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Tau Luu

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While competing in Hong Kong in the 1970s he won a record eight successive CRC Open titles. In addition he also twice won the Hong Kong National Grass Court Tennis Championships and was a three-time winner of the SCAA Open. He never played in the Davis Cup for Hong Kong but did serve as a Davis Cup
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Luu spent his initial months in Hong Kong in hiding before emerging with his new pseudonym. When he began competing on the local tennis scene, suspicion was raised that he was the former South Vietnamese player, but nothing could be proved. Hong Kong granted him a visa in 1970 after he revealed his
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and featured in the country's first ever tie in 1964. In his first two years he helped South Vietnam to a runner-ups finish in Eastern Zone B, then in 1969 he was a member of the team which defeated
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identity. In 1972 his passport expired and he faced deportation, only to be saved by tennis officials who pleaded his case.
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and Luu didn't appear in the Davis Cup again, having fled to Hong Kong while returning from Seoul.
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in Seoul to reach the Zone A final. The South Vietnamese however withdrew from the final against
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player who immigrated to Hong Kong. He was a doubles silver medalist for South Vietnam at the
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Index

South Vietnam
South Vietnam
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Australian Open
1964
Australian Open
1964
South Vietnam
South Vietnam
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok
tennis
1966 Asian Games
South Vietnam Davis Cup team
South Korea
Japan
"Tennis win"
The Canberra Times
National Library of Australia
"South Vietnam Eliminates Malaysia in Cup Tennis"
The New York Times


"Newcombe drops set to unknown"
The Age


"Mr. Tau Luu (aka Hoong Duc Luu)"
Tau Luu

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