Chang Kai-chen explained

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Chang Kai-chen
張凱貞
Residence:Taipei City
Birth Date:1991 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Height:1.67 m
Turnedpro:November 2007
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$1,017,089
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 82 (5 July 2010)
Australianopenresult:2R (2012, 2015)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2010)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2010)
Usopenresult:2R (2009, 2010)
Doublestitles:4 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highestdoublesranking:No. 65 (11 February 2013)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2013)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2010, 2017)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2010)
Australianopenmixedresult:2R (2015)
Team:yes
Medaltemplates-Expand:yes

Chang Kai-chen (; pronounced as /tsáŋ kʰài tsə́n/; born January 13, 1991), also known as Kelly Chang, is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player.

Career

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

Singles

Tournament W–L
align=left Australian OpenA1R1R2R1RA2RQ2Q22–5
align=left French OpenA1RQ21RQ1AAQ1Q20–2
align=left WimbledonA2R1RAAAAQ31R1–3
align=left US Open2R2RAAAAQ1Q1A2–2
Win–loss1–12–40–21–20–10–01–10–00–15–12

Doubles

Tournament W–L
align=left Australian Open1R1R0–2
align=left French Open1R1R1R0–3
align=left Wimbledon2R1R2R2–3
align=left US Open1R0–1
Win–loss1–30–20–00–21–10–00–12–9

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner–up)

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)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Japan Women's OpenInternationalHard Lilia Osterloh Shuko Aoyama
Rika Fujiwara
6–0, 6–3
Win2–0Malaysian OpenInternationalHard Chuang Chia-jung Chan Hao-ching
Rika Fujiwara
7–5, 6–4
Win3–0Washington OpenInternationalHard Shuko Aoyama Irina Falconi
Chanelle Scheepers
7–5, 6–2
Win4–0Malaysian OpenInternationalHard Shuko Aoyama Janette Husárová
Zhang Shuai
6–7(4), 7–6(4), [14–12]

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2012bgcolor=silverTaipei Challenger, TaiwanHard (i) Kristina Mladenovic4–6, 3–6
Loss0–2bgcolor=silverJiangxi International, ChinaHard Jelena Janković3–6, 6–7(6)
Loss0–3bgcolor=silverTaipei Challenger, TaiwanHard (i) Evgeniya Rodina4–6, 3–6

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1bgcolor=silverTaipei Challenger, TaiwanHard (i) Olga Govortsova Chan Hao-ching
Kristina Mladenovic
7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss0–2bgcolor=silverTaipei Challenger, TaiwanCarpet (i) Chuang Chia-jung Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
4–6, 3–6
Win1–2bgcolor=silverJiangxi International, ChinaHard Zheng Saisai Chan Chin-wei
Wang Yafan
6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss1–3bgcolor=silverTaipei Challenger, TaiwanHard (i) Chuang Chia-jung Natela Dzalamidze
Veronika Kudermetova
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2007ITF Manila, Philippines10,000Clay Nicole Riner3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Feb 2008ITF Mildura, Australia25,000Grass Marina Erakovic3–6, 1–6
Win1–2May 2008Kurume Cup, Japan50,000Carpet Alexandra Panova7–5, 6–3
Loss1–3May 2009Fukuoka International, Japan50,000Grass Nikola Hofmanova3–6, 2–6
Win2–3Oct 2011Kōfu International Open, Japan50,000Hard Mandy Minella6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss2–4Aug 2014ITF Tsukuba, Japan25,000Hard Junri Namigata0–6, 6–7
Win3–4Mar 2015ITF Jiangmen, China10,000Hard Zhao Di6–2, 6–1
Loss3–5May 2015ITF Xuzhou, China50,000Hard Luksika Kumkhum6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Win4–5Sep 2015Zhuhai Open, China50,000Hard Zhang Yuxuan4–6, 6–1, 7–6(0)
Win5–5Oct 2016ITF Iizuka, Japan25,000Hard Jang Su-jeong6–3, 6–4
Win6–5Oct 2016Suzhou Ladies Open, China50,000Hard Wang Yafan4–6, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2006ITF Bangkok, Thailand10,000Hard Nguyễn Thùy Dung4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Mar 2008ITF Sorrento, Australia25,000Hard Hwang I-hsuan Monique Adamczak
Melanie South
2–6, 4–6
Win1–2May 2008Kurume Cup, Japan50,000Carpet Hwang I-hsuan Erika Sema
Yurika Sema
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss1–3May 2008ITF Gunma, Japan25,000Carpet Hwang I-hsuan Erika Sema
Yurika Sema
3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win2–3Nov 2008Pune Championships, India25,000Hard Hwang I-hsuan Elora Dabija
Bojana Jovanovski
5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Win3–3Apr 2009ITF Changwon, South Korea25,000Hard Chen Yi Elena Baltacha
Amanda Elliott
6–4, 6–1
Win4–3Apr 2009ITF Gimcheon, South Korea25,000Hard Chen Yi Chang Kyung-mi
Lee Jin-a
6–1, 7–5
Loss4–4May 2009Kurume Cup, Japan50,000Carpet Ayaka Maekawa Lu Jingjing
Sun Shengnan
3–6, 2–6
Win5–4Jul 2009Lexington Challenger, United States50,000Hard Tetiana Luzhanska Jacqueline Cako
Alison Riske
6–3, 6–2
Wi6–4Aug 2010Vancouver Open, Canada75,000Hard Heidi El Tabakh Irina Falconi
Amanda Fink
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win7–4Nov 2010Taipei Ladies Open, Taiwan100,000Carpet (i) Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza
Hsieh Su-wei
6–4, 6–2
Win8–4Sep 2012Ningbo International, China100,000Hard Shuko Aoyama Tetiana Luzhanska
Zheng Saisai
6–2, 7–5
Win9–4May 2015ITF Wuhan, China50,000Hard Han Xinyun Liu Chang
Lu Jiajing
6–0, 6–3
Win10–4May 2015ITF Xuzhou, China50,000Hard Han Xinyun Cao Siqi
Zhou Mingjun
6–3, 6–2
Loss10–5Jul 2016ITF Wuhan, China50,000Hard Duan Yingying Shuko Aoyama
Makoto Ninomiya
4–6, 4–6
Win11–5May 2017Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France100,000Clay Hsieh Su-wei Raluca Olaru
Renata Voráčová
7–5, 6–1
Win12–5May 2017Open Saint-Gaudens, France60,000Clay Han Xinyun Montserrat González
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
7–5, 6–1
Loss12–6Jun 2017Surbiton Trophy, UK100,000Grass Marina Erakovic Monique Adamczak
Storm Sanders
4–6, 5–7
Loss12–7Jun 2017Manchester Trophy, UK100,000Grass Marina Erakovic Magdalena Fręch
An-Sophie Mestach
4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss12–8May 2018ITF Incheon, Korea25,000Hard Hsu Ching-wen Han Na-lae
Kim Na-ri
0–5 ret.
Win13–8Jun 2018ITF Daegu, Korea25,000Hard Hsu Ching-wen Shiho Akita
Misaki Doi
2–1 ret.
Win14–8Feb 2019Launceston International, Australia60,000Hard Hsu Ching-wen Alexandra Bozovic
Isabelle Wallace
6–2, 6–4
Win15–8Mar 2019Kōfu International Open, Japan25,000Hard Hsu Ching-wen Emina Bektas
Tara Moore
6–1, 6–3
Win16–8Mar 2019ITF Kōfu, Japan25,000Hard Hsu Ching-wen Xun Fangying
You Xiaodi
6–3, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

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width=170PlayerRankwidth=150EventSurfaceRdwidth=110Score
2009
1. Dinara Safinabgcolor=lime1Pan Pacific OpenHard2R7–6(5), 4–6, 7–5
2012
2. Marion Bartoli10Guangzhou OpenHard1R4–3 ret.
3. Samantha Stosur5Japan Women's OpenHardbgcolor=yellowSF6–4, 4–6, 7–6(3)
2016
4. Roberta Vinci10Malaysian OpenHard1R5–7, 6–2, 6–1