Compared to the rankings of late 2017, Nam dropped one place to the 498th in the men’s singles rankings. It is likely that the Vietnamese player will continue to fall in the rankings next week as he failed to win points at the F5 Futures international tennis championship in China’s Hong Kong at the end of 2017. Nam is participating in the F6 Futures international tennis champ 2018 in China’s Hong Kong from January 1-6. He won in the first round of men’s singles but was knocked out at the same stage of the men’s doubles.