Lim Bong Soo
Straits Settlements tennis player
About Lim Bong Soo
Lived 1900 – 1992.
Lim Bong Soo (1900 - May 6, 1992) was a Singaporean tennis player. He was a four time winner of the Malayan Championships.
Career Lim won the Singapore Championships six years in a row from 1930 to 1935. He also won the Hong Kong singles title in 1929 and was Chinese national champion in 1931. He took his first Malayan Championships title in 1931 beating Lam Say Kee in the final. In 1932 he won his second title beating Alexander Pitt, an Englishman resident in India. In 1933 he won his third consecutive title beating H. M. De Souza in the final. He won his final Malayan Championships in 1935 over Nguyen van Chim. He turned down the opportunity of playing at Wimbledon.
Personal life Lim was born in Singapore around 1900. He died aged 92 in 1992.
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Who was Lim Bong Soo?
straits Settlements tennis player
When was Lim Bong Soo born?
Lim Bong Soo was born in 1900.
When did Lim Bong Soo die?
Lim Bong Soo died on 6 May 1992.
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