Tennis at the 1974 Asian Games
Tennis was contested at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.
Medal summary
Medal table
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) |
4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 |  Israel (ISR) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Indonesia (INA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Pakistan (PAK) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Toshiro Sakai Japan
|
Taghi Akbari Iran
|
Yehoshua Shalem Israel
|
| Men's doubles | Japan (JPN) Toshiro Sakai Ken Hirai |
Iran (IRI) Ali Madani Kambiz Derafshijavan |
Japan (JPN) Ryoichi Mori Natsuta Uehara |
| Men's team | Japan (JPN) Ken Hirai Ryoichi Mori Toshiro Sakai Natsuta Uehara |
China (CHN) Gao Hongyun Lü Zhengyi Wang Fuzhang Xu Meilin |
Pakistan (PAK) Munawar Iqbal Ismail Majid Saeed Meer Meer Muhammad |
| Women's singles | Lita Sugiarto Indonesia
|
Paulina Pesahov Israel
|
Lany Kaligis Indonesia
|
| Women's doubles | Japan (JPN) Toshiko Sade Kayoko Fukuoka |
South Korea (KOR) Lee Soon-oh Lee Duk-hee |
Japan (JPN) Kimiyo Yagahara Hideko Goto |
| Women's team | South Korea (KOR) Choi Kyung-mi Lee Duk-hee Lee Soon-oh Yang Jeong-soon |
China (CHN) Guo Hanqin Jiang Lihua Yan Dacui Zhang Ronghua |
Japan (JPN) Kayoko Fukuoka Hideko Goto Toshiko Sade Kimiyo Yagahara |
| Mixed doubles | Israel (ISR) Yair Wertheimer Paulina Pesahov |
China (CHN) Xu Meilin Zhang Ronghua |
Japan (JPN) Ryoichi Mori Kimiyo Yagahara |
Results
Men's team
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Pakistan
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
 Vietnam
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
 Philippines
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Israel
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
 Laos
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Date | Score | MS1 | MS2 | MD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sep | Japan
|
3–0 | Vietnam
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 02 Sep | Pakistan
|
2–1 | Philippines
|
2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| 02 Sep | Israel
|
2–1 | Laos
|
2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| 02 Sep | Japan
|
2–1 | Pakistan
|
0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 02 Sep | Philippines
|
2–1 | Israel
|
1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 02 Sep | Laos
|
1–2 | Vietnam
|
2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 03 Sep | Japan
|
3–0 | Laos
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 03 Sep | Philippines
|
1–2 | Vietnam
|
0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| 03 Sep | Israel
|
0–3 | Pakistan
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 03 Sep | Japan
|
3–0 | Israel
|
2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 03 Sep | Philippines
|
3–0 | Laos
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 03 Sep | Pakistan
|
3–0 | Vietnam
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 04 Sep | Japan
|
3–0 | Philippines
|
2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 04 Sep | Israel
|
0–3 | Vietnam
|
0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| 04 Sep | Laos
|
0–3 | Pakistan
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Iran
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
 India
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
 Thailand
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
 Iraq
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
 Kuwait
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Date | Score | MS1 | MS2 | MD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sep | Thailand
|
0–3 | China
|
– | – | – |
| 02 Sep | Iran
|
2–1 | India
|
2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| 02 Sep | Kuwait
|
0–3 | Iraq
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 02 Sep | Thailand
|
2–1 | India
|
0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 02 Sep | Iran
|
3–0 | Kuwait
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 02 Sep | Iraq
|
0–3 | China
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 03 Sep | Thailand
|
3–0 | Iraq
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 03 Sep | Iran
|
1–2 | China
|
1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| 03 Sep | Kuwait
|
0–3 | India
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 03 Sep | Thailand
|
3–0 | Kuwait
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 03 Sep | Iran
|
3–0 | Iraq
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 03 Sep | India
|
2–1 | China
|
1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 04 Sep | Iran
|
3–0 | Thailand
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 04 Sep | Kuwait
|
0–3 | China
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 04 Sep | Iraq
|
0–3 | India
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Knockout round
| Semi-finals September 4 | Final September 11 | ||||||||||||
| Japan
| 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Iran
| 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Japan
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| China
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| China
| 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Pakistan
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||
| Iran
| 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Pakistan
| 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Women's team
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
South Korea
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
|
China
|
5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
|
Japan
|
5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | Indonesia
|
5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 5 | Iran
|
6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Philippines
|
6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Thailand
|
6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| Date | Score | WS1 | WS2 | WD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sep | South Korea
|
2–1 | Indonesia
|
2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| 02 Sep | Japan
|
3–0 | Thailand
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 02 Sep | Iran
|
0–3 | China
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 02 Sep | South Korea
|
3–0 | Philippines
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 02 Sep | Iran
|
3–0 | Thailand
|
2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 02 Sep | Japan
|
1–2 | Indonesia
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| 03 Sep | Japan
|
0–3 | South Korea
|
1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 03 Sep | China
|
3–0 | Philippines
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 03 Sep | Iran
|
0–3 | Indonesia
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 03 Sep | South Korea
|
1–2 | China
|
0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| 03 Sep | Iran
|
0–3 | Japan
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 03 Sep | Thailand
|
2–1 | Philippines
|
2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| 04 Sep | South Korea
|
3–0 | Iran
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 04 Sep | Thailand
|
0–3 | China
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 04 Sep | Philippines
|
0–3 | Indonesia
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 04 Sep | China
|
2–1 | Indonesia
|
1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 04 Sep | South Korea
|
3–0 | Thailand
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 04 Sep | Japan
|
3–0 | Philippines
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 05 Sep | Japan
|
3–0 | China
|
2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 05 Sep | Iran
|
1–2 | Philippines
|
2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 05 Sep | Thailand
|
0–3 | Indonesia
|
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
