Lim won the Singapore Championships six years in a row from 1930 to 1935.[2] He also won the Hong Kong singles title in 1929 and was Chinese national champion in 1931.[3] He took his first Malayan Championships title in 1931 beating Lam Say Kee in the final.[4] In 1932 he won his second title beating Alexander Pitt, an Englishman resident in India.[5] In 1933 he won his third consecutive title beating H. M. De Souza in the final. [6] He won his final Malayan Championships in 1935 over Nguyen van Chim. He turned down the opportunity of playing at Wimbledon.[3] Speaking about his tennis career in an interview in 1983, Lim said he worked hard, studied his opponents and applied science to his game and said he was an all-rounder with no weakness.[3] In 1936 Lim turned professional to become coach at the Tanglin Club.[7]