Tennis at the 1958 Asian Games

Tennis at the 1958 Asian Games
Venue	New National Tennis Courts
Dates	25–30 May 1958
Competitors	61 from 15 nations
1962  →

Tennis was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in New National Tennis Courts, Tokyo, Japan from May 25 to May 30, 1958. Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

A total of 60 tennis players from 15 nations competed in tennis at the 1958 Asian Games, Japan and the Philippines dominated the events winning all five gold and silver medals.

Schedule

P

Preliminary rounds

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	25th Sun	26th Mon	27th Tue	28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri
Men's singles	P	P	¼	½		F
Men's doubles		P	¼	½	F
Women's singles	P	¼	½		F
Women's doubles		¼		½		F
Mixed doubles			P	¼	½	F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Raymundo Deyro   Philippines	Felicisimo Ampon   Philippines	Johnny Jose   Philippines
			Miguel Dungo   Philippines
Men's doubles details	Philippines Felicisimo Ampon Raymundo Deyro	Philippines Johnny Jose Miguel Dungo	Ceylon Rupert Ferdinands Bernard Pinto
			South Vietnam Võ Văn Bảy Võ Văn Thành
Women's singles details	Sachiko Kamo   Japan	Desideria Ampon   Philippines	Liu Shang-ku   Republic of China
			Reiko Miyagi   Japan
Women's doubles details	Japan Sachiko Kamo Reiko Miyagi	Philippines Desideria Ampon Patricia Yngayo	Malaya Gladys Loke Katherine Leong
			Republic of China Liu Shang-ku Chan Shiuo-miang
Mixed doubles details	Japan Yoshihisa Shibata Reiko Miyagi	Philippines Miguel Dungo Patricia Yngayo	Republic of China Kao Teng-ko Chan Shiuo-miang
			Philippines Felicisimo Ampon Desideria Ampon

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan  (JPN)	3	0	1	4
2	Philippines  (PHI)	2	5	3	10
3	Republic of China  (ROC)	0	0	3	3
4	Ceylon  (CEY)	0	0	1	1
	Malaya  (MAL)	0	0	1	1
	South Vietnam  (VNM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	10	20

Participating nations

A total of 61 athletes from 15 nations competed in tennis at the 1958 Asian Games:

•   Burma  (1)
•   Ceylon  (3)
•   Hong Kong  (6)
•   Indonesia  (5)
•   Iran  (4)
•   Japan  (6)
•   Malaya  (4)
•   Nepal  (2)
•   Pakistan  (2)
•   Philippines  (6)
•   Republic of China  (6)
•   Singapore  (4)
•   South Korea  (4)
•   South Vietnam  (4)
•   Thailand  (4)

References

• Asian Games Roll of Honour (1958-2006)

External links

• OCA website