| Soft tennis at the 2018 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Jakabaring Tennis Court |
| Dates | 28 August – 1 September 2018 |
| Competitors | 113 from 14 nations |
Soft tennis at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the JSC Tennis Court, Palembang, Indonesia. It was held from 28 August to 1 September 2018. [1]
Soft tennis had team and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.
| P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 28th Tue | 29th Wed | 30th Thu | 31st Fri | 1st Sat | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Men's team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Women's team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Mixed doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Kim Jin-woong South Korea | Elbert Sie  Indonesia | Kim Dong-hoon South Korea |
| Prima Simpatiaji Indonesia | |||
| Men's team |  South Korea Jeon Jee-heon Kim Beom-jun Kim Dong-hoon Kim Jin-woong Kim Ki-sung |  Japan Hayato Funemizu Taimei Marunaka Kento Masuda Koichi Nagae Toshiki Uematsu |  Indonesia Hemat Bhakti Anugerah Irfandi Hendrawan Gusti Jaya Kusuma Elbert Sie Prima Simpatiaji |
 Chinese Taipei Chen Tsung-wen Chen Yu-hsun Kuo Chien-chun Lin Wei-chieh Yu Kai-wen | |||
| Women's singles | Noa Takahashi Japan | Cheng Chu-ling Chinese Taipei | Yu Yuanyi China |
| Dwi Rahayu Pitri Indonesia | |||
| Women's team | Japan Misaki Hangai Riko Hayashida Rurika Kuroki Kurumi Onoue Noa Takahashi | South Korea Baek Seol Kim Ji-yeon Kim Young-hai Mun Hye-gyeong Yoo Ye-seul |  China Feng Zixuan Liu Yin Ma Yue Wang Yufei Yu Yuanyi |
| Chinese Taipei Chan Chia-hsin Cheng Chu-ling Huang Shih-yuan Kuo Chien-chi Lee Ching-wen | |||
| Mixed doubles | Chinese Taipei Yu Kai-wen Cheng Chu-ling | South Korea Kim Ki-sung Mun Hye-gyeong | South Korea Kim Beom-jun Kim Ji-yeon |
| Japan Toshiki Uematsu Riko Hayashida |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
A total of 113 athletes from 14 nations competed in soft tennis at the 2018 Asian Games:
Cambodia (7) China (5) Chinese Taipei (10)
India (10) Indonesia (10) Japan (10)
Laos (7)
Mongolia (10)
North Korea (4)
Pakistan (8)
Philippines (8) South Korea (10)
Thailand (10)
Vietnam (4)
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