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$976,778
Singles
Career record	251–204
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	82 (5 July 2010)
Current ranking	301 (14 May 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2015)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	157–96
Career titles	4 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	65 (11 February 2013)
Current ranking	99 (25 September 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2013
French Open	1R (2010, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
Medal record Representing  Chinese Taipei Event 1st 2nd 3rd Asian Games 0 2 1 Universiade 1 0 1 Total 1 2 2 Asian Games 2010 Guangdong Team 2010 Guangdong Doubles Universiade 2017 Taipei Team 2017 Taipei Singles
Last updated on: 25 September 2017.

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

Career

Chang right-handed player, 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 six 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.

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

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.

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

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA 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)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (4–0)

Titles 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 (i)	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]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles Finals: 14 (6–8)

Legend
WTA 125s tournaments
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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	1.	12 May 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Alexandra Panova	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	4 May 2009	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Nikola Hofmanova	3–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	3 October 2011	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Mandy Minella	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	4 November 2012	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	31 August 2014	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	0–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	9 March 2015	Jiangmen, China	Hard	Zhao Di	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	31 May 2015	Xuzhou, China	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	2 August 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Jelena Janković	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	4.	28 September 2015	Zhuhai, China	Hard	Zhang Yuxuan	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–0)
Winner	5.	2 October 2016	Iizuka, Japan	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	23 October 2016	Suzhou, China	Hard	Wang Yafan	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	20 November 2016	Taipei	Hard (i)	Evgeniya Rodina	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (13–10)

Legend
WTA 125s tournaments
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000/$15,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 July 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nguyễn Thùy 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	1.	18 May 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Hwang I-hsuan	Erika Sema Yurika Sema	6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	3.	31 May 2008	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Hwang I-hsuan	Erika Sema Yurika Sema	3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Winner	2.	15 November 2008	Pune, India	Hard	Hwang I-hsuan	Elora Dabija Bojana Jovanovski	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	3.	20 April 2009	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Chen Yi	Elena Baltacha Amanda Elliott	6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	27 April 2009	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Chen Yi	Chang Kyung-mi Lee Jin-a	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	17 May 2009	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Ayaka Maekawa	Lu Jingjing Sun Shengnan	3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	26 July 2009	Lexington, United States	Hard	Tetiana Luzhanska	Jacqueline Cako Alison Riske	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	7 August 2010	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Irina Falconi Amanda Fink	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winner	7.	7 November 2010	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chuang Chia-jung	Sania Mirza Hsieh Su-wei	6-4, 6-2
Winner	8.	16 September 2012	Ningbo, China	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Tetiana Luzhanska Zheng Saisai	6-2, 7-5
Runner-up	5.	4 November 2012	Taipei	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	6.	3 November 2014	Taipei	Carpet (i)	Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	23 May 2015	Wuhan, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Liu Chang Lu Jiajing	6–0, 6–3
Winner	10.	31 May 2015	Xuzhou, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Cao Siqi Zhou Mingjun	6–3, 6–2
Winner	11.	2 August 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Chan Chin-wei Wang Yafan	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	7.	29 July 2016	Wuhan	Hard	Duan Yingying	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	20 November 2016	Taipei	Hard (i)	Chuang Chia-jung	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	12.	14 May 2017	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	Raluca Olaru Renata Voráčová	7–5, 6–1
Winner	13.	20 May 2017	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Han Xinyun	Montserrat González Sílvia Soler Espinosa	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	10 June 2017	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Marina Erakovic	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	10.	18 June 2017	Manchester, United Kingdom	Grass	Marina Erakovic	Magdalena Fręch An-Sophie Mestach	4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2009
1.	Dinara Safina	1	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	2R	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
2012
2.	Marion Bartoli	10	Guangzhou, China	Hard	1R	4–3, ret.
3.	Samantha Stosur	5	Osaka, Japan	Hard	SF	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
2016
4.	Roberta Vinci	10	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Hard	1R	5–7, 6–2, 6–1

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chang Kai-chen.

• Chang Kai-chen at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kai-Chen CHANG at the International Tennis Federation
• Kai-Chen CHANG at the International Tennis Federation – Junior profile
• Chang Kai-chen at the Fed Cup