Tennis was part of the Southeast Asian Games from the inaugural 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games It has been played at each edition of the games with the exception of 2013 Southeast Asian Games.
| Games | Year | Host city | Events | Host country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1959 () | Bangkok | 7 |  Thailand |
| II | 1961 () | Rangoon | 7 |  Burma |
| III | 1965 () | Kuala Lumpur | 7 |  Malaysia |
| IV | 1967 () | Bangkok | 7 | Thailand |
| V | 1969 () | Rangoon | 7 | Burma |
| VI | 1971 () | Kuala Lumpur | 7 | Malaysia |
| VII | 1973 () | Singapore | 7 |  Singapore |
| VIII | 1975 () | Bangkok | 7 | Thailand |
* Host nation (The table only shows the number of medals from 1977-present)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Indonesia (INA) | 74 | 54 | 68 | 196 |
| 2 | Thailand (THA) | 48 | 53 | 63 | 164 |
| 3 |  Philippines (PHI) | 21 | 36 | 55 | 112 |
| 4 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 |
| 5 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 6 | Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 |  Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 145 | 157 | 234 | 536 | |
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