The turmoil of Chinese female tennis player Peng Shuai has continued to this day, and the WTA announced the suspension of all China events, including the Hong Kong Open.
The predecessor of this event was a men's event. It was held in 1973. After several generations of changes, it became a women's event and resumed in 2014. It attracted many star players to participate in Hong Kong. In 2018, it was awarded the WTA International Championship of the Year.
The predecessor of the Hong Kong Tennis Open was the Men's Grand Prix Tournament, which was held in 1973; it was transformed into an ATP salon tennis tournament in 1990 until 2002.
The event was held at Victoria Park Tennis Court. The Chinese-American player Zhang Depei once came to Hong Kong to compete and won 3 championships.
From 1980 to 1982 and 1993, women's events were also staged, but the men's and women's events were suspended in 2003.
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Naomi Osaka signed up to compete for the 2018 Hong Kong Open. Even though she withdrew due to injury, she still insisted on visiting Hong Kong.
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Until 2014, the Hong Kong Tennis Association resumed its competition as one of the stops on the WTA Tour.
The tournament has attracted many top players over the years, including Grand Slam winner Jan Gore, "Danish Sweetheart" Hesnyaki, German players Lizki and Giba, "Dawei" Wieners Williams, etc., The most striking thing is that Naomi Osaka won the U.S. Open in 2018 and then participated in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, she announced that she had withdrawn due to injury before the game, but she still insisted on visiting Hong Kong to meet with fans.
The 2018 tournament was also selected by the WTA as the best international tournament of the year, with a total of more than 71,000 attendees. At that time, the tournament invited the famous Chinese tennis player Li Na as a special guest, co-starring in the celebrity match with singer Eason Chan, and arranged the Victoria Park football stadium as a special guest. In the same music area, mini concerts were held for three consecutive nights.
However, the event has been suspended since 2019 due to social conditions and the epidemic.
Stars who have come to Hong Kong to compete in the Hong Kong Open
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The Hong Kong Open was selected as the WTA International Championship of the Year.
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