Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Jakabaring Tennis Court |
Dates | 19–25 August |
Competitors | 159 from 23 nations |
Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Tennis Court of Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia from 19 to 25 August 2018. [1]
Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.
P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | 19th Sun | 20th Mon | 21st Tue | 22nd Wed | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 25th Sat |
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Men's singles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |
Men's doubles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |
Women's singles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |
Women's doubles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Mixed doubles | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Denis Istomin Uzbekistan | Wu Yibing China | Prajnesh Gunneswaran India |
Lee Duck-hee South Korea | |||
Men's doubles | India Rohan Bopanna Divij Sharan | Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik Denis Yevseyev | Japan Kaito Uesugi Sho Shimabukuro |
Japan Yosuke Watanuki Yuya Ito | |||
Women's singles | Wang Qiang China | Zhang Shuai China | Ankita Raina India |
Liang En-shuo Chinese Taipei | |||
Women's doubles | China Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan | Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova Anna Danilina |
Japan Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya | |||
Mixed doubles | Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Aldila Sutjiadi | Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana Luksika Kumkhum | Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov Anna Danilina |
Japan Kaito Uesugi Erina Hayashi |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
9 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 nations) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
A total of 159 athletes from 23 nations competed in tennis at the 2018 Asian Games:
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