| Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Jakabaring Tennis Court |
| Dates | 19–25 August 2018 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
A total of 159 athletes from 23 nations competed in tennis at the 2018 Asian Games:
China (12) Chinese Taipei (11)
Hong Kong (8) India (10) Indonesia (10)
Iran (5) Japan (10) Kazakhstan (8)
Kyrgyzstan (3)
Lebanon (2)
Maldives (7)
Mongolia (8)
Nepal (6)
Oman (2)
Pakistan (8)
Philippines (5)
Qatar (2) South Korea (12)
Sri Lanka (4) Thailand (10)
Timor-Leste (2) Uzbekistan (8)
Vietnam (6)
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