John Hui Kin-yip (born 3 January 1978) is a Hong Kong former professional tennis player. Following a collegiate career with Pepperdine University, Hui turned professional in the early 2000s and competed primarily as a doubles player, with a career high ranking of 157 in the world. Hui, who was a top-100 junior, twice featured in the singles main draw of the ATP Tour's Hong Kong Open, losing his first round matches to Pat Rafter in 1996 and Marat Safin in 2001. He was doubles runner-up in two

ATP Challenger The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ...

tournaments and reached the doubles quarter-finals at the

2001 Heineken Open Shanghai The 2001 Heineken Open Shanghai was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Shanghai, China and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and ran from 17 September th ...

(beating the second seeds en route). A doubles bronze medalist at the

2001 National Games of China The 9th National Games of China was a multi-sport event that was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China from 11–25 November 2001. The main stadium for the games was the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. A total of 345 events were contested in 30 ...

(with Melvin Tong), Hui was a Hong Kong representative at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

in Busan and played in 14

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

ties for Hong Kong. In his Davis Cup career, he won a total of three singles and five doubles rubbers. In 2003, he married Jacklyn Fu, a former tennis player on the international junior circuit, with whom he has 3 children, Brian, Nicola, and Alex. Hui is part of one of Hong Kong's four big families, headed by Hui Oi Chow.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hui, John 1978 births Living people Hong Kong male tennis players Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong