Chang Kai-chen

Chang Kai-chen (Chinese: 張凱貞; pinyin: Zhāng Kǎizhēn; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tsáŋ kʰài tsə́n]; born January 13, 1991) is a Taiwanese tennis player.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.
Chang Kai-chen
張凱貞
Chang at the 2017 Wimbledon
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
ResidenceTaipei City, Taiwan
Born (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991
Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Turned proNovember 2007
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,017,089
Singles
Career record287–230 (55.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 82 (5 July 2010)
Current rankingNo. 742 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2012, 2015)
French Open1R (2010)
Wimbledon2R (2010)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record188–109 (63.3%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 65 (11 February 2013)
Current rankingNo. 513 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2013)
French Open1R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledon2R (2010, 2017)
US Open1R (2010)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
Medal record
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 0 2 0
Universiade 3 0 2
Total 3 2 2
Asian Games
2010 Guangdong Women's Team
2010 Guangdong Women's Doubles
Universiade
2017 TaipeiWomen's Team
2017 TaipeiWomen's Singles
2015 GwangjuWomen's Singles
2015 GwangjuWomen's Team
2015 GwangjuMixed Doubles
Last updated on: September 12, 2020.

Career

Her father is Chin Lai Chang and mother is Yu Mei Jun; she has two older brothers, Yao Lun and Yao Chung (both play tennis). Born and raised in Taiwan, an hour from Taipei, Chang splits training between Taiwan and Delray Beach, Florida (International Tennis Academy). She started playing tennis at age six when introduced to sport by brothers at local tennis club. She is an aggressive baseliner whose favorite shot is backhand, her favorite surface is hard court.

She qualified for the 2009 US 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.

In July 2010, Chang reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 82. In February 2013, she peaked at No. 65 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Chinese Taipei at the Fed Cup, Chang has a win/loss record of 10–8.

Grand Slam performance timelines
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; (P) postponed; (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. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017W-L
Australian Open A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 2R Q2 Q2 2–5
French Open A 1R Q2 1R Q1 A A Q1 Q2 0–2
Wimbledon A 2R 1R A A A A Q3 1R 1–3
US Open 2R 2R A A A A Q1 Q1 A 2–2
Win–Loss 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–12

Doubles
Tournament20102011201220132017W-L
Australian Open 1R 0–1
French Open 1R 1R 0–2
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R 2–3
US Open 1R 0–1
Win–Loss 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–7

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)
Winner - Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2012 Japan Women's Open, Japan International Hard Heather Watson 5–7, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
Winner - Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2010 Japan Women's Open, Japan International Hard Lilia Osterloh Shuko Aoyama
Rika Fujiwara		 6–0, 6–3
Win 2–0 Mar 2012 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Chuang Chia-jung Chan Hao-ching
Rika Fujiwara		 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–0 Aug 2012 Citi Open, United States International Hard Shuko Aoyama Irina Falconi
Chanelle Scheepers		 7–5, 6–2
Win 4–0 Mar 2013 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Shuko Aoyama Janette Husárová
Zhang Shuai		 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [14–12]

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2012 Taipei Open, Taiwan Hard (i) Kristina Mladenovic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2015 Jiangxi Open, China Hard Jelena Janković 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0–3 Nov 2016 Taipei Open, Taiwan Hard (i) Evgeniya Rodina 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2012 Taipei Open, Taiwan Hard (i) Olga Govortsova Chan Hao-ching
Kristina Mladenovic		 7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Nov 2014 Taipei Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) Chuang Chia-jung Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan		 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2015 Jiangxi Open, China Hard Zheng Saisai Chan Chin-wei
Wang Yafan		 6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss 1–3 Nov 2016 Taipei Open, Taiwan Hard (i) Chuang Chia-jung Natela Dzalamidze
Veronika Kudermetova		 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2007 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Clay Nicole Riner 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2008 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass Marina Erakovic 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 May 2008 ITF Kurume, Japan 50,000 Carpet Alexandra Panova 7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–3 May 2009 ITF Fukuoka, Japan 50,000 Grass Nikola Hofmanova 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2011 ITF Kōfu, Japan 50,000 Hard Mandy Minella 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Aug 2014 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Junri Namigata 0–6, 6–7
Win 3–4 Mar 2015 ITF Jiangmen, China 10,000 Hard Zhao Di 6–2, 6–1
Loss 3–5 May 2015 ITF Xuzhou, China 50,000 Hard Luksika Kumkhum 6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Win 4–5 Sep 2015 ITF Zhuhai, China 50,000 Hard Zhang Yuxuan 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–0)
Win 5–5 Oct 2016 ITF Iizuka, Japan 25,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–5 Oct 2016 ITF Suzhou, China 50,000 Hard Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2006 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 10,000 Hard Nguyễn Thùy Dung Nungnadda Wannasuk
Varatchaya Wongteanchai		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2008 ITF Sorrento, Australia 25,000 Hard Hwang I-hsuan Monique Adamczak
Melanie South		 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 May 2008 ITF Kurume, Japan 50,000 Carpet Hwang I-hsuan Erika Sema
Yurika Sema		 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–3 May 2008 ITF Gunma, Japan 25,000 Carpet Hwang I-hsuan Erika Sema
Yurika Sema		 3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 2–3 Nov 2008 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard Hwang I-hsuan Elora Dabija
Bojana Jovanovski		 5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Win 3–3 Apr 2009 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Chen Yi Elena Baltacha
Amanda Elliott		 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–3 Apr 2009 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Chen Yi Chang Kyung-mi
Lee Jin-a		 6–1, 7–5
Loss 4–4 May 2009 ITF Kurume, Japan 50,000 Carpet Ayaka Maekawa Lu Jingjing
Sun Shengnan		 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–4 Jul 2009 ITF Lexington, United States 50,000 Hard Tetiana Luzhanska Jacqueline Cako
Alison Riske		 6–3, 6–2
Wi 6–4 Aug 2010 ITF Vancouver, Canada 75,000 Hard Heidi El Tabakh Irina Falconi
Amanda Fink		 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 7–4 Nov 2010 ITF Taipei, Taiwan 100,000 Carpet (i) Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza
Hsieh Su-wei		 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–4 Sep 2012 ITF Ningbo, China 100,000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Tetiana Luzhanska
Zheng Saisai		 6–2, 7–5
Win 9–4 May 2015 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard Han Xinyun Liu Chang
Lu Jiajing		 6–0, 6–3
Win 10–4 May 2015 ITF Xuzhou, China 50,000 Hard Han Xinyun Cao Siqi
Zhou Mingjun		 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10–5 Jul 2016 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard Duan Yingying Shuko Aoyama
Makoto Ninomiya		 4–6, 4–6
Win 11–5 May 2017 ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay Hsieh Su-wei Raluca Olaru
Renata Voráčová		 7–5, 6–1
Win 12–5 May 2017 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay Han Xinyun Montserrat González
Sílvia Soler Espinosa		 7–5, 6–1
Loss 12–6 Jun 2017 ITF Surbiton, England 100,000 Grass Marina Erakovic Monique Adamczak
Storm Sanders		 4–6, 5–7
Loss 12–7 Jun 2017 ITF Manchester, England 100,000 Grass Marina Erakovic Magdalena Fręch
An-Sophie Mestach		 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 12–8 May 2018 ITF Incheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Han Na-lae
Kim Na-ri		 0–5 ret.
Win 13–8 Jun 2018 ITF Daegu, South Korea 25,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Shiho Akita
Misaki Doi		 2–1 ret.
Win 14–8 Feb 2019 ITF Launceston, Australia 60,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Alexandra Bozovic
Isabelle Wallace		 6–2, 6–4
Win 15–8 Mar 2019 ITF Kōfu, Japan 25,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Emina Bektas
Tara Moore		 6–1, 6–3
Win 16–8 Mar 2019 ITF Kōfu, Japan 25,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Xun Fangying
You Xiaodi		 6–3, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2009
1. Dinara Safina 1 Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo Hard 2R 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
2012
2. Marion Bartoli 10 Guangzhou International Women's Open Hard 1R 4–3 ret.
3. Samantha Stosur 5 Japan Women's Open, Osaka Hard SF 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
2016
4. Roberta Vinci 10 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lampur Hard 1R 5–7, 6–2, 6–1

References
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