Khoo Hooi-Hye

Khoo was born at Penang in March 1901. He was a grandson of the late Hokkien leader Khoo Thean Teik and was educated at Penang Free School.^[1] Khoo won the Malayan Championships for the first time in 1923 beating Scovell in the final.^[2] He took his second title in 1925 over Kenneth Mano. In 1926 he won his third title against Chua Choon Leong.^[3] He beat Ong Ee Kong to win his fourth title in 1927.^[4] He won his fifth and final title in 1929 against Lim Bong Soo.^[5] He also won the Singapore Championships five times in a row from 1925 to 1929. He played at Wimbledon in 1924 and lost in the second round to Syed Mohammad Hadi. He was also runner-up in the Isle of Wight Championships that year.^[1] He won the Far Eastern Championship Games title in 1927.^[6] In later years, he lived in Shanghai.^[6] In 1935, Hooi-Hye was convicted of rash driving, which resulted in a Chinese girl dying.^[7] He died the following year aged 35.^[1] His death was believed to be from kidney trouble.^[6]