DOHA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Following are some useful
facts and figures relating to the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 tennis competition:
4,106 -- Capacity of the center court at the Khalifa
International Tennis and Squash Complex.
1958 -- Year in which tennis was first held at the
Asian Games.
66 -- Record number of medals Japan have won in
tennis at the Asian Games.
26 -- Record number of gold medals Japan have won in
tennis at the Asian Games.
16 -- Indian tennis great Leander Paes won his first
Asian Games medal 16 years ago at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing when he won
bronze in the men's team event.
11 -- Medals won by Japan in mixed doubles at the
Asian Games.
10 -- Tennis finals at the Asian Games in which both
opponents represented the same National Olympic Committee (NOC).
9 -- Number of silver medals won by Philippines in
tennis at the Asian Games
8 -- Medals won by Yayuk Basuki, Indonesia in women's
tennis at Asian Games: four gold, two silver and two bronze.
7 -- At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea
won a total of seven medals in the tennis competition.
6 -- South Korea has won medals in men's singles and
men's doubles at the last six Asian Games.
5 -- Major tennis tournaments Paradorn Srichapkan
from Thailand, the defending champion in Doha, has won in his career. This
includes the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan and four titles on the
ATP Tour.
4 -- Number of gold medals Yoo Jin-Sun won at the
1986 Asian Games in Seoul, clinching the gold medal in every event he entered:
men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's team.
3 -- All tennis matches at the 15th Asian Games Doha
2006 will be decided in a best-of-three-sets format with a tie break system
operating in all sets if necessary.
2 -- Bronze medals awarded in every Doha tennis
event. Both losing semifinalists will be awarded a bronze medal.
1 -- Times a men's singles champion successfully
defended his title at the Asian Games: China's Pan Bing, 1990-1994.
0 -- Times a women's singles champion successfully
defended her title at the Asian Games.