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Michael Patrick Leong (born 18 March 1986) is a Solomon Islands former professional tennis player. He played Davis Cup tennis for the combined regional Pacific Oceania team and amassed a team record 19 singles wins.[1]

Michael Leong

Full name	Michael Patrick Leong
Country (sports)	Solomon Islands
Born	(1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 36)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$12,640
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 956 (22 June 2009)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 536 (10 May 2010)
Medal record Pacific Games 2007 Apia Singles 2007 Apia Team 2011 Nouméa Singles

The most successful tennis player to come out of the Solomon Islands, Leong was the first person from his country to appear at Wimbledon (juniors in 2004) and in 2008 became the only Solomon Islander to be ranked by the ATP.[2][3] His best ranking was in doubles (536 in the world) and he won two ITF Futures doubles titles.

Leong won the Solomon Islands' only gold medal of the 2007 South Pacific Games, beating Samoa's Juan Langton in the singles final, then in 2010 competed at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, serving as the country's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[4][5]

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Jul 2009	Syria F1, Damascus	Hard	Sadik Kadir	Haythem Abid Motaz Abou El Khair	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
2.	Mar 2010	China F2, Mengzi	Hard	Sebastian Rieschick	Lee Hsin-han Yang Tsung-hua	6–2, 7–5

References

External links

• Michael Leong at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Michael Leong at the Davis Cup
• Michael Leong at the International Tennis Federation

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