Coleman Wong Chak-lam (Chinese: 黃澤林; born 6 June 2004) is a tennis player from Hong Kong. Wong has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 192, achieved on 1 April 2024, and doubles ranking of No. 564, achieved on 18 September 2023. As the first-ever male Hong Kong tennis player to crack the top 300 and the top 200 in the ATP singles rankings, he is also the highest-ranked male Hong Kong tennis player in history.[1]
| Full name | Coleman Wong Chak-lam | ||||||||||||||
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| ITF name | Chak Lam Coleman Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 2004 Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $76,248 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 4–4 (50.0%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 183 (15 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 183 (15 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open Junior | 3R (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open Junior | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon Junior | QF (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open Junior | SF (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 2–2 (50.0%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 564 (18 September 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 903 (4 March 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open Junior | W (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open Junior | 2R (2021, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon Junior | QF (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open Junior | W (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | 13–6 (68.4%) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 4 March 2024. | |||||||||||||||
He was educated in Diocesan Boys' School and is currently a student of the University of Hong Kong.[2]
Wong represents Hong Kong at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 13–6.[3]
He has a sister named Elana Wong.[4]
Junior career edit
Wong won the 2018 Orange Bowl singles under-14 junior tennis tournament.[5][6]
After winning the 2021 US Open Boys' doubles event, he became Hong Kong's second ever Grand Slam winner in any discipline, following Patricia Hy's 1983 Wimbledon title in Girls' doubles.
He won his second Grand Slam title at the 2022 Australian Open Boys' doubles event, with Bruno Kuzuhara, becoming the first back-to-back Grand Slam champion in boy's doubles since Hsu Yu-hsiou in 2017 at 2017 Wimbledon and the 2017 US Open.[7]
Wong reached the semifinals in Boys' Singles of 2022 US Open, which is the best ever result of Hong Kong male tennis players in any Grand Slam tournament.
Wong won 5 singles and 5 doubles titles at ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors, with a win-loss record of 101-54 (65%) in singles and 66-44 (60%) in doubles. He has a career high ranking of 11 achieved on 10 October 2022.[8]
Professional career edit
2022: First ITF Doubles titles edit
In 2022, Wong won his first $15k doubles title in Spain in January, follow by his first $25k title in Vietnam in October.
2023: First ITF titles, Asian Games quarterfinals, Maiden Challenger final, Top 300 edit
In 2023, Wong made his first ITF Final in Tunisia, but finally lost to Lebanon's Hady Habib. Then in the next consecutive week, Wong won his first ITF $15k singles event in Tunisia on 25 June, beating Italy's Luca Giacomini, which made him the first tennis player from Hong Kong to win a professional men's singles title.[9] In September, Wong won his first $25k singles title in Hong Kong, in addition to making the final in doubles with his compatriot Wong Hong Kit.[10]
Wong then participated in the Asian Games hosted in Hangzhou, first beating then-world No. 98 Wu Yibing in the round of 16 after saving 5 match points, making him the first ever player from Hong Kong to beat a top 100 player.[11] However, he lost to South Korean player Hong Seong-chan in the quarterfinals.[12]
The following week, Wong competed in an ITF $15k tournament in Doha, Qatar, finishing as the runner-up after losing 6–7(4–7), 4–6 to Marat Sharipov.
In October, he recorded his first ATP Challenger Tour main-draw win in Shenzhen, beating Linang Xiao. Wong went on to beat Térence Atmane and Huang Tsung-hao, and following the withdrawal of world No. 110 Aleksandar Kovacevic, he qualified for his first ATP Challenger final. Nevertheless, Wong lost to former top 50 player James Duckworth in the final by a decisive 0–6, 1–6 margin.[13] Due to this performance, Wong reached a career-high ATP ranking of No. 361, climbing over 160 places from No. 530 in September, marking a significant milestone in his career as he became the first Hong Kong male tennis player ever to make an ATP Challenger Tour final.
Wong then traveled to Playford, Australia, receiving a special exempt at the City of Playford International Challenger 75 Tournament. He fought back to defeat New Zealand player Ajeet Rai in the first round. Wong went on to beat world No. 68 Thanasi Kokkinakis, who retired in the second set, and defeated Tristan Schoolkate and world No. 100 Taro Daniel in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively, both in three sets.[14] As a result, Wong reached his second consecutive ATP Challenger Tour final, setting up a rematch of the Shenzhen final from the previous week with James Duckworth. Despite losing by a small margin of 5–7, 5–7, his performance allowed him to become both the first Hong Kong male tennis player ever to crack the top 300 and the highest-ranked Hong Kong male tennis player in history, elevating his ATP ranking to a career-high of No. 295.[15]
Wong competed at his third ATP Challenger event in three weeks in Sydney, beating Pavle Marinkov in the opening round, but later defeated by world No. 80 Rinky Hijikata in the next round in three sets.[16]
Following a brief period of recovery, Wong traveled to Yokohama for the Keio Challenger. After defeating Altuğ Çelikbilek in the opening round, Wong made the quarter-finals following a walkover by James Duckworth. However, he was defeated by Yuta Shimizu in a grueling 6–7, 7–6, 6–7 loss. Wong ended his season at the Yokkaichi Challenger, making the semifinals before being defeated by world No. 81 Michael Mmoh.[17]
2024: ATP and historic Masters debuts edit
Wong received a wildcard to compete in both the singles and doubles draw for the 2024 Hong Kong Tennis Open, held in the first week of January after a 21 years absence, marking his ATP Tour debut. Wong also became the highest-ranked Hong Kong tennis player (by ATP world ranking) to ever play in the main draw in the history of this event.[18] In singles, he lost to world No. 27 Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets.[19] In doubles, Wong partnered with the Belgian Zizou Bergs but they were defeated in the first round by Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev. The following week, Wong entered the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger in Nonthaburi, Thailand as the fifth seed. After beating Jason Tseng in straight sets, he was defeated by Yasutaka Uchiyama despite winning the first set. Wong then competed in doubles at an ITF $15k tournament in Manacor, which he had won two years prior, partnering with Russian player Yaroslav Demin. The pair reached the finals, where they were defeated in straight sets.
In February, Wong competed in two consecutive Challenger tournaments in Bangalore, India and Pune, India. In Bangalore, Wong advanced to the second round before losing to second-seeded Sumit Nagal.[20] In Pune, Wong was defeated by British tennis player Felix Gill in the first round. Wong then entered the Delhi Open Challenger, where he reached the final while only dropping one set. He was defeated by Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final in straight sets.[21] Soon after, Wong competed at a Challenger tournament in Lugano, Switzerland. However, he was defeated by the eighth-seeded Jan Choinski in three sets.
In March, Wong received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the 2024 Miami Open. He defeated both the then-world No. 89 Hugo Gaston and the then-world No. 97 Sumit Nagal to make his main draw debut at a Masters 1000, becoming the first-ever Hong Kong player to qualify for and play in the main draw of a Masters 1000-level event.[22][23] As a result he broke into the top 200 in the ATP singles rankings, again making history as the first male Hong Kong player ever to do so.[24]
Wong then competed in two Challenger tournaments in Busan and Gwangju. In Busan, Wong reached the quarter-finals before being defeated by Hong Seong-chan in three sets.
Junior Grand Slam finals edit
Doubles: 2 (2-0) edit
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2021 | US Open | Hard |  Max Westphal
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 Viacheslav Bielinskyi Petr Nesterov
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6–3, 5–7, [10–1] |
| Win | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard |  Bruno Kuzuhara
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Alex Michelsen Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
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6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit
Singles: 7 (2-5) edit
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Futures | Hard |  Hady Habib
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Futures | Hard |  Luca Giacomini
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6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 2023 | M25 Hong Kong | Futures | Hard |  Egor Gerasimov
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4–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2023 | M15 Doha, Qatar | Futures | Hard | Marat Sharipov
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6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Oct 2023 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger 75 | Hard |  James Duckworth
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0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2023 | Playford, Australia | Challenger 75 | Hard | James Duckworth
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5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Mar 2024 | New Delhi, India | Challenger 75 | Hard | Geoffrey Blancaneaux
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4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 6 (2-4) edit
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2022 | Manacor, Spain | ITF 15,000 | Hard |  Marc Othman Ktiri
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Alberto Barroso Campos Imanol Lopez Morillo
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6–2, 7–6(8–6) |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2022 | Tay Ninh, Vietnam | ITF 25,000 | Hard |  Tomohiro Masabayashi
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 Hsu Yu-hsiou  Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
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Walkover |
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2022 | Jakarta, Indonesia | ITF 25,000 | Hard |  Sun Fajing
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Tomohiro Masabayashi Seita Watanabe
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6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2022 | Trnava, Slovakia | ITF 15,000 | Hard |  Abedallah Shelbayh
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Daniel Rincón Daniel Vallejo
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2-3 | Sep 2023 | Hong Kong | ITF 25,000 | Hard | Wong Hong Kit
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Matsuda Ryuki  Son Ji Hoon
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5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2-4 | Jan 2024 | Manacor, Spain | ITF 15,000 | Hard |  Yaroslav Demin
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 Edas Butvilas Carlos Lopez Montagud
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2–6, 6–7(6–8) |
References edit
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- ^ "Hong Kong's Wong survives big challenge to advance to US Open semis". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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- ^ "Chak Lam Coleman Wong VS Rinky Hijikata | Head 2 Head | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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- ^ "Coleman Wong to play in hometown ATP Hong Kong Tennis Open as tickets go on sale". South China Morning Post. 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Coleman Wong elated at 'special' night despite defeat at Hong Kong Tennis Open". South China Morning Post. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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- ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (3 March 2024). "Delhi Open: Geoffrey Blancaneaux claims second challenger title after commanding win over Wong in final". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Wong, 19, qualifies for Masters 1000 debut in Miami". 20 March 2024. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Miami Open: Sumit Nagal Goes Down to Coleman Wong, Fails to Make Main Draw". News18. 19 March 2024. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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External links edit
- Coleman Wong at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Coleman Wong at the International Tennis Federation
- Coleman Wong at the Davis Cup
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