Jack Wong Hong-Kit, Hien Truong on Collision Course in Leapmotor Singapore Open 2026
PPA Tour Asia arrives in Singapore for the first time next week—and the brackets for the Leapmotor Singapore Open 2026 have set up exactly the kind of matchups the Lion City deserves for its debut on the circuit.
The action runs from 23 to 26 July at The Sports Arena @ Expo (Hall 10), with entry to the venue free and ticketed viewing required only for Championship Court.
Men’s Singles: A Final in Waiting
The bracket has done the obvious thing and kept Jack Wong Hong-kit and Hien Truong on opposite sides of the draw—which means if both navigate their respective halves, their Beijing semifinal rematch becomes a Singapore final. That is the headline. Getting there, however, is anything but straightforward for either man.
Truong’s projected semifinal is against the winner of what could be the bracket’s most compelling quarterfinal: No. 6 seed Nasa Hatakeyama against third seed Adam Harvey. Hatakeyama arrives as the reigning Panas Kuala Lumpur Open silver medalist. Harvey is a top-20 ranked world singles player making his Asia debut. That quarterfinal alone is worth watching closely.
Wong’s path has its own complication. No. 5 seed Luc Pham lands in his projected quarterfinal—a tricky test for a player chasing back-to-back-to-back Men’s Singles golds after winning in Beijing and Tokyo.
Men’s Doubles: Hong-kit and Eunggwon Kim Still Chasing Gold
The rivalry between Wong and Truong does not stop at singles. In Men’s Doubles, Truong enters as the new No. 3 seed alongside Kenta Miyoshi, and the projected semifinal puts him across the net from Wong and Eunggwon Kim—the tour’s most decorated doubles pairing, carrying one silver and four bronze medals together but still no gold.
A win over Truong and Miyoshi would put that gold in reach. But they would then face the winner of the other half, where No. 2 seeds Len Yang and Collin Johns—who won gold at the Kuala Lumpur Open and silver in Tokyo—are projected to come through a heavyweight quarterfinal against No. 4 seeds Robert Stirling and Lucas Pascoe and No. 5 seeds Adam Harvey and Wil Shaffer. Neither route to the final is comfortable.
Women’s Doubles: New Partnerships, Real Questions
The Women’s Doubles draw is defined by freshness—almost every pairing in the top four is a new combination. The exception is No. 3 seeds Nok Yiu Tang and Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall, the only established duo in the bracket’s upper tier.
The projected top-half semifinal pits Tang and Wang-Beckvall against debut No. 1 seeds Jamie Haas and Lingwei Kong—a genuine first test for the brand-new top partnership to see whether the seeding reflects reality.
The bottom half is equally untested. No. 4 seeds Kei Sawaki and Aiko Yoshitomi—another new pairing—are projected to face No. 2 seeds Kara Wheatley and Yufei Long in the semis. Long’s triple crown chase runs through this draw, and Wheatley and Long will have to earn their place in the final against a Sawaki who has been one of the tour’s most compelling stories all season.
Mixed Doubles: Tang and Kim Lead the Established Order
New partnerships crowd the Mixed Doubles top four as well—with one significant exception. Nok Yiu Tang and Eunggwon Kim return as the top seeds, the most established Mixed Doubles partnership on the tour, and their projected semifinal opponents are the newly formed Aiko Yoshitomi and Len Yang.
The bottom half has its own intrigue. Kara Wheatley and Hong Kit Wong—Wong’s second Mixed Doubles partnership since Beijing—share a quarter with Yoshitomi and Yang, meaning a potential quarterfinal hurdle before the seeds converge. Further down, No. 4 seeds Lingwei Kong and Adam Harvey are projected to meet Yufei Long and Lucas Pascoe in the semis—two of the draw’s newest pairings running straight into each other to settle who reaches Championship Sunday.
The Week Ahead
Singapore gets its first taste of PPA Tour Asia next week. The brackets have delivered the storylines. Wong chasing three straight. Truong standing in his way. A Men’s Doubles gold that keeps slipping from Wong and Kim. New Women’s and Mixed Doubles partnerships being tested in their first major crucible.
The Sports Arena @ Expo awaits. Entry is free. The pickleball is anything but.
