Alberto Lim Jr.
{{short description|Filipino tennis player (born 1999)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
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{{MedalCompetition | Southeast Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Philippines|Singles}}
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Alberto "AJ" Lim Jr. (born May 18, 1999) is a Filipino tennis player.
Lim has a career high junior ranking of 12, achieved in January 2016.
Early career
Lim started playing tennis at age 7.{{cite web|title=Alberto LIM|url=http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100235864|website=ITF Tennis - JUNIORS|publisher=International Tennis Federation|accessdate=December 27, 2016}} He trained under coach Manny Tecson for at least five years at the Tennis Academy of the Philippines Foundation. In March 2014, Lim got accepted at the L'Academie de Tennis in Florida, United States on a scholarship basis. He was first noticed at the 2011 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships where he finished second place. Tecson, offered Lim to renew his contract which expired in January 2014 but Lim declined.{{cite news|title=Lim hooks up with Florida Academy|url=http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/sports/lim-hooks-florida-academy|accessdate=December 27, 2016|work=Malaya Business Insigh|date=March 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227195709/http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/sports/lim-hooks-florida-academy|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}
Junior career
In 2015, he has won six tennis titles by May. He won two singles titles and four doubles titles. Lim competed in India in January 2015 where he won the singles and doubles of the ITF Junior 1 in Chardigarh and the Delhi ITF Juniors in New Delhi. Lim also won the doubles event of the Grade 1 ITF Junior Tennis Championships in Sarawak, Malaysia and the Asian Closed Junior Championship in New Delhi, India pairing up with Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam in the latter tournament.{{cite news|title=Lim aims to join Top 10 list in 2015|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/lim-aims-to-join-top-10-list-in-2015/182693/|accessdate=December 27, 2016|work=The Manila Times|date=May 11, 2015|language=English, Filipino}}
Professional career
In December 2016, Lim was named as part of the Philippines Davis Cup team to compete against Indonesia at the 2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group II zonal tournament along with Treat Huey, Ruben Gonzales, and Francis Alcantara. At the time of his inclusion to the team, he is the youngest member of the Davis Cup team at age 17 and is ranked 52 in the world junior rankings.{{cite news|title=Lim joins D Cup team vs Indonesia|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/12/26/1656890/lim-joins-d-cup-team-vs-indonesia|accessdate=December 27, 2016|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=December 26, 2016}}
As of the same month, Lim is attending the University of the East as a first year college student.
References
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External links
- {{ATP|L0a0}}
- {{ITF profile}}
- {{Davis Cup player|800399712}}
{{Top male singles tennis players by country|PHI}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Alberto Jr.}}
Category:Filipino male tennis players
Category:University of the East alumni
Category:Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Category:Asian Games tennis players for the Philippines
Category:Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games medalists in tennis
Category:21st-century Filipino sportsmen
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