Dr. Kelvin Inge is the only Hong Kong player to have reached the No. 1 in the ITF junior world rankings, a feat that he achieved in 1981. He was the first player from Hong Kong to compete at Junior Wimbledon and did so from 1979-1981. In 1980, he was also the first player from Hong Kong to compete in the US Open boys’ singles.
In 1981, he won the under-18 boys’ doubles title at the Asian Junior Championships. He captured the Head Junior Invitational Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Head Thailand International Junior Championships in Bangkok, and both singles and doubles at the ITF Hong Kong Invitational Age Group Championships. He was Asia’s top junior player that year.
Dr. Inge was the men’s singles champion of the SCAA Open in 1981 and 1983, and the men’s doubles champion in 1982 and 1983. At the Hong Kong National Tennis Championships, he won the men’s doubles in 1982 and both men’s singles and doubles in 1983. He was a member of the Cambridge University Men’s Tennis Team from 1982-87 and served as Captain in 1985.
Dr. Inge was a member of the Hong Kong Davis Cup team from 1982-1986. One of his most notable results came in 1982 when he became the first player from Hong Kong to win a Davis Cup rubber when he took both his singles against the Philippines. He also led Hong Kong to its first-ever Davis Cup victory, a 3-2 decision over Chinese Taipei in 1984 when he won the fifth and deciding rubber. Dr. Inge also served as the Hong Kong Davis Cup Captain from 1996-2000.
Local Majors
Men’s Singles
SCAA Open
1981 1983
Hong Kong National Tennis Championships
1983
Men’s Doubles
SCAA Open
1982 1983
Hong Kong National Tennis Championships
1982 1983