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In 1957 he won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Singapore Open Championships. [10] He also captained Malaya's first Davis Cup team in 1957 before retiring in 1961. [11] Ong also won the bronze medal in singles at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. He briefly also became a tennis coach. [12]
Introduced in 1993 [1] by the Singapore Table Tennis Association, [2] it also aimed to boost local sporting standards by importing sporting expertise. In March 2008, it was announced in the Parliament of Singapore that 54 athletes had benefited from the programme and received Singapore citizenship , of which 37 were still in active training.
Gao Ning (simplified Chinese: 高宁; traditional Chinese: 高寧; pinyin: Gāo Níng; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. [1] He is currently appointed as the Singapore Table Tennis National Coach for men. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. [3]
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up the ITF's membership.
Zeng Jian (Chinese: 曾尖, born 19 November 1996) is a Singaporean table tennis player. She won three Under-21 singles titles at the 2016 ITTF World Tour . [ 3 ] She qualified and took part in the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour.It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first president.
Bates was a promising British junior tennis player, [3] who won the boys doubles final at the 1996 Osaka Mayor's Cup, [4] and reached the second round of boys singles main draw at the Astrid Bowl and Junior Wimbledon in 1997. [2] He later became a university lecturer. [3] Bates was Lawn Tennis Association women's tennis manager until February ...
This article lists the professional tennis players who reached the highest ranking among their compatriots during the Open Era.The rankings used are ATP rankings for men (since 23 August 1973 for singles, and 1 March 1976 for doubles) and WTA rankings for women (since 3 November 1975 for singles, and 4 September 1984 for doubles).