| Tennis at the 1974 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Imperial Country Club |
| Dates | 2–13 September 1974 |
Tennis was contested at the 1974 Asian Games in Imperial Country Club, Tehran, Iran. the competition took held from 2 September to 13 September 1974.
Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Toshiro Sakai  Japan | Taghi Akbari  Iran | Yehoshua Shalem  Israel |
| Men's doubles | Japan Toshiro Sakai Kenichi Hirai |  Iran Ali Madani Kambiz Derafshijavan | Japan Ryoichi Mori Natsuta Uehara |
| Men's team | Japan Kenichi Hirai Ryoichi Mori Toshiro Sakai Natsuta Uehara |  China Gao Hongyun Lü Zhengyi Wang Fuzhang Xu Meilin |  Pakistan Munawar Iqbal Ismail Majid Saeed Meer Meer Muhammad |
| Women's singles | Lita Sugiarto  Indonesia | Paulina Peisachov Israel | Lany Kaligis Indonesia |
| Women's doubles | Japan Toshiko Sade Kayoko Fukuoka |  South Korea Lee Soon-oh Lee Duk-hee | Japan Kimiyo Yagahara Hideko Goto |
| Women's team | South Korea Choi Kyung-mi Lee Duk-hee Lee Soon-oh Yang Jeong-soon | China Guo Hanqin Jiang Lihua Yan Dacui Zhang Ronghua | Japan Kayoko Fukuoka Hideko Goto Toshiko Sade Kimiyo Yagahara |
| Mixed doubles |  Israel Yair Wertheimer Paulina Peisachov | China Xu Meilin Zhang Ronghua | Japan Ryoichi Mori Kimiyo Yagahara |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Iran (IRN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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