Tong Ka-po ( zh, 湯嘉寶, born 17 March 1981) is a female

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

coach and former professional tennis player from Hong Kong.

Career

On 17 March 1981, Tong was born in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. By age 12, she was ranked number one in Hong Kong and ranked fifth in the world. Tong featured in 32 ties for the

Hong Kong Fed Cup team The Hong Kong Billie Jean King Cup team represents Hong Kong in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Hong Kong Tennis Association. They will compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2022. Team members 2015 F ...

and represented her nation twice at the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

. As a singles player on the professional tour, Tong reached a best ranking of 236 and won three singles titles on the

ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmenta ...

. All of her main-draw appearances on the

WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...

came in doubles, including quarterfinal appearances at the 2000 China Open and the 2001 Qatar Open. She had a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 154 and took part in the women's doubles qualifying draw at the

2001 Wimbledon Championships The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom, held from 25 June to 9 July 2001. It was the 115th edition of the Wimble ...

. Tong now is a tennis coach and director at Modern Tennis Academy in Hong Kong.

ITF finals

Singles (3–0)

Doubles (6–2)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tong, Ka-po 1981 births Living people Hong Kong female tennis players Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games tennis players for Hong Kong