Asian Countries

I remember someone was wondering what the countries considered as Asian in tennis are. Here is the exhaustive list of Asian countries in the WTA rule book :
Afghanistan - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Bhutan - Brunei Darusalaam - Cambodia - China P R - Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Japan - Jordan - Kazakhstan - Kyrghyzstan - Korea, Republic of - Kuwait - Lao - Lebanon - Malaysia - Maldives - Mongolia - Myanmar - Nepal - Oman - Pakistan - Palestine - Philippines - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Singapore - Sri Lanka - Syrian Arab Republic - Tajikistan - Thailand - Turkmenistan - United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan - Vietnam - Yemen

Thanks :)

a lot of middle-east countries.

Israel is not in the list.... :o

Originally posted by Kojangs
Israel is not in the list.... :o Israel is not in the list of Asian countries . It is in the WTA list of European countries.

cf. The 2002 Sanex WTA Tour Official Rulebook p. 188 : Regional Definition Chart