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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px 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
22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px 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
	22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px South Korea	1–2	0–2	0–2
03 Sep	China	3–0	22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px Philippines	2–0	2–0	2–0
05 Sep	Japan	3–0	China	2–0	2–0	2–1
05 Sep	Iran	1–2	22x20px Philippines	2–1	0–2	0–2
05 Sep	Thailand	0–3	Indonesia	0–2	0–2	0–2

References

• Asian Games Roll of Honour (1962-2006)