Hong Kong Tennis Season in service of Hong Kong’s Mega Event economy

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Michael Cheng Ming-git, President of the Hong Kong, China Tennis Association (HKCTA) has welcomed the impact his sport is having in supporting Hong Kong’s mega event economy ahead of the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open 2025 at Victoria Park Centre Court (29 December – 5 January).

After assuming the HKCTA Presidency in late 2023, Cheng has overseen a growth in the association’s mega event offering from a single professional tournament to the new three event Hong Kong Tennis Season, comprising WTA 125 and 250 events and the season’s showstopper in the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open (BOCHKTO), an ATP 250 tournament.

HKCTA events have already drawn over 200,000 local and international spectators this calendar year with those numbers set to grow further over the coming week with the start of the BOCHKTO, which drew sellout crowds last year.  

Last year’s tournament was a welcome return for the global stars of men’s tennis to the city after more than two decades, and 2025 is shaping up to be bigger and better, with defending champion and world no. 8 Andrey Rublev defending his title. He joins other fan favourites from 2024 like Hong Kong no. 1 Coleman Wong Chak-lam, and mainland rising star Shang Juncheng.  

A pair of tennis legends – familiar faces for long-term Hong Kong Open watchers – are also returning as tournament ambassadors including 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash and 11-time grand slam doubles champion Mark Woodforde.