Tennis at the Summer Universiade
Tennis has been a part of the Summer Universiade program since the games' first edition in 1959, with the exception of the 1975 Summer Universiade and again in 1989. The first change at the program was at the 1987 edition, when FISU decided awards two bronze medals for the losers of the semifinals, extinguishing the fourth place. The second change was in 2009, when the team competitions were included. Currently, seven events are played at Universiade. Individual, double and team contests for men and women, as well as mixed doubles.
| Tennis at the Summer Universiade | |
|---|---|
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| Events | 7 (men: 3; women: 3; mixed: 1) |
| Games | |
Past medalists include twice Grand Slam (2011 French Open, 2014 Australian Open) women's singles champion Li Na, 1978 French Open champion Virginia Ruzici, Grand Slam men's singles runner-up Nikola Pilić; doubles champions Fred McNair, Olga Morozova, Larisa Savchenko, Tomáš Šmíd, and Ion Țiriac; mixed doubles champion Rika Hiraki; 1984 Olympic runner-up Sabrina Goleš, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist Leila Meskhi, and 2004 Olympic doubles gold medalist Li Ting.
Results
Men's singles
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 Turin |  François Jauffret (FRA) |
 Pavel Benda (TCH) |
 Massimo Drisaldi (ITA) |
| 1961 Sofia | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Boro Jovanović (YUG) |
Nikola Pilić (YUG) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ion Țiriac (ROU) |
| 1963 Porto Alegre |  Bodo Nitsche (FRG) |
Giordano Maioli (ITA) |
 Mitsuru Motoi (JPN) |
| 1965 Budapest | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ion Țiriac (ROU) |
 Toomas Leius (URS) |
 Allen Fox (USA) |
| 1967 Tokyo | Isao Watanabe (JPN) |
Jun Kamiwazumi (JPN) |
Hidesaburo Kuromatsu (JPN) |
| 1970 Turin | Patrick Proisy (FRA) |
Toomas Leius (URS) |
Franco Bartoni (ITA) |
| 1973 Moscow | Teimuraz Kakulia (URS) |
 Balázs Taróczy (HUN) |
Kenichi Hirai (JPN) |
| 1977 Sofia | Tomáš Šmíd (TCH) |
Balázs Taróczy (HUN) |
Vadim Borisov (URS) |
| 1979 Mexico City | Vadim Borisov (URS) |
 Nandan Bal (IND) |
Andrei Dîrzu (ROU) |
| 1981 Bucharest | Florin Segărceanu (ROU) |
Vadim Borisov (URS) |
Andrei Dîrzu (ROU) |
| 1983 Edmonton | Richard Gallien (USA) |
Dan Goldie (USA) |
Alexander Zverev (URS) |
| 1985 Kobe | Alexander Zverev (URS) |
Florin Segărceanu (ROU) |
 Kim Bong-soo (KOR) |
| 1987 Zagreb | Bruno Orešar (YUG) |
Igor Šarić (YUG) |
Ģirts Dzelde (URS) |
 Mario Tabares (CUB) | |||
| 1991 Sheffield |  Xia Jiaping (CHN) |
Francesco Michelotti (ITA) |
 Jeffrey Hunter (GBR) |
| Alessandro Pozzi (ITA) | |||
| 1993 Buffalo | Shin Han-cheol (KOR) |
Jeffrey Hunter (GBR) |
Yoon Bok-kyu (KOR) |
| Zhang Jiuhua (CHN) | |||
| 1995 Fukuoka | Yoon Yong-il (KOR) |
Lee Hyung-taik (KOR) |
Francesco Michelotti (ITA) |
| Kotaro Miyachi (JPN) | |||
| 1997 Sicily | Yoon Yong-il (KOR) |
Pavel Kudrnáč (CZE) |
 Lin Bing-chao (TPE) |
| Alexander von Hugo (GER) | |||
| 1999 Palma de Mallorca | Lee Hyung-taik (KOR) |
 Albert Portas (ESP) |
Lee Seung-hoon (KOR) |
| Slimane Saoudi (FRA) | |||
| 2001 Beijing | Lee Seung-hoon (KOR) |
 Philipp Mukhometov (RUS) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Matthieu Amgwerd (SUI) |
| Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) | |||
| 2003 Daegu | Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) |
 Igor Zelenay (SVK) |
Matthieu Amgwerd (SUI) |
| Kim Young-jun (KOR) | |||
| 2005 Izmir | Artem Sitak (RUS) |
Evgeny Kirillov (RUS) |
Sébastien Kosak (FRA) |
| Jimmy Wang (TPE) | |||
| 2007 Bangkok |  Danai Udomchoke (THA) |
An Jae-sung (KOR) |
Charles-Antoine Brézac (FRA) |
| Chen Ti (TPE) | |||
| 2009 Belgrade |  Aleksander Slović (SRB) |
 Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) |
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) |
| Artem Smirnov (UKR) | |||
| 2011 Shenzhen | Lim Yong-kyu (KOR) |
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) |
 Sergey Betov (BLR) |
| Aliaksandr Bury (BLR) | |||
| 2013 Kazan | Lim Yong-kyu (KOR) |
 Antso Rakotondramanga (MAD) |
Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) |
| Maxime Quinqueneau (FRA) | |||
| 2015 Gwangju | Chung Hyeon (KOR) |
Aslan Karatsev (RUS) |
Lucas Poullain (FRA) |
| Yang Tsung-hua (TPE) | |||
| 2017 Taipei | Jason Jung (TPE) |
Hong Seong-chan (KOR) |
 Nuno Borges (POR) |
| Roman Safiullin (RUS) | |||
| 2019 Naples | Tseng Chun-hsin (TPE) |
 Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) |
Lucas Poullain (FRA) |
| Ivan Gakhov (RUS) |
Men's doubles
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Men's team
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Women's team
Mixed doubles
Medal table
Last updated after the 2019 Summer Universiade
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 22 | 10 | 19 | 51 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 18 | 16 | 12 | 46 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 17 | 10 | 23 | 50 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 14 | 19 | 22 | 55 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 12 | 9 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 |  Romania (ROU) | 12 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | United States (USA) | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 11 | Thailand (THA) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| 14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 16 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 17 |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 19 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 |  Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 27 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 28 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 38 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 40 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (43 entries) | 152 | 152 | 232 | 536 | |