Introduction
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. 295, achieved on 30 October 2023, and doubles ranking of No. 564, achieved on 18 September 2023.
He was educated in Diocesan Boys' School and is currently a student of the University of Hong Kong.
Wong represents Hong Kong at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 11–6.
Juniors
Wong won the 2018 Orange Bowl singles under-14 junior tennis tournament.
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.
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.
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, Top 300 ATP ranking
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. 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.
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 become the first ever player from Hong Kong to beat a top 100 player. However, he lost to South Korean player Hong Seong-chan in the quarter finals 6–4, 4–6, 3–6.
The following week, Wong competed in an ITF $15k tournament in Doha, Qatar, finishing as the runner-up after losing 6–7, 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 career-ATP Challenger final. Nevertheless, Wong lost to former-World No. 46 James Duckworth in the final by a decisive 0–6, 1–6 margin. Due to this performance, Wong reached a career-high ATP ranking of 361, climbing over 160 places from 530 in September, marking a significant milestone in his career.
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. 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 crack the top 300, elevating his ATP ranking to a career-high of 295.
Wong competed at his third ATP Challenger event in three weeks in Sydney, defeating Pavle Marinkov in the opening round. However, he was defeated byWorld No. 80 Rinky Hijikata in the next round 6–4, 3–6, 2–6.
2024: ATP Debut
Wong is set to play as a wildcard at the 2024 Hong Kong Tennis Open, which will be held in January 2024 after a 21 years absence.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2021 | US Open | Hard | Max Westphal | Viacheslav Bielinskyi Petr Nesterov |
6–3, 5–7, [10–1] |
| Win | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | Bruno Kuzuhara | Alex Michelsen Adolfo Daniel Vallejo |
6–3, 7–6 |
ATP Challengers and ITF Finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| ATP Challengers (0–2) |
| ITF Futures (2–2) |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (2–4) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| ATP Challengers (0–2) |
| ITF Futures (2–2) |
| Hard (2–4) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Futures | Hard | Hady Habib | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Futures | Hard | Luca Giacomini | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 | |
| Win | Sep 2023 | M25 Hong Kong | Futures | Hard |  Egor Gerasimov
|
4–6, 7–6, [10–4] | |
| Loss | Oct 2023 | M15 Doha, Qatar | Futures | Hard | Marat Sharipov
|
6–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Oct 2023 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | James Duckworth | 0–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | Oct 2023 | Playford, Australia | Challenger | Hard | James Duckworth | 5–7, 5–7 |
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (2–3) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Hard (2–3) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Jan 2022 | Manacor, Spain | ITF 15,000 | Hard | Marc Othman Ktiri | Alberto Barroso Campos Imanol Lopez Morillo |
6–2, 7–6 | |
| Win | Oct 2022 | Tay Ninh, Vietnam | ITF 25,000 | Hard | Tomohiro Masabayashi | Hsu Yu-hsiou Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul |
Walkover | |
| Loss | Oct 2022 | Jakarta, Indonesia | ITF 25,000 | Hard | Sun Fajing | Tomohiro Masabayashi Seita Watanabe |
6–4, 4–6, [7–10] | |
| Loss | Dec 2022 | Trnava, Slovakia | ITF 15,000 | Hard | Abedallah Shelbayh | Daniel Rincón Daniel Vallejo |
4–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | Sep 2023 | Hong Kong | ITF 25,000 | Hard | Wong Hong Kit | Matsuda Ryuki Son Ji Hoon |
5–7, 4–6 |