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Lip Hin Loo is the eldest son of Loo Cheng Leng and Ng Boot Yan of Klang, Malaysia. He has two younger sisters, Chooi Poon and Chooi Li.
While attending Cambridge "A" Levels, a preparatory school operated by Prime College Malaysia, he was recruited by Coach Chin Tan, head tennis coach at Cumberland College (now University of the Cumberlands) in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Loo accepted an academic and tennis scholarship from Cumberland excelling as an academic athlete as no tennis player at the school had done before.
Lip Hin Loo held the top seed position in singles and doubles for Cumberlands' team each of his four years of eligibility. He won three NAIA District Singles Championships (1993, 1995, and 1996), four NAIA Doubles Championships (1993 - 1996), four KIAC Singles and Doubles Championships (1993 - 1996).
As the top point earner on the team, Loo helped Cumberland earn trips to the NAIA National Championship Tournament four years in a row. He was named KIAC and NAIA Player of the Year four times. As a senior in 1995-96, he was named an All-American Scholar Athlete, was inducted into Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges, and tried out for a spot on the UC Golf Team under Coach Bill Sergent and made it. Loo seemingly made the most of every endeavor.
In 1996, Loo graduated with academic honors, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Computer Information System.
Following graduation, Loo returned home to Malaysia working in various fields including merchant bank auditing, international shipping and also was Director General Manager for Fujifilm's chemical subsidiary, DS Chemport of Malaysia. He is currently the Director of Formula Chemicals Co. Ltd, a partnership shared with another UC graduate and tennis teammate, John Lee. Loo resides in Klang, Malaysia with his wife, Tan Soh Cheen, and their five year old daughter, Kayly.
