| Tong Ka-po | |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Hong Kong |
| Careerprizemoney: | $44,746 |
| Singlestitles: | 3 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 236 (20 August 2001) |
| Doublestitles: | 6 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 154 (28 May 2001) |
| Team: | yes |
Tong Ka-po (Chinese: 湯嘉寶, born 17 March 1981) is a female tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Hong Kong.
On 17 March 1981, Tong was born in Hong Kong.[1] [2]
By age 12, she was ranked number one in Hong Kong and ranked fifth in the world.[3]
Tong featured in 32 ties for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team and represented her nation twice at the Asian Games.[4]
As a singles player on the professional tour, Tong reached a best ranking of 236 and won three singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
All of her main-draw appearances on the WTA Tour came in doubles, including quarterfinal appearances at the 2000 China Open and the 2001 Qatar Open. She had a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 154 and took part in the women's doubles qualifying draw at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.[5]
Tong now is a tennis coach and director at Modern Tennis Academy in Hong Kong.[6]
| Legend | |
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| $50,000 tournaments | |
| $25,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 29 November 1998 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Lara van Rooyen | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Win | 2. | 3 September 2000 | Kugayama, Japan | Hard |  Chang Kyung-mi | 7–6(3), 7–5 | |
| Win | 3. | 2 June 2002 | Tianjin, China | Hard (i) |  Liu Weijuan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 20 December 1999 | Lucknow, India | Grass |  Manisha Malhotra | Maša Vesenjak Urška Vesenjak | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 2. | 6 February 2000 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard |  Jenny Belobrajdic | Mireille Dittmann Kristen van Elden | 6–7(6), 4–6 | |
| Loss | 3. | 16 July 2000 | Winnipeg, Canada | Clay |  Renata Kolbovic Vanessa Webb | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 4. | 6 August 2000 | Alghero, Italy | Clay |  Ayami Takase |  Alice Canepa Valentina Sassi | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Win | 5. | 14 August 2000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard |  Magda Mihalache |  Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 6. | 3 September 2000 | Kugayama, Japan | Hard | Chen Yu-an | Chang Kyung-mi Chae Kyung-yee | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Win | 7. | 29 July 2001 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Li Ting | Chen Yan Sun Tiantian | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| Win | 8. | 2 June 2002 | Tianjin, China | Hard (i) | Chan Chin-wei | Choi Jin-young Choi Young-ja | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |