Tennis at the Asian Games
Tennis · the Olympic Council of Asia
2026LatestAichi–Nagoya 2026: 5 events; Japan won 2 golds, the most of any nation
Tennis has been held at 17 Asian Games, from Tokyo 1958 to Aichi–Nagoya 2026; it was not held in 1970. Men's and women's team events were held from 1962 to 2014.
- Next
- Doha 2030
- Most golds (nation)
- Japan, 29; then China, 18
- India
- 34 medals: 10 gold, 7 silver, 17 bronze; sixth in the all-time table
- Cycle
- Every four years
India at the Asian Games
1966Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
1978Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
1982Gold: 0 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 0 · Total: 1
1990Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
1994Gold: 2 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 3
1998Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 4 · Total: 4
2002Gold: 1 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 2 · Total: 4
2006Gold: 2 · Silver: 2 · Bronze: 0 · Total: 4
2010Gold: 2 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 2 · Total: 5
2014Gold: 1 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 3 · Total: 5
2018Gold: 1 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 2 · Total: 3
2022Gold: 1 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 0 · Total: 2
TotalGold: 10 · Silver: 7 · Bronze: 17 · Total: 34
India won no medal at Aichi–Nagoya 2026.
India's golds:
| Games | Event | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima 1994 | Men's doubles | Leander Paes, Gaurav Natekar |
| Hiroshima 1994 | Men's team | Zeeshan Ali, Asif Ismail, Gaurav Natekar, Leander Paes |
| Busan 2002 | Men's doubles | Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi |
| Doha 2006 | Men's doubles | Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi |
| Doha 2006 | Mixed doubles | Leander Paes, Sania Mirza |
| Guangzhou 2010 | Men's singles | Somdev Devvarman |
| Guangzhou 2010 | Men's doubles | Somdev Devvarman, Sanam Singh |
| Incheon 2014 | Mixed doubles | Saketh Myneni, Sania Mirza |
| Jakarta–Palembang 2018 | Men's doubles | Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan |
| Hangzhou 2022 | Mixed doubles | Rohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosale |
More about this tournament
Aichi–Nagoya 2026 champions
| Section | Event | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men | Singles | Coleman Wong (Hong Kong) |
| Men | Doubles | Japan (Yusuke Kusuhara, Shunsuke Nakagawa) |
| Women | Singles | Wang Xiyu (China) |
| Women | Doubles | Chinese Taipei (Hsieh Su-wei, Liang En-shuo) |
| Mixed | Doubles | Japan (Jay Friend, Ena Shibahara) |
Medal table (1958 to 2026, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 29 | 20 | 48 | 97 |
| 2 | China | 18 | 22 | 22 | 62 |
| 3 | South Korea | 16 | 22 | 21 | 59 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 15 | 5 | 22 | 42 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 6 | India | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 7 | Thailand | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Philippines | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
History
How it began
Tokyo 1958 held five events: men's and women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles.
Champions by era
Japan has won 29 golds. Doha 2006 is the only Games at which India was the best nation in tennis.
India's story
India's first tennis medal was a men's doubles bronze at Bangkok 1966, won by Shiv Prakash Misra and Vinay Dhawan. Its first golds came at Hiroshima 1994, in the men's doubles and the men's team. Leander Paes won five golds, and Sania Mirza won eight medals, two of them gold.
Firsts and facts
- First Games with tennis: Tokyo 1958.
- Team events held: 1962 to 2014.
- India's only singles gold: Somdev Devvarman, 2010.