Tennis at the 1978 Asian Games
# Tennis at the 1978 Asian Games

Tennis was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 10 to December 19, 1978. Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

Indonesia dominated the competition, finishing first in medal table with 3 gold medals.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles details | Atet Wijono Indonesia | Shigeyuki Nishio Japan | Tetsu Kuramitsu Japan |
| Men's singles details | Atet Wijono Indonesia | Shigeyuki Nishio Japan | Nadir Ali Khan Pakistan |
| Men's doubles details | Indonesia Yustedjo Tarik Hadiman | China Xu Meilin Gu Minghua | India Shyam Minotra Chiradip Mukerjea |
| Men's doubles details | Indonesia Yustedjo Tarik Hadiman | China Xu Meilin Gu Minghua | Thailand Pichet Boratisa Charuek Hengrasmee |
| Men's team details | Indonesia Hadiman Yustedjo Tarik Gondo Widjojo Atet Wijono | Pakistan Jamil Ahmed Nasir Munir Ahmed Altaf Hussain Nadir Ali Khan | China Gu Minghua Sun Chunlai Wang Fuzhang Xu Meilin |
| Men's team details | Indonesia Hadiman Yustedjo Tarik Gondo Widjojo Atet Wijono | Pakistan Jamil Ahmed Nasir Munir Ahmed Altaf Hussain Nadir Ali Khan | Japan Tetsu Kuramitsu Shigeyuki Nishio Etsuo Uchiyama |
| Women's singles details | Lee Duk-hee South Korea | Chen Juan China | Kiyoko Nomura Japan |
| Women's singles details | Lee Duk-hee South Korea | Chen Juan China | Sonoe Yonezawa Japan |
| Women's doubles details | South Korea Lee Duk-hee Yang Jeong-soon | Japan Kimiyo Hatanaka Kiyoko Nomura | China Chen Juan Yu Liqiao |
| Women's doubles details | South Korea Lee Duk-hee Yang Jeong-soon | Japan Kimiyo Hatanaka Kiyoko Nomura | Thailand Suthasini Sirikaya Sirikanya Hoonsiri |
| Women's team details | Japan Kimiyo Hatanaka Matsuko Matsushima Kiyoko Nomura Sonoe Yonezawa | South Korea Kim Nam-sook Kim Soo-ok Lee Duk-hee Yang Jeong-soon | Indonesia Lita Sugiarto Yolanda Soemarno Ayi Sutarno Elvis Tarik |
| Mixed doubles details | Thailand Charuek Hengrasmee Suthasini Sirikaya | Japan Etsuo Uchiyama Matsuko Matsushima | Indonesia Hadiman Ayi Sutarno |
| Mixed doubles details | Thailand Charuek Hengrasmee Suthasini Sirikaya | Japan Etsuo Uchiyama Matsuko Matsushima | Japan Shigeyuki Nishio Kimiyo Hatanaka |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Indonesia (INA) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
