{{Short description|Hong Kong tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Melvin Tong | image = | fullname = Melvin Tong Man-chung | country_represented = {{HKG}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|02|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $10,511 | singlesrecord = 0–2 <small>(ATP Tour)</small> | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 913 (16 Oct 2000) | doublesrecord = 0–2 <small>(ATP Tour)</small> | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 997 (16 Oct 2000) }} '''Melvin Tong Man-chung''' (born 19 February 1975) is a Hong Kong former professional tennis player.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sallay |first1=Alvin |title=Tong makes way for SAR youth |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/384832/tong-makes-way-sar-youth |work=South China Morning Post |date=12 July 2002 |language=en}}</ref>
==Tennis career== Tong represented Hong Kong at the 1998 Asian Games and was a doubles bronze medalist at the 2001 National Games of China, partnering John Hui.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sallay |first1=Alvin |title=HK pair receive Open boost |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/258480/hk-pair-receive-open-boost |work=South China Morning Post |date=13 October 1998 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hui and Tong take bronze medal after outshining rivals |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/363521/hui-and-tong-take-bronze-medal-after-outshining-rivals |work=South China Morning Post |date=20 November 2001 |language=en}}</ref> Between 1994 and 2002 he featured in 15 Davis Cup ties for Hong Kong.
On the ATP Tour he received a wildcard to compete in the singles main draw at the Hong Kong Open in both 1997 and 2000. In the 1997 edition he lost his first round match to world number three Michael Chang.<ref>{{cite news |title=Furthermore |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/04/22/furthermore/fb085458-f2e1-482d-ba3f-d0b414a19e2d/ |work=Washington Post |date=22 April 1997}}</ref>
An at times temperamental player, Tong received a one-year ban by South China Athletic Association in 1999, following his verbal abuse of a female umpire at the Coca-Cola Open, during a match where he was also accused of deliberately hitting a linesman twice with his serves.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alladin |first1=Unus |title=Tong facing ban after on-court antics |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/288401/tong-facing-ban-after-court-antics |work=South China Morning Post |date=19 July 1999 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=SCAA imposes ban on Tong |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/289419/scaa-imposes-ban-tong |work=South China Morning Post |date=30 July 1999 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP|T235}} * {{Davis Cup player|800185484}} * {{ITF profile|melvin-tong/800185484/hkg}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tong, Melvin}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Hong Kong male tennis players Category:Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Category:Asian Games tennis players for Hong Kong