Soft tennis was a discipline of the tennis competitions at the 2006 Asian Games. Competition took place from December 2 to December 8. All events were held at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
| Soft tennis at the 2006 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
| Dates | 2–8 December 2006 |
| Competitors | 67 from 10 nations |
Singles, Doubles, and Team events were held in this competition, Chinese Taipei finished first in medal table by winning three gold medals.
Schedule
edit| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 2nd Sat |
3rd Sun |
4th Mon |
5th Tue |
6th Wed |
7th Thu |
8th Fri | |||||||||||
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| Men's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Men's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Men's team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Women's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Women's team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Wang Chun-yen Chinese Taipei
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Hidenori Shinohara Japan
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Nam Taek-ho South Korea
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| Men's doubles |
 Chinese TaipeiLi Chia-hung Yang Sheng-fa |
 South KoreaKim Jae-bok You Young-dong |
 JapanShigeo Nakahori Tsuneo Takagawa |
| Men's team |
Japan Noaya Hanada Tatsuro Kawamura Shigeo Nakahori Hidenori Shinohara Tsuneo Takagawa |
Chinese Taipei Li Chia-hung Lin Shun-wu Wang Chun-yen Yang Sheng-fa Yeh Chia-lin |
South Korea Jong Young-pal Kim Jae-bok Nam Taek-ho We Hyu-hwan You Young-dong |
| Women's singles |
Chiang Wan-chi Chinese Taipei
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Jiang Ting China
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Miwa Tsuji Japan
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| Women's doubles |
Japan Harumi Gyokusen Ayumi Ueshima |
Japan Hiromi Hamanaka Miwa Tsuji |
South Korea Kim Kyung-ryun Lee Kyung-pyo |
| Women's team |
South Korea Kim Ji-eun Kim Kyung-ryun Lee Bok-soon Lee Kyung-pyo Min Soo-kyoung |
Japan Harumi Gyokusen Hiromi Hamanaka Miwa Tsuji Eri Uehara Ayumi Ueshima |
Chinese Taipei Chiang Wan-chi Chou Chiu-ping Fang Yen-ling Lan Yi-yun Yang Hui-ju |
| Mixed doubles |
South Korea We Hyu-hwan Kim Ji-eun |
South Korea You Young-dong Kim Kyung-ryun |
Japan Tsuneo Takagawa Harumi Gyokusen |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Participating nations
editA total of 67 athletes from 10 nations competed in soft tennis at the 2006 Asian Games:
China (7)
Chinese Taipei (10)
Japan (10)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
Maldives (5)
Mongolia (9)
Nepal (5)
Philippines (7)
South Korea (10)
Tajikistan (2)
