About Khoo Hooi-Hye
Lived 1901 – 1936 (aged 35). Khoo Hooi-Hye was a tennis player.
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. 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. In later years, he lived in Shanghai. He died the following year aged 35. His death was believed to be from kidney trouble.
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Who was Khoo Hooi-Hye?
straits Settlements tennis player
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Khoo Hooi-Hye was born on 15 March 1901.
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Khoo Hooi-Hye died on 26 July 1936.
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Khoo Hooi-Hye was a tennis player.
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