Wheelchair Tennis events have been contested at every Asian Para Games since 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
---|---|---|---|
I | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | Japan [1] |
II | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | Japan [2] |
III | 2018 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Japan [3] |
Medal winning teams for every Asian Para Games since 2010 are as follows:
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2010 Guangzhou | Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida | South Korea (KOR) Lee Ha-Gel Oh Sang-ho | Thailand (THA) Suthi Khlongrua Sumrerng Kruamai |
2014 Incheon | Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Takashi Sanada | South Korea (KOR) Lee Ha-Gel Oh Sang-ho | Thailand (THA) Suwitchai Merngprom Wittaya Peem-Mee |
2018 Jakarta | Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Takashi Sanada | South Korea (KOR) Im Ho-won Lee Ha-gel | Sri Lanka (SRI) Lasantha Ranaweera Suresh Dharmasena |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2010 Guangzhou | Thailand (THA) Sakhorn Khanthasit Ratana Techamaneewat | Japan (JPN) Kanako Domori Yuko Okabe | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Lu Chia-Yi Wu Yi-Shan |
2014 Incheon | Thailand (THA) Sakhorn Khanthasit Wanitha Inthanin | Japan (JPN) Kanako Domori Yui Kamiji | South Korea (KOR) Myung-Hee Hwang Ju-Yeon Park |
2018 Jakarta | China (CHN) Hui Min Huang Zhu Zhenzhen | Japan (JPN) Yui Kamiji Manami Tanaka | Thailand (THA) Sakhorn Khanthasit Wanitha Inthanin |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2014 Incheon | Mitsuteru Moroishi Japan | Shota Kawano Japan | Kim Kyu-seung South Korea |
2018 Jakarta | Kim Kyu-seung South Korea | Koji Sugeno Japan | Mitsuteru Moroishi Japan |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2014 Incheon | Japan (JPN) Mitsuteru Moroishi Shota Kawano | South Korea (KOR) Kim Kyu-seung Ho-Sang Wang | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chu-Yin Huang Tzu-Hsuan Huang |
2018 Jakarta | Japan (JPN) Mitsuteru Moroishi Koji Sugeno | South Korea (KOR) Kim Kyu-seung Kim Myung-je | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chu-Yin Huang Tzu-Hsuan Huang |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan (JPN) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
2 | Thailand (THA) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
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