Chang Kai-chen

Chang Kai-chen
張凱貞

Chang at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Residence	Taipei City, Taiwan
Born	(1991-01-13) January 13, 1991 Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	November 2007
Plays	right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $763,966
Singles
Career record	200 - 162
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	82 (5 July 2010)
Current ranking	126 (05 October 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2015)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	130 - 79
Career titles	4 WTA, 1 WTA 125, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	65 (11 February 2013)
Current ranking	120 (05 October 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2013
French Open	1R (2010, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Medal record Competitor for  Chinese Taipei Asian Games 2010 Guangdong Team 2010 Guangdong Doubles
Last updated on: 05 October 2015.

Chang Kai-chen (traditional Chinese: 張凱貞; simplified Chinese: 张凯贞; pinyin: Zhāng Kǎizhēn; born January 13, 1991) is a professional Taiwanese tennis player.

Her highest WTA singles ranking is no. 82, which she reached on July 5, 2010.^[1] Her career high in doubles is no. 65, which she reached on February 11, 2013.^[1]

Chang was born in Taiwan and is a right-handed player. She qualified for the 2009 U.S. Open, where she beat 25th seed Kaia Kanepi, 6–0, 2–6, 6–2, in her first-round match. At the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Chang defeated world no. 1 Dinara Safina, 7–6, 4–6, 7–5, in her second-round match.

Playing for Chinese Taipei at the Fed Cup, Chang has a win–loss record of 7–5.

Biography

Kai-chen is currently without a full-time coach. Her father is Chin Lai Chang and mother is Yu Mei Jun; two older brothers, Yao Lun and Yao Chung (both play tennis). Born and raised in Taiwan, an hour from Taipei; splits training between Taiwan and Delray Beach, Florida (International Tennis Academy). Started playing tennis at age 6 when introduced to sport by brothers at local tennis club. She is an aggressive baseliner whose favorite shot is backhand; favorite surface is hard court. Her ambition is to reach Top 10.

WTA and WTA 125 Series finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 October 2012	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Heather Watson	5–7, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	2.	4 November 2012	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	2 August 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Jelena Janković	3–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	October 17, 2010	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–0, 6–3
Winner	2.	March 4, 2012	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara	7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	August 3, 2012	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	November 4, 2012	OEC Taipei Ladies Open, Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
Winner	4.	March 3, 2013	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Janette Husárová Shuai Zhang	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [14–12]
Runner-up	2.	November 3, 2014	OEC Taipei Ladies Open, Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	August 2, 2015	Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, Nanchang, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Chan Chin-wei Wang Yafan	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles finals: 9 (4–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 November 2007	Manila, Philippines	Clay	Nicole Riner	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	9 February 2008	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Marina Erakovic	3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	12 May 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Alexandra Panova	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	4 May 2009	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Nikola Hofmanova	3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	3 October 2011	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Mandy Minella	6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Runner-up	6.	31 August 2014	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	0–6 6–7
Winner	7.	9 March 2015	Jiangmen, China	Hard	Zhao Di	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	31 May 2015	Xuzhou, China	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	6-1, 5–7, 1-6
Winner	9.	28 September 2015	Zhuhai, China	Hard	Zhang Yuxuan	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–0)

Doubles: 14 (10–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 July 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nguyen Thuy Dung	Nungnadda Wannasuk Varatchaya Wongteanchai	4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	2.	21 March 2008	Sorrento, Australia	Hard	Hwang I-hsuan	Monique Adamczak Melanie South	2-6, 4-6
Winner	3.	18 May 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Hwang I-hsuan	Erika Sema Yurika Sema	6-3, 2-6, 10-6
Runner-up	4.	31 May 2008	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Hwang I-hsuan	Erika Sema Yurika Sema	3-6, 6-2, 7-10
Winner	5.	15 November 2008	Pune, India	Hard	Hwang I-hsuan	Elora Dabija Bojana Jovanovski	5-7, 6-2, 10-7
Winner	6.	20 April 2009	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Chen Yi	Elena Baltacha Amanda Elliott	6-4, 6-1
Winner	7.	27 April 2009	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Chen Yi	Kyung-Mi Chang Jin-A Lee	6-1, 7-5
Runner-up	8.	17 May 2009	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Ayaka Maekawa	Lu Jingjing Sun Sheng-Nan	3-6, 2-6
Winner	9.	26 July 2009	Lexington, United States	Hard	Tetiana Luzhanska	Jacqueline Cako Alison Riske	6-3, 6-2
Winner	10.	7 August 2010	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Irina Falconi Amanda Fink	3–6, 6–3, 10–4
Winner	11.	7 November 2010	Taipei City, Chinese Taipei	Carpet (i)	Chuang Chia-jung	Sania Mirza Su-Wei Hsieh	6-4, 6-2
Winner	12.	16 September 2012	Ningbo, China	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Tetiana Luzhanska Zheng Saisai	6-2, 7-5
Winner	13.	23 May 2015	Wuhan, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Liu Chang Lu Jiajing	6–0, 6–3
Winner	14.	31 May 2015	Xuzhou, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Cao Siqi Mingjun Zhou	6-3, 6-2

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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