Soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games

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

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.

Schedule

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Round

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Last round

P

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinals

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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