the Yeorumul Tennis Courts.
Soft tennis had team, doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.
| P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 29th Mon | 30th Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | ||||||||||
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| Men's singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Men's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Men's team | P | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Women's singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Women's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Women's team | P | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Kim Hyeong-jun South Korea | Edi Kusdaryanto  Indonesia | Kim Dong-hoon South Korea |
Zhou Mo China | |||
| Men's doubles |  South Korea Kim Dong-hoon Kim Beom-jun |  Chinese Taipei Lin Ting-chun Li Chia-hung | South Korea Lee Sang-gwon Park Kyu-cheol |
| Chinese Taipei Ho Meng-hsun Lai Li-huang | |||
| Men's team | South Korea Kim Beom-jun Kim Dong-hoon Kim Hyeong-jun Lee Sang-gwon Park Kyu-cheol |  Japan Takuya Katsura Koji Kobayashi Koichi Nagae Keiya Nakamoto Hidenori Shinohara | Chinese Taipei Ho Meng-hsun Lai Li-huang Li Chia-hung Lin Ting-chun Lin Yu-tse |
 China Li Ze Lin Chengwei Shi Xiaolin Zhang Yusheng Zhou Mo | |||
| Women's singles | Kim Bo-mi South Korea | Chen Hui China | Kim Ae-kyung South Korea |
| Zhong Yi China | |||
| Women's doubles | South Korea Joo Og Kim Ae-kyung | South Korea Yoon Soo-jung Kim Ji-yeon | Japan Nao Morita Hikaru Yamashita |
| Chinese Taipei Cheng Chu-ling Chen Yi-chia | |||
| Women's team | South Korea Joo Og Kim Ae-kyung Kim Bo-mi Kim Ji-yeon Yoon Soo-jung | Japan Nao Kobayashi Kana Morihara Nao Morita Ayaka Oba Hikaru Yamashita | Chinese Taipei Chan Chia-hsin Chen Yi-chia Cheng Chu-ling Chiang Wan-chi Kuo Chien-chi |
| China Chen Hui Feng Zixuan Liu Ge Xin Yani Zhong Yi | |||
| Mixed doubles | South Korea Kim Beom-jun Kim Ae-kyung | China Zhou Mo Chen Hui | South Korea Park Kyu-cheol Kim Ji-yeon |
 Indonesia Prima Simpatiaji Maya Rosa |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |
A total of 87 athletes from 13 nations competed in soft tennis at the 2014 Asian Games: [1]
Cambodia (3) China (10) Chinese Taipei (10) Indonesia (7) Japan (10)
Laos (7)
Mongolia (10)
Nepal (10)
Philippines (3) South Korea (10)
Tajikistan (2)
Thailand (1)
Vietnam (4)
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