Jack Wong Hong-kit tops Macao Open draw as home favorite

Hong Kit Wong walked into the Macao Open draw release as the face of the home event, and the bracket was built around him. The Hong Kong Open 2025 champion landed as the No. 1 seed in men’s singles, giving Macao an immediate local storyline before play began at the Venetian Macao on May 28.

That matters because this is not a small stop. The Macao Open runs May 28-31 at Hall D, Cotai Expo, and carries PPA Asia 500 status, with US$70,000 in prize money and 500 ranking points available. Registration closed with 614 players entered, a field size that underscores how quickly the PPA Tour Asia calendar is scaling across the region.

Wong’s path is already framed by a home-city pressure point. Macao sits across the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong, so Wong is not just the top seed, he is also the most recognizable local name in the draw. His projected quarterfinal matchup is against No. 6 seed Marco Leung, a Macao local who has reached the men’s singles quarterfinals three times, setting up a bracket line that could keep the home crowd invested deep into the weekend.

The draw also brought another marquee name into focus. Lingwei Kong is making her PPA Tour Asia debut in Macao, and she arrived seeded No. 1 in both women’s doubles, alongside Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall, and mixed doubles with Len Yang. The release also placed Kong at world No. 35 in women’s doubles, a ranking that signals why her first appearance is being watched closely.

In women’s singles, Yufei Long is the No. 1 seed after a quarterfinal exit at the Panas Kuala Lumpur Open, while Mihae Kwon came in off one of the sharper recent runs on tour. Kwon reached the semifinals in Kuala Lumpur, won bronze there, and now meets Nok Yiu Tang, her former doubles partner from that event, in a singles matchup that adds an immediate layer of familiarity and tension.

There is also a youth note at the top of the men’s field. No. 2 seed Tama Shimabukuro is only 15 and entered in three events, adding another layer of depth to a draw that mixes local identity, regional reach and emerging talent. For Macao, the opportunity is bigger than one bracket release: it is a chance to turn a home favorite into the centerpiece of a growing Asian pickleball stage.