Chang Kai-chen

Chang Kai-chen
張凱貞
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
ResidenceTaipei City
Born (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned proNovember 2007
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,017,089
Singles
Career record287–230
Career titles0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 82 (5 July 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2012, 2015)
French Open1R (2010)
Wimbledon2R (2010)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record188–109
Career titles4 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 65 (11 February 2013)
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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup10–8
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 0 2 0
Universiade 3 0 2
Total 3 2 2
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Women's doubles
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Mixed doubles

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

Career

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Her father is Chang Chin-lai and mother is Jun Yu-mei; 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 hardcourt.

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 Pan Pacific Open, Chang defeated world No. 1, Dinara Safina, 7–6, 4–6, 7–5 in her second-round match.

In July 2010, she 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 Fed Cup team, Chang has a win–loss record of 10–8.

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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

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Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–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

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Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2017 2018 2019 W–L
Australian Open 1R 1R 0–2
French Open 1R 1R 1R 0–3
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R 2–3
US Open 1R 0–1
Win–loss 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–9

WTA career finals

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Singles: 1 (runner–up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
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 International Hard United Kingdom Heather Watson 5–7, 7–5, 6–7(4)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
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 International Hard United States Lilia Osterloh Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Rika Fujiwara
6–0, 6–3
Win 2–0 Mar 2012 Malaysian Open International Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Japan Rika Fujiwara
7–5, 6–4
Win 3–0 Aug 2012 Washington Open International Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama United States Irina Falconi
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
7–5, 6–2
Win 4–0 Mar 2013 Malaysian Open International Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Slovakia Janette Husárová
China Zhang Shuai
6–7(4), 7–6(4), [14–12]

WTA 125 tournament finals

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Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2012 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Hard (i) France Kristina Mladenovic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2015 Jiangxi International, China Hard Serbia Jelena Janković 3–6, 6–7(6)
Loss 0–3 Nov 2016 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Hard (i) Russia Evgeniya Rodina 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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

Doubles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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

Wins over top 10 players

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2009
1. Russia Dinara Safina 1 Pan Pacific Open Hard 2R 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–5
2012
2. France Marion Bartoli 10 Guangzhou Open Hard 1R 4–3 ret.
3. Australia Samantha Stosur 5 Japan Women's Open Hard SF 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(3)
2016
4. Italy Roberta Vinci 10 Malaysian Open Hard 1R 5–7, 6–2, 6–1

References

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