Lim Bong Soo
{{Short description|Straits Settlements tennis player}}
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|country = Straits Settlements
|birth_date = 1900
|birth_place = Singapore in the Straits Settlements
|death_date = May 6, 1992
(Age 92)
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|turnedpro = 1936
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Lim Bong Soo (1900 - May 6, 1992){{cite news|date=7 May 1992|title=Obituary: Lim Bong Soo|newspaper=The Straits Times|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19920507-1.2.45.11|accessdate=23 October 2024}} was a Singaporean tennis player. He was the champion in the 1933 Malayan Championships.
Career
Lim won the Singapore Championships six years in a row from 1930 to 1935.{{cite news|date=18 July 1935|title=Chinese Player Champion For Sixth Successive Year|newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19350718-1.2.128|accessdate=23 October 2024}} He also won the Hong Kong singles title in 1929 and was Chinese national champion in 1931.{{cite news|date=17 April 1983|title=To serve, with love|newspaper=The Straits Times|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19830417-1.2.84|accessdate=23 October 2024}} He took his first Malayan Championships title in 1931 beating Lam Say Kee in the final.{{cite news|date=12 August 1931|title=Lim Bong Soo wins Malayan title|newspaper=The Straits Echo|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsechomail19310812-1.2.11|accessdate=23 October 2024}} In 1932 he won his second title beating Alexander Pitt, an Englishman resident in India.{{cite news|date=4 August 1932|title=Lim Bong Soo again champion|newspaper=The Straits Budget|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19320804-1.2.53.10|accessdate=23 October 2024}} In 1933 he won his third consecutive title beating H. M. De Souza in the final. {{cite news|date=8 August 1933|title=Malayan tennis finals|newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19330808-1.2.94|accessdate=23 October 2024}} He won his final Malayan Championships in 1935 over Nguyen van Chim. He turned down the opportunity of playing at Wimbledon. Speaking about his tennis career in an interview in 1983, Lim said he worked hard, studied his opponents and applied science to his game and said he was an all-rounder with no weakness. In 1936 Lim turned professional to become coach at the Tanglin Club.{{cite news|date=9 May 1936|title=Malayan tennis star turns "pro"|newspaper=Morning Tribune|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/morningtribune19360509-1.2.96|accessdate=23 October 2024}}
Personal life
Lim was born in Singapore around 1900. He died aged 92 in 1992.
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