Soft tennis is an Asian Games sport since the 1994 edition. It was featured at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China, as a demonstration sport.
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan |  South Korea |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand |  South Korea |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea | South Korea |
| XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar |  Chinese Taipei |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | South Korea |
| XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea |  South Korea |
| XVIII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia | South Korea |
| XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, China |  Japan |
| Event | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Men's doubles | d | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||
| Men's team | d | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Women's singles | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Women's doubles | d | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||
| Women's team | d | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Mixed doubles | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||
| Total | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 26 | 15 | 20 | 61 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 8 | 13 | 18 | 39 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
| 5 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 46 | 46 | 70 | 162 | |
| Nation | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh | X | 1 | |||||||
 Brunei | X | 1 | |||||||
 Cambodia | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| China | 16 | X | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Chinese Taipei | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
 India | 8 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| Indonesia | X | 7 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| Japan | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
 Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | |||||||
 Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1 | |||||||
 Laos | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |||||
 Malaysia | X | 6 | 2 | ||||||
 Maldives | X | X | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
 Mongolia | X | X | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
 Nepal | X | X | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | |
 North Korea | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
 Pakistan | 8 | 1 | |||||||
 Philippines | X | X | 10 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
 Singapore | X | X | 2 | ||||||
| South Korea | X | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
 Tajikistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
 Thailand | X | X | 10 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |||
 Vietnam | X | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Number of nations | 11 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | |
| Number of athletes | 113 | 86 | 54 | 67 | 85 | 87 | 113 | ||
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