Hong Kong pair of Eudice Chong, Cody Wong celebrate milestone doubles triumph

(Hong Kong) In another major milestone for Hong Kong tennis, dynamic duo Eudice Chong and Cody Wong thrilled a packed Centre Court with a stirring win to progress in the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open doubles for the very first time, adding to Eudice’s landmark singles triumph yesterday.

Delighted Eudice and Cody created yet another historic moment for the city’s tennis ambitions in a nail-biting tie-break encounter that had local fans delirious with delight as they defeated top seed Japan’s Eri Hozumi and Chinese Taipei’s Wu Fang-Hsien 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 to progress to the quarterfinals in their first HK 250 tournament doubles win.

Eudice Chong said, “We have been working very hard over the last few months in preparation for this and the National Games in November, which I think has really shown this week. We have had time to get to know each other’s game, and we played with a lot more aggression.”

Cody Wong said, "This is our third time competing in the doubles at this tournament, and I'm thrilled that we finally secured a victory. Especially winning in front of my family and friends, it means a great deal to me."

The tournament’s visiting Centre Court top seeds today all progressed on into the quarterfinal stage of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open today, in another day of top tennis action.

The evening of the first day of round of 16 singles matches saw a dominant display from crowd favourite and No. 2 seed Leylah Fernandez, who swept past Eva Lys in a convincing 6-4, 6-1 win. Not that the 23-year German didn’t have fans of her own cheering her on in a packed evening stadium of excited tennis fans.

A victorious Leylah’s secret sauce today was “Not thinking too much”, she explained. “I have a tendency to over-think things, but today my coach said just relax and play. The crowds are wonderful. There was one little boy in the corner cheering me so much, he was leading the crowd in chants each break. I found it hard not to just smile. It is so much fun to be here, and it was great to see Eva with such enthusiastic support too.” 

The tournament’s Centre Court top seeds today all progressed on into the quarterfinal stage of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open today, in a day of exhilarating tennis action.

The first day of round of 16 single matches at the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2025 saw No.5 seed Maya Joint with a reasonably comfortable win 6-1, 6-4 over Slovakia’s Viktoria Morvayova.

The 19-year-old who is enjoying a stellar break out year, rocketing up the rankings to a current No. 32 “It’s been a crazy season and I’d never expected to get as far as where I am in the overall rankings. It has been a pretty unbelievable year,” Maya explained.

Ajla Tomkjanovic’s run of Hong Kong tournament success ran out as tournament wild-card Romania’s Sorana Cirstea proved too strong for last year’s Prudential Hong Kong Tennis 125 singles champion who, despite a valiant last gasp fight back and saving a whole host of tense final game match points, ultimately went down 6-4, 4-6, 3-6.

“It was a very tough match,” explained the 18-year Tour veteran. “I enjoy playing Ajla and she is one of my best friends so it’s not easy. But I love playing tennis, I love training and the joy I get out of the game is the reason I’m still playing. It’s my first time in Hong Kong which has always been on my wish list. It’s a wonderful tournament, it has to be one of the best 250 events on the tour and I love the Centre court here, it has a very intimate and cozy feeling. So far the whole Hong Kong experience has been 10 out of 10!”

Public tickets are now available through Klook

The ‘Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2025’ runs until 2 November. All main draw matches on Court 1 and Court 2 during the week will open to the public free of charge. Public tickets are now available for purchase through Klook. Cat. 1 tickets range from HK$220 to HK$970; and HK$160 to HK$760 for Cat. 2 tickets. The Tournament Village is open to the public completely free of charge throughout the event.

A 50% discount is available for those aged 18 or below, full-time students, and seniors aged 60 or above on Cat. 2 tickets.

For ticketing details, please visit: https://www.klook.com