Tennis were contested at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from October 2 to October 12, 2002. Tennis had team, doubles, and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition. The tennis competition was held at the Geumjeong Tennis Stadium.
| Tennis at the 2002 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Geumjeong Tennis Stadium |
| Dates | 2–12 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 102 from 19 nations |
← 1998 2006 → | |
The host nation South Korea finished first in the medal table with seven medals.
Schedule
| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's doubles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Men's team | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Women's singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Women's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Women's team | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Mixed doubles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Paradorn Srichaphan Thailand | Lee Hyung-taik South Korea | Oleg Ogorodov Uzbekistan |
| Takao Suzuki Japan | |||
| Men's doubles | India Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi | South Korea Chung Hee-seok Lee Hyung-taik | South Korea Kwon Oh-hee Kim Dong-hyun |
| India Vishal Uppal Mustafa Ghouse | |||
| Men's team | Japan Michihisa Onoda Thomas Shimada Takao Suzuki Takahiro Terachi | South Korea Chung Hee-seok Kim Dong-hyun Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il | Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov Dmitri Tomashevich |
| Indonesia Peter Handoyo Suwandi Tintus Arianto Wibowo | |||
| Women's singles | Iroda Tulyaganova Uzbekistan | Tamarine Tanasugarn Thailand | Shinobu Asagoe Japan |
| Cho Yoon-jeong South Korea | |||
| Women's doubles | South Korea Kim Mi-ok Choi Young-ja | Indonesia Wynne Prakusya Angelique Widjaja | Japan Saori Obata Akiko Morigami |
| Japan Yuka Yoshida Miho Saeki | |||
| Women's team | Indonesia Liza Andriyani Wynne Prakusya Wukirasih Sawondari Angelique Widjaja | Japan Shinobu Asagoe Saori Obata Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida | South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong Choi Young-ja Chung Yang-jin Jeon Mi-ra |
| Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei Janet Lee | |||
| Mixed doubles | Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun Janet Lee | India Mahesh Bhupathi Manisha Malhotra | India Leander Paes Sania Mirza |
| Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov Iroda Tulyaganova |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |
Participating nations
A total of 102 athletes from 19 nations competed in tennis at the 2002 Asian Games:
- China (10)
- Chinese Taipei (9)
- Hong Kong (4)
- India (11)
- Indonesia (7)
- Japan (10)
- Kyrgyzstan (4)
- Macau (2)
- Mongolia (5)
- Pakistan (2)
- Qatar (2)
- Saudi Arabia (2)
- South Korea (11)
- Sri Lanka (4)
- Tajikistan (2)
- Thailand (8)
- Timor-Leste (2)
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- Uzbekistan (5)
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