Tennis at the 2006 Asian Games

Tennis were contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 4 to December 14, 2006. Tennis had team, doubles, and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

Tennis at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Dates	4–14 December
Competitors	130 from 22 nations

The tennis competition was held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, India finished first in the medal table for the first time with two gold medals.

Schedule

P

Preliminary rounds

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Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu
Men's singles					P	P	P	¼	½		F
Men's doubles					P	P	P	¼	½	F
Men's team	P	¼	½		F
Women's singles					P	P	P	¼	½	F
Women's doubles					P	P	P	¼	½		F
Women's team	P	¼	½		F
Mixed doubles					P	P	¼		½	F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Danai Udomchoke  Thailand	Lee Hyung-taik  South Korea	Cecil Mamiit  Philippines
			Go Soeda  Japan
Men's doubles	India Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi	Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Philippines Cecil Mamiit Eric Taino
			South Korea Jun Woong-sun Kim Sun-yong
Men's team	South Korea An Jae-sung Chung Hee-seok Jun Woong-sun Lee Hyung-taik	Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi Toshihide Matsui Go Soeda Takao Suzuki	Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana Paradorn Srichaphan Danai Udomchoke
			Chinese Taipei Chen Ti Lu Yen-hsun Jimmy Wang Yi Chu-huan
Women's singles	Zheng Jie  China	Sania Mirza  India	Li Na  China
			Aiko Nakamura  Japan
Women's doubles	China Zheng Jie Yan Zi	Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan Chuang Chia-jung	Japan Ryoko Fuda Tomoko Yonemura
			China Li Ting Sun Tiantian
Women's team	Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Latisha Chan Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	India Ankita Bhambri Isha Lakhani Sania Mirza Shikha Uberoi	Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova Albina Khabibulina Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva Iroda Tulyaganova
			Japan Ryoko Fuda Akiko Morigami Aiko Nakamura Tomoko Yonemura
Mixed doubles	India Leander Paes Sania Mirza	Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi Akiko Morigami	China Yu Xinyuan Sun Tiantian
			Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun Hsieh Su-wei

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	2	2	0	4
2	China (CHN)	2	0	3	5
3	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	2	4
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	1	3
	Thailand (THA)	1	1	1	3
6	Japan (JPN)	0	2	4	6
7	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	2	2
8	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		7	7	14	28

Participating nations

A total of 130 athletes from 22 nations competed in tennis at the 2006 Asian Games:[1]

Bahrain (7)  Bhutan (2)  China (11)  Chinese Taipei (10)  Hong Kong (6)  India (10)  Indonesia (4)  Japan (8)  Kuwait (8)  Kyrgyzstan (1)  Lebanon (2)

Macau (2)  Mongolia (4)  Pakistan (4)  Philippines (6)  Qatar (4)  South Korea (12)  Sri Lanka (4)  Tajikistan (5)  Thailand (7)  Uzbekistan (8)  Vietnam (5)

References

1. "15th Asian Games – Tennis – Entry List By Name". doha-2006.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

External links

• "Tennis Competition Schedule".