Soft tennis at the 2022 Asian Games

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Soft tennis
at the 2022 Asian Games
Soft Tennis, 2022 Asian Games.svg
Venue HOC Tennis Centre
Dates3–7 October 2023
Competitors97 from 12 nations
  2018
2026  

Soft tennis at the 2022 Asian Games was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Center Tennis Centre, Hangzhou, China from 3 to 7 October 2023.

Contents

Soft tennis had team and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

Schedule

PPreliminary rounds¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinal
Event↓/Date →3rd
Tue
4th
Wed
5th
Thu
6th
Fri
7th
Sat
Men's singles PP¼½F
Men's team P½F
Women's singles P¼½F
Women's team P½F
Mixed doubles P¼½F

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Toshiki Uematsu
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Chang Yu-sung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Yoon Hyoung-wook
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Chen Yu-hsun
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Men's team
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Hayato Funemizu
Sora Hirooka
Riku Uchida
Takafumi Uchimoto
Toshiki Uematsu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chang Yu-sung
Chen Po-yi
Chen Yu-hsun
Lin Wei-chieh
Yu Kai-wen
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Mario Harley Alibasa
Hemat Bhakti Anugerah
Tio Juliandi Hutauruk
Fernando Sanger
Sunu Wahyu Trijati
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kim Byung-gook
Kim Hyun-soo
Kim Tae-min
Lee Hyeon-su
Yoon Hyoung-wook
Women's singles
details
Mun Hye-gyeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Noa Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Li Denglin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ma Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Women's team
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Haruka Kubo
Kurumi Onoue
Tomomi Shimuta
Noa Takahashi
Emina Watanabe
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Cheng Chu-ling
Hsu Chiao-ying
Huang Shih-yuan
Kuo Chien-chi
Lo Shu-ting
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Ji Da-young
Ko Eun-ji
Lee Min-seon
Lim Jin-ah
Mun Hye-gyeong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fu Xiaochen
Li Denglin
Ma Yue
Mixed doubles
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Toshiki Uematsu
Noa Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Riku Uchida
Tomomi Shimuta
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Lin Wei-chieh
Huang Shih-yuan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kim Hyun-soo
Mun Hye-gyeong

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)4206
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1045
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0325
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0033
5Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)0011
Totals (5 entries)551020

Participating nations

A total of 97 athletes from 12 nations competed in soft tennis at the 2022 Asian Games: [1]

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References

  1. "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). HAGOC. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.