Class of 2016
Dr. Kelvin Inge

Biography

Dr. Inge is the only Hong Kong junior player to have reached the No. 1 ranking in the ITF juniors, a feat that he achieved in 1981. He was the first player from Hong Kong to compete at the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 1979. He also competed there in 1980-82 and reached the second round three times in all.
He also competed at the US Open Junior Championships in 1980.

In 1981, he won the Asian Junior Championships doubles, 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. He also won the men’s doubles event at the Hong Kong National Tennis Championships in 1982. He was a member of the Cambridge University Tennis Team from 1982-87, serving as Captain in 1985.

Dr. Inge was a member of the Hong Kong Davis Cup team from 1982 to 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 matches against the Philippines. He also led Hong Kong to its first ever Davis Cup tie victory, a 3-2 decision over Chinese Taipei in 1984 when he won the fifth and deciding rubber. Dr. Inge was the Hong Kong Davis Cup Captain from 1996-2000.