Tennis at the 1958 Asian Games

Tennis
at the 1958 Asian Games

Venue| New National Tennis Courts
Dates| 25–30 May 1958
Competitors| 61 from 15 nations

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Tennis was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in New National Tennis Courts, Tokyo, Japan from May 25 to May 30, 1958. Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

A total of 60 tennis players from 15 nations competed in tennis at the 1958 Asian Games, Japan and the Philippines dominated the events winning all five gold and silver medals.

## Schedule

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P | Preliminary rounds  | ¼ | Quarterfinals  | ½ | Semifinals  | F | Final

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Event↓/Date → | 25th
Sun | 26th
Mon | 27th
Tue | 28th
Wed | 29th
Thu | 30th
Fri

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Men's singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ |  | F
Men's doubles |  | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ |  | F |
Women's doubles |  | ¼ |  | ½ |  | F
Mixed doubles |  |  | P | ¼ | ½ | F

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles
details | Raymundo Deyro
Philippines | Felicisimo Ampon
Philippines | Johnny Jose
Philippines
Miguel Dungo
Philippines
Men's doubles
details |  Philippines
Felicisimo Ampon
Raymundo Deyro |  Philippines
Johnny Jose
Miguel Dungo |  Ceylon
Rupert Ferdinands
Bernard Pinto
South Vietnam
Võ Văn Bảy
Võ Văn Thành
Women's singles
details | Sachiko Kamo
Japan | Desideria Ampon
Philippines | Liu Shang-ku
Republic of China
Reiko Miyagi
Japan
Women's doubles
details |  Japan
Sachiko Kamo
Reiko Miyagi |  Philippines
Desideria Ampon
Patricia Yngayo |  Malaya
Gladys Loke
Katherine Leong
Republic of China
Liu Shang-ku
Chan Shiuo-miang
Mixed doubles
details |  Japan
Yoshihisa Shibata
Reiko Miyagi |  Philippines
Miguel Dungo
Patricia Yngayo |  Republic of China
Kao Teng-ko
Chan Shiuo-miang
Philippines
Felicisimo Ampon
Desideria Ampon

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan (JPN)| 3| 0| 1| 4
2|  Philippines (PHI)| 2| 5| 3| 10
3|  Republic of China (ROC)| 0| 0| 3| 3
4|  Ceylon (CEY)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Malaya (MAL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
South Vietnam (VNM)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 5| 5| 10| 20

## Participating nations

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A total of 61 athletes from 15 nations competed in tennis at the 1958 Asian Games:

* Burma (1)
* Ceylon (3)
* Hong Kong (6)
* Indonesia (5)
* Iran (4)
* Japan (6)
* Malaya (4)
* Nepal (2)
* Pakistan (2)
* Philippines (6)
* Republic of China (6)
* Singapore (4)
* South Korea (4)
* South Vietnam (4)
* Thailand (4)

## References

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* Asian Games Roll of Honour (1958-2006)

## External links

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* OCA website

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Events at the 1958 Asian Games (Tokyo)

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