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Bruce Man-Son-Hing

US tennis player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ991713 ↗
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Bruce Man-Son-Hing (born April 13, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Early life and college

Man-Son-Hing, who is of Chinese descent, was born in Grenada on April 13, 1964. His family emigrated to Los Angeles when he was nine years old. He attended Glendale High School and went to college at UC Irvine.

Professional career

After four years at UC Irvine, Man-Son-Hing joined the professional circuit.

He competed in the men's doubles at all four Grand Slam events in 1989, partnering with John Letts. They made the second round of the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships. He also appeared in the mixed doubles draw at the French Open (with Camille Benjamin) and Wimbledon (with Cynthia MacGregor) but was unable to progress past the first round at either.

Man-Son-Hing and Letts were doubles runners-up at two Grand Prix tournaments in 1989, the Benson and Hedges Open and Seoul Open.

Personal

Man-Son-Hing has two children, both whom play tennis.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bruce Man-Son-Hing” as uS tennis player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-04-13. The account is most persuasive where Bruce, Man-Son-Hing and tennis can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as uS tennis player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q991713. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964 and 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bruce Man-Son-Hing” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.