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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
Wong at the 2022 Wimbledon Juniors
Full nameColeman Wong Chak-lam
ITF nameChak Lam Coleman Wong
Country (sports) Hong Kong
Born (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 (age 20)
Hong Kong
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$273,597
Singles
Career record9–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 128 (30 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 161 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record3–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 468 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 550 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2022)
French Open Junior2R (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2022)
US Open JuniorW (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup13–6
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Hong Kong
World University Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chengdu Mixed
Last updated on: 30 November 2024.

Coleman Wong Chak-lam (Chinese: 黃澤林; born 6 June 2004) is a tennis player from Hong Kong. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 134 achieved on 23 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 468 achieved on 9 September 2024. He is the highest-ranked male Hong Kong tennis player in history, having cracked the top 300 and later the top 150 in the rankings.[1][2]

Wong represents Hong Kong at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 13–6.[3]

Personal life

He was educated in Diocesan Boys' School and as of 2023 is a student of the University of Hong Kong.[4]

He has a sister named Elana Wong.[5]

Career

Juniors

Wong won the 2018 Orange Bowl singles under-14 junior tennis tournament.[6][7]

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 boys' doubles since Hsu Yu-hsiou in 2017, at the 2017 Wimbledon and at the 2017 US Open.[8]

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.[9]

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 singles titles, Asian Games quarterfinals, Challenger final, Top 300

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.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12] However, he lost to South Korean player Hong Seong-chan in the quarterfinals.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16]

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.[17]

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.[18]

2024: ATP and historic Masters and top 150 debuts and first win

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.[19] In singles, he lost to world No. 27 Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23][24] 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.[25]

Wong then competed in two Challenger tournaments in Busan and Gwangju. In Busan, Wong reached the quarterfinals before being defeated by Hong Seong-chan in three sets. Following reaching a fourth final at the 2024 Lincoln Challenger losing to Jacob Fearnley,[26] Coleman reached the top 150 at world No. 149 on 26 August 2024, making again history for Hong Kong, as the first player to achieve the milestone. In September, at the 2024 Hangzhou Open he recorded his first ATP Tour win as a qualifier, over wildcard Wu Yibing by retirement, becoming the first player from Hong Kong since 1972 to record a main draw victory.[27] He lost to Brandon Nakashima in the next round.[28] [29] He received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters for his debut at this tournament.[30]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Almaty Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Davis Cup WG2 WG2 WG2 0 / 0 8–3 73%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Career statistics
2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0 0 6 Career total: 6
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 2–1 3–1 4–5 0 / 5 9–8 53%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Overall win–loss 2–1 3–1 4–6 0 / 6 9–9 50%
Win % 67% 75% 40% 50%
Year-end ranking 749 252 161 $273,597

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2023 Shenzhen, China Challenger Hard Australia James Duckworth 0–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2023 City of Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Australia James Duckworth 5–7, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Mar 2024 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard France Geoffrey Blancaneaux 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Aug 2024 Lincoln, USA Challenger Hard United Kingdom Jacob Fearnley 4–6, 2–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Lebanon Hady Habib 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Italy Luca Giacomini 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win 2–1 Sep 2023 M25 Hong Kong (S.A.R), China WTT Hard Egor Gerasimov 4–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4]
Loss 2–2 Oct 2023 M15 Doha, Qatar WTT Hard Marat Sharipov 6–7(4–7), 4–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2022 M15 Manacor, Spain WTT Hard Spain Marc Othman Ktiri Spain Alberto Barroso Campos
Spain Imanol López Morillo 		6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win 2–0 Oct 2022 M25 Tay Ninh, Vietnam WTT Hard Japan Tomohiro Masabayashi Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou
Thailand Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 		walkover
Loss 2–1 Oct 2022 M25 Jakarta, Indonesia WTT Hard China Sun Fajing Japan Tomohiro Masabayashi
Japan Seita Watanabe 		6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 2–2 Dec 2022 M15 Trnava, Slovakia WTT Hard Jordan Abedallah Shelbayh Spain Daniel Rincón
Paraguay Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2023 M25 Hong Kong (S.A.R), China WTT Hard Hong Kong Wong Hong Kit Japan Matsuda Ryuki
South Korea Son Ji Hoon 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 2024 M15 Manacor, Spain WTT Hard Yaroslav Demin Lithuania Edas Butvilas
Spain Carlos López Montagud 		2–6, 6–7(6–8)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result Year Tournament 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)

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