At Aichi-Nagoya 2026, TeamHK had three entries heading into the penultimate medal rounds—Coleman Wong in men’s singles, Eudice Chong/Cody Wong in women’s doubles, and Kai Thompson/Eudice Chong in mixed doubles. Wong became the first player from Hong Kong to win a gold medal in singles since tennis first became a medal sport in 1958. In the women’s doubles, Eudice Chong/Cody Wong settled for a bronze medal after they were upended by No. 5 seed Chan Hao-Ching/Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) in the semis 6-4 6-2. No player from Hong Kong has medalled at the Asian Games since Hall of Famer Tsui Yuen Yuen’s silver in women’s doubles at the Jakarta Games in 1962.
In the womens doubles, Eudice Chong and Cody Wong began in the second round against Mongolia’s Chogsomjav sisters, who play No. 1 doubles for Kansas State University. However, Chong and Wong, who are ranked No. 58 and No. 149 in the world respectively, and who between them own 68 career doubles titles, simply had too much game, as they won in straight sets 6-4 6-2.
In the quarterfinals, the HK duo won over 70% of both first and second serve points and broke serve three times to beat Kazakhstans 105th-ranked Zhibek Kulambayeva and 380th-ranked Sonja Zhiyenbayeva 6-1 6-3 to progress safely through to the medal rounds.
Chong and Wong had yet to concede a set in their previous matches heading into the semifinals against No. 5 seed Chan Hao-Ching and Wu Fang-Hsien, but they struggled to penetrate the Chinese Taipei duos service games. Chan and Wu, who between them has accumulated 59 career doubles titles, claimed the opening set 6-4 after an hour-long contest.
The second set was far more lopsided, as the Chinese Taipei pair broke serve four times to take it 6-2 and close out the match. Chan and Wu, ranked No. 43 and No. 60 respectively, managed to convert 6 of 10 break points, while Chong and Wong could only capitalise on 1 of 6.
“Yesterday was a pity because we had chances in the first set, but they handled the important points a little bit better than us,” said Chong.
“Thanks to the support of both HKSI and HKCTA, we have the opportunity to pursue tennis professionally. Hopefully, the younger generation can see that with tennis, there is a real development pathway to becoming a full-time athlete — and I hope more people will pick up a racquet and get involved in the sport,” said Wong.
In men’s singles, Coleman Wong, who peaked at No. 92 back in August, began his campaign in the second round against Zaid Almashni, a member of the Jordanian Davis Cup team. After two years at Wichita State, he is transferring to the University of Pennsylvania this Fall. He held a career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 66 at Wichita State and was an All-American Conference selection. He led the team in singles victories, including clinching wins against Denver, No. 52 Nebraska, and No. 34 Oklahoma State.
However, Wong broke in the seventh game of the opening set to win it 6-4, and then produced another three service breaks in the ensuing set to bulldoze his way to a 6-4 6-1 victory. He won 88% of first serve points and 72% of second serve points to dominate proceedings.
Against No. 13 seed Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) in the third round, the Hangzhou Games silver medallist, who was ranked as high as No. 72 three years ago, servers dominated in the opening set until the tenth game when the Japanese saved a pair of set points to stay even at 5-5. With both sides serving and connecting their forehands well, the score reached an inevitable 6-6.
From 1-1 in the tiebreak, however, Wong snatched the next six points in a row that highlighted by a thumping ace on set point to take the breaker 7-1.
At 1-1 in the second set, Wong was forced to save three break points before he held to make it 2-1. The HK rep knuckled down and broke Watanuki in the sixth game but the Japanese was able to save three match points from 0-40 down in the eighth game to hold for 5-3. Watanuki then saved another match point to force deuce in the ensuing game before Wong thumped his eleventh ace to wrap up a 7-6(1) 6-3 victory.
For the match, Wong won 86% of first serve points.
In the quarterfinals, Wong faced 382nd-ranked Kasidit Samrej (THA), who upset 5th seed Timofei Skatov of Kazakhstan in the previous round. Wong and Samrej met twice before in 2024 on the Challenger circuit with the Hong Kong rep winning 6-4 6-3 in the first round in Nonthaburi and Samrej getting back 6-7 7-5 6-4 a couple of months later in the second round in Seoul.
This time round, Wong broke Samrej in the opening game and the lone break was all the top seed needed to snag the first set, 6-3. Wong broke Samrej right off the bat again in the ensuing set, then twice more in the third and fifth games to run away with a 6-3 6-0 victory.
However, Wong had a scare in the semifinal when No. 14 seed Khumoyun Sultanov led by a set and a break in swirling conditions. Wong had produced a clinical 6-2 6-2 victory over the Uzbek last September in a Davis Cup World Group II tie at Victoria Park when the two last met. But Sultanov was reading and returning Wong’s bullet serves very well during the first set and a half.
Wong had to maintain his composure in order to weather the storm and then kicked into higher gear after he found his rhythm towards the business end to cement a come from behind victory 3-6 6-3 6-2 to go through to the final. Wong tallied 14 aces, won 83% of first serve points and broke Sultanov three times.
When Coleman Wong and Wu Yibing last met in the semifinals of the National Games last November, the match went the full distance for over two hours and 47 minutes. Wong took the opening set in a tiebreak, 7-6(6). In the second set tiebreak, Wu raced to a 6-2 lead but Wong saved all four set points and levelled at 6-6, leaving Wu just two points away from defeat. But Wu ultimately took the tiebreak 9-7 and forced a deciding set. Wu went on to win the match 6-7(6) 7-6(9-7) 6-4.
Four years earlier at the Hangzhou Asian Games, their last sixteen encounter was even more dramatic, as Wong pulled off the biggest win of his career when he saved five match points from 6-1 down in the third set tiebreak to beat Wu 6-4 3-6 7-6(6).
In the final here in Nagoya, Wong broke serve to lead 3-2 in the first and consolidated immediately to take a quick-fire 4-2 lead. He played error-free tennis to break Wu again to snatch the opener 6-2. At 4-4 in the second set, Wu saved three break points but squandered several game points along the way.
Wong seized the opportunity and defended magnificently to break for a monumental 5-4 lead. Wong then threw down four first serves in a row, including his 16th ace down the tee on match point to wrap up the match 6-2 6-4. Wong was dominant on serve today, breaking Wu three times, winning 88% of first serve points, and never faced a break point on his own service games.
“Thank you everyone who came here to support me, especially all the fans who travelled from Hong Kong. I want to thank my team for always being there for me, but we have a long way to go. We gonna do something great,” he said during the on-court interview.
“The gold means more than a place in the record books. Competing as the 478th-ranked player in the world four years ago in Hangzhou, today, as the No. 1 seed and a top 100 player, he stands tall on the biggest stage of the Asian continent,” said Michael Cheng, President of the Hong Kong, China Tennis Association.
“Coleman’s trajectory reflects years of sustained investment in Hong Kong’s junior development pathway finally bearing fruit. The HKCTA has long worked to build a ladder for local players to reach the international stage. Coleman’s breakthrough will inspire more youngsters in Hong Kong to pick up a racquet and with the aspiration to dream big.”
“This gold, together with the bronze in womens doubles, arrive at a pivotal juncture for tennis in Hong Kong, as we seek to maintain our Tier A sport status. That elite funding is not a luxury — it is essential to player development. Performance at the Asian Games represents a key benchmark for the Association’s continued support from the Hong Kong Sports Institute, and today, our athletes have delivered on that benchmark,” he added.
“We are thrilled by the great performance of our athletes at the Asian Games and the incredible team spirit displayed throughout the week. Our players have supported one another both on and off the court, with our more experienced athletes playing an important role in mentoring and guiding our younger talents during the competition,” said Ronnie Cheng, Vice President of HKCTA and Manager of Team Hong Kong.
Moreover, the men’s and women’s singles champions at this year’s Asian Games also earn a Continental Qualification place for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, and Coleman is set to become the first player from Hong Kong to compete in the maindraw of the men’s singles at the Olympic Games. Wang Xiyu will be making her second appearance at the Olympics. At the Paris Games in 2024, she defeated Linda Noskova in the first round and Diana Shnaider in the second before she was ousted by Iga Swiatek in the third.
Over the years, the only player from Hong Kong to have competed in the maindraw of the Olympics was Patricia Hy, who competed in womens singles at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. She was ousted in the second round by No. 7 seed Sabrina Goles of Yugoslavia, who upset No. 1 seed Kathy Horvath and No. 4 seed Catherine Tanvier of France before a 15-year-old Steffi Graf beat her in the final.
The first player from China to capture the men’s singles gold medal at the Asian Games was Pan Bing, who beat compatriot Zhang Jiu-Hua in the 1990 final in Beijing. Pan then won it again in 1994 at Hiroshima when he defeated Korean Yoon Yong-Il in the final. Pan Bing was also the National Games champion in 1993 and 1997, so he famously held the gold medals of both the Asian Games and National Games simultaneously, twice.
Reigning National Games champion, Wu Yibing, was attempting to equal this feat but fell just shy at the hands of Wong, who was solid from start to finish.
Zheng Jie was the first player on the women’s side to accomplish this feat, when she won the women’s singles gold medals at both the National Games in 2005 and the Asian Games in 2006 in Doha. Wang Qiang accomplished this twice by capturing the singles gold medals at the Asian Games in 2014 and 2018, as well as the National Games in 2017 and 2021.
Team Hong Kong
Manager: Ronnie Cheng
Coach In Charge: Yoann Leemee
Team Coaches: James Allemby, Francesco Restelli, Feng Nian
Athletes: Jack Cheng, Eudice Chong, Adi Karunaratne, Kallista Liu, Yandy Shek, Walter Tam, Kai Thompson, Cody Wong, Coleman Wong, Wong Tsz Fu
Results
20th Asian Games
Aichi-Nagoya, Japan
27 September-7 October 2026
Men’s Singles
Final
(1)Coleman Wong (HKG) d. (3)Wu Yibing (CHN) 6-2 6-4
Semifinals
(1)Coleman Wong (HKG) d. (14)Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) 3-6 6-3 6-2
Quarterfinals
(1)Coleman Wong (HKG) d. (12)Kasidit Samrej (THA) 6-3 6-0
Third Round
(1)Coleman Wong (HKG) d. (13)Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) 7-6(1) 6-3
Second Round
(1)Coleman Wong (HKG) d. Zaid Almashni (JOR) 6-4 6-1
(8)Hayato Matsuoka (JPN) d. Kai Thompson (HKG) 7-6(2) 6-1
Women’s Singles
First Round
Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (KAZ) d. Adithya Karunaratne (HKG) 6-1 7-5
Yandy Shek (HKG) d. Darya Shubina (UZB) 2-0 Retired
Second Round
(5)Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) d. Yandy Shek (HKG) 7-5 6-3
Men’s Doubles
First Round
Aleksandr Shevchenko/Timofei Skatov (KAZ) d. Jack Cheng/Walter Tam (HKG) 6-3 6-2
Denis Yevseyev/Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) d. Wong Tsz Fu/Nicholas Cheng (HKG) 6-1 6-3
Women’s Doubles
Semifinals
(5)Chan Hao-Ching/Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) d. (6)Eudice Chong/Cody Wong (HKG) 6-4 6-2
Quarterfinals
(6)Eudice Chong/Cody Wong (HKG) d. Zhibek Kulambayeva/Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (KAZ) 6-1 6-3
Second Round
(6)Eudice Chong/Cody Wong (HKG) d. Chogsomjav/Martaa Chogsomjav (MGL) 6-4 6-2
First Round
Alex Eala/Shaira Rivera (PHI) d. Kallista Liu/Vienna Lai (HKG) 6-1 6-3
Mixed Doubles
Quarterfinals
(5)Yusuke Kusuhara/Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d. Kai Thompson/Eudice Chong (HKG) 7-5 6-2
Second Round
Kai Thompson/Eudice Chong (HKG) d. Shin Woobin/Ku Yeonwu (KOR) 6-2 4-6 [13-11]
First Round
Maksim Shin/Sevil Yuldasheva(UZB) d. (6)Wong Tsz Fu/Cody Wong (HKG) 7-5 0-6 [11-9]
Kai Thompson/Eudice Chong (HKG) d. (4)Sriram Balaji/Ankita Raina (IND) 6-4 6-4
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