Soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games

Soft tennis was a discipline of the tennis competitions at the 2002 Asian Games. Competition took place from October 1 to October 7. All events were held at Sajik Tennis Courts. The host nation South Korea dominated the competition by winning all seven gold medals.

Soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Tennis Courts
Dates	1–7 October 2002
Competitors	54 from 7 nations

Schedule

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Round

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Last round

P

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

B

Bronze medal match

G

Gold medal match

Event↓/Date →	1st Tue	2nd Wed	3rd Thu	4th Fri				5th Sat				6th Sun	7th Mon
Men's singles								P	¼	½	B		G
Men's doubles				P	¼	½	B						G
Men's team	●	●	●
Women's singles								P	¼	½	B		G
Women's doubles				P	¼	½	B						G
Women's team	●	●	●
Mixed doubles													P	¼	½	B	G

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Kim Kyung-han  South Korea	Kim Hee-soo  South Korea	Liao Nan-kai  Chinese Taipei
Men's doubles	South Korea Lee Won-hak You Young-dong	South Korea Hwang Jeong-hwan Kim Hee-soo	Chinese Taipei Liao Nan-kai Tsai Ho-tsen
Men's team	South Korea Hwang Jeong-hwan Kim Hee-soo Kim Kyung-han Lee Won-hak You Young-dong	Japan Shuji Komine Yasuhito Mitsuishi Shigeo Nakahori Tsuneo Takagawa Hikotsugu Watanabe	Chinese Taipei Fang Tung-hsien Kuo Hsu-tung Liao Nan-kai Liu Chia-lun Tsai Ho-tsen
Women's singles	Park Young-hee  South Korea	Kim Hyun-ju  South Korea	Zhao Ying  China
Women's doubles	South Korea Kim Seo-woon Jang Mi-hwa	Japan Shino Mizukami Shiho Yatagai	South Korea Park Young-hee Kim Myung-hee
Women's team	South Korea Jang Mi-hwa Kim Hyun-ju Kim Myung-hee Kim Seo-woon Park Young-hee	Japan Harumi Gyokusen Shino Mizukami Miwa Tsuji Ayumi Ueshima Shiho Yatagai	Chinese Taipei Chang Fang-tzu Chiang Wan-chi Chou Chiu-ping Lan Yi-yun Wang Shi-ting
Mixed doubles	South Korea You Young-dong Kim Seo-woon	Chinese Taipei Fang Tung-hsien Chou Chiu-ping	South Korea Kim Hee-soo Park Young-hee

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	7	3	2	12
2	Japan (JPN)	0	3	0	3
3	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	4	5
4	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		7	7	7	21

Participating nations

A total of 54 athletes from 7 nations competed in soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games:

•  China (8)
•  Chinese Taipei (10)
•  Japan (10)
•  Mongolia (10)
•  Nepal (2)
•  Philippines (4)
•  South Korea (10)

References

• www.soft-tennis.org

External links

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 690–701