| Tennis at the 2015 Pacific Games | |
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| Venue | Port Moresby Racquets Club |
| Location | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Dates | 6 – 17 July |
| Competitors | 84 from 14 nations |
The tennis competition at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 6 to 17 July 2015 at the Port Moresby Racquets Club in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. [1]
Fourteen countries and territories participated in the games.Each Pacific Games association was allowed to enter a maximum of eight athletes, with no more than five of the same gender.
| Pacific Games Associations |
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* Host nation (Papua New Guinea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Papua New Guinea* | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  New Caledonia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 |  Vanuatu | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Tahiti | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |  Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Nickolas N’Godrela (NCL) | Julien Delaplane (NCL) | Cyril Jacobe (VAN) | [2] |
| Doubles | New Caledonia Julien Delaplane Nickolas N’Godrela | Vanuatu Cyril Jacobe Aymeric Mara | Fiji Daneric Hazelman William O'Connell | [3] |
| Team | New Caledonia Julien Delaplane Guillaume Monot Nickolas N’Godrela Joannick Pattoua | Vanuatu Cyril Jacobe Aymeric Mara Leniker Thomas | Tahiti Patrice Cotti Heve Kelley Reynald Taaroa Angelo Yersin | [4] |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | Papua New Guinea Mark Gibbons Abigail Tere-Apisah | Papua New Guinea Matthew Stubbings Violet Apisah | New Caledonia Guillaume Monot Yaëlle Honakoko | [3] |
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