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Straits Settlements tennis player

Khoo Hooi-Hye
Full nameKhoo Hooi-Hye
Country (sports) Straits Settlements
BornMarch 15, 1901
Penang
DiedJuly 26, 1936
(Age 35)
Penang
Retired1936
Singles
Career titles15+
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1924)

Khoo Hooi-Hye (March 15, 1901 - July 26, 1936) was a tennis player from Penang (Straits Settlements, now part of Malaysia) in the 1920s and early 1930s.

Career

Khoo was born at Penang in March 1901. He was a grandson of the late Hokkien leader Khoo Thean Teik and was educated at Penang Free School. Khoo won the Malayan Championships for the first time in 1923 beating Scovell in the final. He took his second title in 1925 over Kenneth Mano. In 1926 he won his third title against Chua Choon Leong. He beat Ong Ee Kong to win his fourth title in 1927. He won his fifth and final title in 1929 against Lim Bong Soo. He also won the Singapore Championships five times in a row from 1925 to 1929. He played at Wimbledon in 1924 and lost in the second round to Syed Mohammad Hadi. He was also runner-up in the Isle of Wight Championships that year. He won the Far Eastern Olympic Games title in 1927. In later years he lived in Shanghai. In 1935 Hooi-Hye was convicted of rash driving, which resulted in a Chinese girl dying. He died the following year aged 35. His death was believed to be from kidney trouble.

References

  1. ^ "Tennis star dead". Morning Tribune. 28 July 1936. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. "Lawn Tennis Malayan Championships". Malaya Tribune. 7 August 1923. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. "Lawn Tennis Malayan Championships Finals". Malaya Tribune. 9 August 1926. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. "Malayan lawn tennis championships". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 3 August 1927. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. "Malayan meeting". Malaya Tribune. 6 August 1929. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Mr. Khoo Hooi Hye". Malaya Tribune. 1 August 1936. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  7. "Ex-Malayan tennis champion fined". The Straits Budget. 10 October 1935. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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