Chan Hao-ching

Chan Hao-ching (born September 19, 1993), also named Angel Chan, is a professional tennis player representing Taiwan. She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 8 WTA and 8 ITF titles in that discipline. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Chan reached the finals of the mixed doubles competition with Max Mirnyi to reach her first ever Grand Slam final.

She is the younger sister of fellow professional tennis player Chan Yung-jan.^[1]

Professional career

2013

At the beginning of the season, Chan won the Shenzhen Open with her sister Chan Yung-jan, beating Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovieva in straight sets.^[2] She reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters with Janette Husárová, falling to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. At the Portugal Open, she won her second title of the year with Kristina Mladenovic, defeating Darija Jurak and Katalin Marosi in straight sets.^[3] Chan reached the second round of the French Open with Darija Jurak. Chan would then suffer first round losses at both Wimbledon and the US Open. Chan also reached the finals of the Southern California Open with Janette Husárová and the Toray Pan Pacific Open with Liezel Huber.^[4] She finished 2013 ranked 26th.

2014

At Wimbledon, Chan reached the finals of mixed doubles with Max Mirnyi to reach her first ever grand slam final. Along the way, they defeated defending champions Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets. However, the pair lost the final to Nenad Zimonjić and Samantha Stosur, also in straight sets.^[5]

2015

Early in the year, Chan won the title at the PTT Thailand Open with her sister, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn in three sets. Chan and her sister won their fourth WTA doubles title together at the Western & Southern Open, and by doing so, now have the second-most WTA doubles titles for a pair of sisters in WTA history after only Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Cincinnati represents their biggest title yet, their first at the Premier 5 level. They won another title at the Japan Women's Open in Tokyo.^[6]

The Chans reached two other finals, at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro, and the China Open, losing to the number 1 pairing of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza.^[7]^[8] Hao-Ching and Yung-Jan became the third all-sister pairing ever to qualify for the WTA Finals after Manuela Maleeva and Katerina Maleeva in 1986 and the Williams sisters in 2009.^[9] They reached the semifinals, losing again to Hingis and Mirza.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] It was Hao-Ching's first appearance at the tournament. She finished 2015 ranked 12th, her best year-end ranking so far.

2017

Chan reached her first ever 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles final with the Romanian Monica Niculescu after she separated with her sister early this year. Becoming the second Taiwanese player to reach the Wimbledon final after the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles championship Hsieh Su-wei who partnered with Chinese player Peng Shuai. Then, Chan and Niculescu was defeated by Elena Vesnina/Ekaterina Makarova 6-0, 6-0 in the final.

Equipment

The Chan sisters use Wilson racquets. They are also sponsored by Taiwan Mobile, EVA Air,^[14] and French apparel company Lacoste.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Monica Niculescu	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	0–6, 0–6

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Nenad Zimonjić Samantha Stosur	4–6, 2–6

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	2013	Tokyo	Hard	Liezel Huber	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6–4, 0–6, [9–11]
Winner	2015	Cincinnati	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2015	Beijing	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	7–6^(11–9), 1–6, [8–10]
Winner	2016	Doha	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–3

WTA career finals

Doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (2–2)
Tier II / Premier (1–5)
Tier III, IV & V / International (9–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (9–6)
Grass (1–3)
Clay (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	February 12, 2012	Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Sania Mirza Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	2.	March 4, 2012	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Rika Fujiwara	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	5–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	January 5, 2013	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovieva	6–0, 7–5
Winner	2.	May 4, 2013	Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Runner-up	3.	August 5, 2013	Southern California Open, Carlsbad, United States	Hard	Janette Husárová	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	4-6, 1-6
Runner-up	4.	September 28, 2013	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Liezel Huber	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6–4, 0–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	5.	April 6, 2014	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Chan Yung-jan	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Winner	3.	April 20, 2014	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Tímea Babos	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Saisai	6-3, 6-4
Winner	4.	June 21, 2014	Aegon International, Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Chan Yung-jan	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	6-3, 5-7, [10-7]
Winner	5.	February 15, 2015	PTT Thailand Open, Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Shuko Aoyama Tamarine Tanasugarn	2–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Winner	6.	May 23, 2015	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nürnberg, Germany	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Lara Arruabarrena Raluca Olaru	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	7.	August 23, 2015	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova	7–5, 6–4
Winner	8.	September 19, 2015	Japan Women's Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Kurumi Nara Misaki Doi	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	September 26, 2015	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	October 10, 2015	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	7–6^(11–9), 1–6, [8–10]
Winner	9.	February 14, 2016	Taiwan Open, Kaohsiung, Taipei	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	February 27, 2016	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro	6-3, 6-3
Runner-up	8.	June 25, 2016	Aegon International, Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Chan Yung-jan	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), [6–10]
Winner	11.	October 16, 2016	Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Naomi Broady Heather Watson	6—3, 6—1
Winner	12.	February 5, 2017	Taiwan Open, Taiwan	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Lucie Hradecka Katerina Siniakova	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	27 May 2017	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Chan Yung-jan	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	25 June 2017	Birmingham Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Zhang Shuai	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	1–6, 6–2 [8–10]
Runner-up	11.	15 July 2017	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Monica Niculescu	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	0–6, 0–6

WTA 125 Series finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	4 November 2012	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Chang Kai-chen Olga Govortsova	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Winner	2:	3 November 2014	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chan Yung-jan	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit Finals

Doubles: 11 (8-3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	3 November 2007	Taoyuan City, Taiwan	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	6–1, 2–6, [14–12]
Runner-up	1.	7 August 2010	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Kao Shao-yuan	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	9 October 2010	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	He Sirui	Sandy Gumulya Moe Kawatoko	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Winner	2.	1 May 2011	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Erika Sema	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	28 May 2011	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Yurika Sema Erika Takao	6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Winner	4.	4 June 2011	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Kim Ji-young Yoo Mi	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	5 August 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Tetiana Luzhanska Zheng Saisai	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	13 August 2011	Taipei City, Taiwan	Hard	Chen Yi	Kao Shao-yuan Peangtarn Plipuech	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	6 January 2012	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]

Women's Doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Win–Loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	3R	1R	QF	1R	5–5
French Open	3R	2R	2R	3R	QF	3R	9–5
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	F	3–5
US Open	1R	1R	2R	QF	2R		5–5
Win–Loss	2–3	1–4	4–4	7–4	8–4	0–1	22–20

References

External links

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Chan Hao-ching at the Women's Tennis Association
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Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female doubles tennis players of countries in the Asian Tennis Federation, as of 3 July 2017
1. Chan Yung-jan (6 ) 2. Sania Mirza (7 ) 3. Peng Shuai (13 ) 4. Yaroslava Shvedova (14 ) 5. Chan Hao-ching (20 1)
6. Xu Yifan (24 ) 7. Miyu Kato (36 ) 8. Eri Hozumi (41 ) 9. Yang Zhaoxuan (45 2) 10. Shuko Aoyama (48 2)

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