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He was aged 98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ho has been a long-time tennis afficionado, a keen player, and a Life Patron of the Hong Kong Tennis Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Hong Kong hosted the International Tennis Federation&#8217;s Annual General Meeting in 1994, then President Brian Tobin presented Dr. Ho with the ITF Award for Services to the Game.&nbsp; The award exemplifies outstanding contributions to the game of tennis over a long period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a passionate competitor and captured numerous Veteran&#8217;s Age 50, 55, and 60 doubles titles at the CRC Open.&nbsp; He teamed with regular doubles partner K.S. Leung to win seven consecutive Combined 150 years &amp; over titles before he hung up his racquet in 2008.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Dr. Ho has supported both the Hong Kong Tennis Foundation and HKTA&#8217;s&nbsp; fundraising efforts and&nbsp; participated in many Pro Am Tennis Challenges.&nbsp; He was a great supporter of the annual Hong Kong-Macau Interport and a notable presence at most of the international tennis events held in Hong Kong.&nbsp; He was a generous donor, a compassionate sponsor, someone who was always supportive of the financial needs of HKTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Stanley Ho was a huge part of Hong Kong tennis history and he will be sadly missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11776","news-detail","type-news-detail","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In memory of Dr. Stanley Ho, GBM, Medalha de Honra Grande L\u00f3tus (1921-2020) - Hong Kong, China Tennis Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennishk.org\/en\/news-detail\/in-memory-of-dr-stanley-ho-gbm-medalha-de-honra-grande-lotus-1921-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In memory of Dr. Stanley Ho, GBM, Medalha de Honra Grande L\u00f3tus (1921-2020) - Hong Kong, China Tennis Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hong Kong tennis has suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of Dr. Stanley Ho. 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