Chuang Chia-jung

Chuang Chia-jung
莊佳容
	Chuang at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Residence	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Born	10 January 1985; Kaohsiung
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	28 October 2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,636,548
Singles
Career record	184–107 (63.2%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 177 (13 November 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	487–255 (65.6%)
Career titles	22 WTA, 2 WTA 125K, 34 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 5 (18 August 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2007)
French Open	QF (2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	F (2007)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2008, 2010, 2011)
French Open	QF (2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2008)
US Open	2R (2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	26–11
	yes
Representing Chinese Taipei
Women's Tennis
Universiade
Asian Games

Chuang Chia-jung (Chinese: 莊佳容; pinyin: Zhuāng Jiāróng; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tswáŋ.tɕjá zʊ̌ŋ]; born 10 January 1985) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player.

In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA 125K series, as well as ten singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 November 2006, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 177. On 18 August 2008, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings.

On 28 October 2018, Chuang announced her retirement from professional tennis and her marriage via Instagram.

Career

At the 2007 Australian Open, Chuang reached the final of the women's doubles tournament with her partner Chan Yung-jan that they lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber. She also reached the women's doubles final of the 2007 US Open.

In 2001, Chuang played for the first time for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team. Her win–loss record in Fed Cup is 26–11.

Biography

Chuang was coached by her father Chuang Wen-teng. Her mother Xie Xiu-ling is a pharmacist. Chuang's favorite surface is hardcourt, and her best shot is her serve. She started playing tennis at age seven when introduced to it by her father. She speaks Mandarin, English, and Taiwanese.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6
Runner-up	2007	US Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina	4–6, 2–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

Championship	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W-L
Australian Open	3R	1R	F	3R	1R	2R	QF	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	13–12
French Open	A	A	QF	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	9–9
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	2R	5–9
US Open	2R	A	F	1R	1R	2R	1R	QF	A	A	2R	1R	2R	12–10
Win–Loss	3–2	0–1	15–4	5–4	2–4	3–4	3–4	4–4	0–0	0–1	2–4	0–4	2–4	39–40

Mixed doubles

Championship	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2016	W-L
Australian Open	A	QF	2R	QF	QF	A	7–4
French Open	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	4–6
Wimbledon	3R	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	5–6
US Open	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1–3
Win–Loss	5–3	4–4	2–4	2–3	3–3	1–2	17–19

WTA career finals

Doubles: 36 (22–14)

Legend before 2009	Legend starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (1–1)	Premier Mandatory (1–0)
Tier II (2–1)	Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (3–2)	Premier (3–2)
Tier IV & V (4–4)	International (8–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2004	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra	6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Winner	1.	2 October 2005	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1 October 2006	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	8 October 2006	Japan Open, Tokyo	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Vania King Jelena Kostanić Tošić	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	27 January 2007	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1
Runner-up	5.	11 February 2007	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Nicole Pratt Mara Santangelo	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	2.	18 February 2007	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	6.	18 March 2007	Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 7–5
Winner	3.	17 June 2007	DFS Classic, Birmingham	Grass	Chan Yung-jan	Sun Tiantian Meilen Tu	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Winner	4.	23 June 2007	Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch	Grass	Chan Yung-jan	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	9 September 2007	US Open, New York	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	23 September 2007	China Open, Beijing	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Han Xinyun Xu Yifan	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Winner	6.	30 September 2007	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	7 October 2007	Japan Open, Tokyo	Hard	Vania King	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Winner	7.	10 February 2008	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Hsieh Su-wei Vania King	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	9 March 2008	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Winner	8.	18 May 2008	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome	Clay	Chan Yung-jan	Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	10.	24 May 2008	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Chan Yung-jan	Yan Zi Tatiana Perebiynis	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–6]
Winner	9.	27 July 2008	East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová	2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner	10.	28 September 2008	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Dushevina Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 6–0
Winner	11.	12 April 2009	MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach	Clay	Sania Mirza	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	12.	9 August 2009	LA Women's Tennis Championships, Los Angeles	Hard	Yan Zi	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	13.	18 October 2009	HP Open, Osaka	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears	6–2, 6–4
Winner	14.	16 January 2010	Moorilla Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Květa Peschke	Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	11.	11 April 2010	MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach	Clay	Peng Shuai	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	15.	9 October 2010	China Open, Beijing	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
Winner	16.	21 May 2011	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Akgul Amanmuradova	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 5–7 [10–2]
Winner	17.	27 August 2011	New Haven Open at Yale, United States	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	14 January 2012	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), [5–10]
Winner	18.	4 March 2012	Malaysia Open, Kuala Lumpur	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara	7–5, 6–4
Winner	19.	5 May 2012	Portugal Open, Estoril	Clay	Zhang Shuai	Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva	4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Winner	20.	20 September 2014	Guangzhou International, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Alizé Cornet Magda Linette	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–7]
Winner	21.	23 May 2015	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Liang Chen	Nadiia Kichenok Zheng Saisai	4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Runner-up	13.	29 August 2015	Connecticut Open, New Haven	Hard	Liang Chen	Julia Görges Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 1–6
Winner	22.	20 February 2016	Dubai Tennis Championships, U.A.E.	Hard	Darija Jurak	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	27 August 2016	Connecticut Open, New Haven	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu	5–7, 4–6

WTA 125 series finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	27 July 2014	Jiangxi International Open, China	Hard	Junri Namigata	Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	2.	6 September 2014	Suzhou Open, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi	6–1, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	1.	3 November 2014	Taipei Open, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chang Kai-chen	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	14 November 2016	Taipei Challenger, Taiwan	Hard (i)	Chang Kai-chen	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	3.	11 June 2017	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Renata Voracova	Lina Gjorcheska Aleksandrina Naydenova	6–4, 6–2

References

External links

Chuang Chia-jung at the Women's Tennis Association
Chuang Chia-jung at the International Tennis Federation
Chuang Chia-jung at the Fed Cup

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