Coleman Wong

Coleman Wong Chak-lam (Chinese: 黃澤林; born 6 June 2004) is a tennis player from Hong Kong.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Wong. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Coleman Wong and the Chinese-style name is Wong Chak-lam.
Coleman Wong
黃澤林
Full nameColeman Wong Chak-lam
Country (sports) Hong Kong
Born (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004
Hong Kong
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$38,178
Singles
Career record87–60 (59.2%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 361 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 361 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior3R (2022)
French Open Junior2R (2021)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2022)
US Open JuniorSF (2022)
Doubles
Career record34–34 (50.0%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 564 (18 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 697 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2022)
French Open Junior2R (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2022)
US Open JuniorW (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup11–6 (64.7%)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Hong Kong
World University Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chengdu Mixed
Last updated on: 25 October 2023.

Wong has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 361, achieved on 23 October 2023, and doubles ranking of No. 564, achieved on 18 September 2023.[1]

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 11–6.[3]

Juniors

Wong won the 2018 Orange Bowl singles under-14 junior tennis tournament.[4][5]

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.[6]

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. [7]

Professional career

2022: First ITF Doubles titles

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 $15k & $25k singles titles, Asian Games quarterfinalist, Maiden Challenger final

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 makes him the first Hong Kong tennis player to win a professional men's singles title,[8] and in September he won his first $25k singles title in Hong Kong, creating history.

He then participated in the Asian Games, beating the Chinese player Wu Yibing in the Round of 16 after saving 5 match points from 1-6 in the match tie-break, the world no.98 player at that time, making him become the first ever Hong Kong player to beat a top 100,[9] but then lost to Hong Seong-chan in quarter final, ending his first Asian Games.

Following the Asian Games, Wong immediately went to Daha to participate the ITF $15k tournament, and finally came second.

In October, he recorded his first win at the ATP Challenger main draw in Shenzhen, and went on beating Térence Atmane and Huang Tsung-hao, and the withdrawal of Aleksandar Kovacevic paved his way to his first Challenger final, but lost to the Australian James Duckworth.[10] Due to that, his world ranking climb up from over 530 in September to 360 in October, making a major breakthrough since he turned professional from 2022.

He is set to play as a wildcard at the 2024 Hong Kong Tennis Open that will be held in January 2024 after a 21 years absence.[11]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2021 US Open Hard France Max Westphal Ukraine Viacheslav Bielinskyi
Bulgaria Petr Nesterov		 6–3, 5–7, [10–1]
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard United States Bruno Kuzuhara United States Alex Michelsen
Paraguay Adolfo Daniel Vallejo		 6–3, 7–6(7–3)


ATP Challengers and ITF Finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour
ITF $25,000 tournaments
ITF $15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2023 Monastir, Tunisia ITF 15,000 Hard Lebanon Hady Habib 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2023 Monastir, Tunisia ITF 15,000 Hard Italy Luca Giacomini 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win 2–1 Sep 2023 Hong Kong ITF 25,000 Hard Egor Gerasimov 4–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4]
Loss 2–2 Oct 2023 Doha, Qatar ITF 15,000 Hard Marat Sharipov 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2023 Shenzhen, China ATP Challenger 75 Hard Australia James Duckworth 0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2022 Manacor, Spain ITF 15,000 Hard Spain Marc Othman Ktiri Spain Alberto Barroso Campos
Spain Imanol Lopez Morillo		 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win 2–0 Oct 2022 Tay Ninh, Vietnam ITF 25,000 Hard Japan Tomohiro Masabayashi Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou
Thailand Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul		 Walkover
Loss 2–1 Oct 2022 Jakarta, Indonesia ITF 25,000 Hard China Sun Fajing Japan Tomohiro Masabayashi
Japan Seita Watanabe		 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 2–2 Dec 2022 Trnava, Slovakia ITF 15,000 Hard Jordan Abedallah Shelbayh Spain Daniel Rincón
Paraguay Daniel Vallejo		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2-3 Sep 2023 Hong Kong ITF 25,000 Hard Hong Kong Wong Hong Kit Japan Matsuda Ryuki
South Korea Son Ji Hoon		 5–7, 4–6

References
  1. "Chak Lam Coleman Wong | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "HKU Admits 3 Outstanding Athletes Through the "Top Athletes Direct Admission Scheme"". The University of Hong Kong.
  3. "Chak Lam Coleman Wong". Davis Cup.
  4. "Hong Kong's Coleman Wong makes history by winning under-14 title at Junior Orange Bowl". South China Morning Post. 19 December 2018. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022.
  5. "Coleman Wong Hopes to Become World No. 1 in the Future". Tennis World USA. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021.
  6. https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3165144/who-coleman-wong-hong-kong-tennis-phenom-two-junior-grand-slams-rafael
  7. "Chak Lam Coleman Wong". ITF.
  8. https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3226294/coleman-wong-seeking-mental-psychological-tweaks-after-making-hong-kong-tennis-history
  9. https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3235885/asian-games-2023-coleman-wong-upsets-chinas-no-2-wu-yibing-mens-singles-tennis-tournament-nail-biter
  10. https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2023/10/22/aussie-weekly-wrap-duckworth-sets-australian-record-on-atp-challenger-tour
  11. https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3238233/coleman-wong-set-play-atp-hong-kong-tennis-open-tickets-go-sale
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