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 (JPN)	Taghi Akbari Iran (IRI)	Yehoshua Shalem Israel (ISR)
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 (INA)	Paulina Pesahov Israel (ISR)	Lany Kaligis Indonesia (INA)
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
South 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	South 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	South Vietnam	2–0	1–2	1–2
03 Sep	Japan	3–0	Laos	2–0	2–0	2–0
03 Sep	Philippines	1–2	South 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	South Vietnam	2–0	2–0	2–0
04 Sep	Japan	3–0	Philippines	2–0	2–1	2–0
04 Sep	Israel	0–3	South 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
01 !	South Korea	6	5	1	15	3
02 !	China	5	5	1	13	5
03 !	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

References

Asian Games Roll of Honour (1962-2006)

Events at the 1974 Asian Games (Tehran)

Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Cycling Diving Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Shooting Swimming Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Tennis at the Asian Games

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List of medalists

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