Alberto Lim Jr.

Alberto Lim Jr.
Lim in 2018
Country (sports)  Philippines
Born (1999-05-18) 18 May 1999
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,408
Singles
Career record 0–1
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior 2R (2017)
French Open Junior 3R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 2R (2015)
US Open Junior 1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior 2R (2016)
French Open Junior 1R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 1R (2015)
US Open Junior 2R (2015)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 0–1

Alberto "AJ" Lim Jr. (born 18 May 1999) is a Filipino tennis player.

Lim has a career high junior ranking of 12, achieved in January 2016.

Early career

Lim started playing tennis at age 7.[1] He trained under coach Manny Tecson for at least five years at the Tennis Academy of the Philippines Foundation. In March 2014, Lim got accepted at the L’Academie de Tennis in Florida, United States on a scholarship basis. He was first noticed at the 2011 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships where he finished second place. Tecson, offered Lim to renew his contract which expired in January 2014 but Lim declined.[2]

Junior career

In 2015, he has won six tennis titles by May. He won two singles titles and four doubles titles. Lim competed in India in January 2015 where he won the singles and doubles of the ITF Junior 1 in Chardigarh and the Delhi ITF Juniors in New Delhi. Lim also won the doubles event of the Grade 1 ITF Junior Tennis Championships in Sarawak, Malaysia and the Asian Closed Junior Championship in New Delhi, India pairing up with Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam in the latter tournament.[3]

Professional career

In December 2016, Lim was named as part of the Philippines Davis Cup team to compete against Indonesia at the 2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group II zonal tournament alongside with Treat Huey, Ruben Gonzales, and Francis Alcantara. At the time of his inclusion to the team, he is the youngest member of the Davis Cup team at age 17 and is ranked 52 in the world junior rankings.[4]

As of the same month, Lim is attending the University of the East as a first year college student.[4]

References

  1. "Alberto LIM". ITF Tennis - JUNIORS. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. "Lim hooks up with Florida Academy". Malaya Business Insigh. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "Lim aims to join Top 10 list in 2015". The Manila Times (in English and Filipino). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Lim joins D Cup team vs Indonesia". The Philippine Star. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  1. AJ Lim Davis Cup Round 2 against Thailand The Philippine team heroes Alberto ‘AJ’ Lim,
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