Wai-Chuen Choy
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| Bio | He was a Chinese tennis player. Choy received an education in England and was a graduate of Framlingham College. He attended Cambridge University, gaining his blue for tennis. Choy was also a quarterfinalist at the British Covered Court Championships in 1937 and at Queen’s in 1938. Choy, a player of slight build, was described as playing his tennis like a game of chess, using all angles to his tactical advantage. He made his debut for the China Davis Cup team in 1937. He represented China in the Davis Cup in 1937, 1939, and 1946, and was a starting singles player in all four ties against New Zealand, France, Denmark, and Belgium. Most notably, he won at No. 2 singles and then partnered Kho Sin-Khie to deliver the clinching doubles point to secure China’s historic maiden victory in the Davis Cup against Denmark in the Europe Zone 1st round tie in 1946. In singles at the majors, Choy competed at Wimbledon eleven times from 1933-1939 and 1946-1949, reaching the 3rd round in 1939 and semifinals of the Plate twice. He also played the French Open in 1937 and the US Open in 1940 and 1941. At the 1938 Wimbledon Championships he troubled third seed Roderich Menzel in a second round match, losing 6–8 in the fifth set. In 1939 he played an All-Chinese final at the British Hard Court Championships, which he lost to Kho Sin-Kie. During World War II, Choy played in benefit matches to raise money for the China Relief Fund. He was in Hong Kong for this purpose when the Japanese invaded in 1941 and became a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp. In April, 1942, it was announced that he had managed to escape and was on his way to Chongqing. Choy died of leukaemia in London in 1951, aged 37. |
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