Chang Kai-chen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.

Chang Kai-chen
張凱貞

Chang at the 2017 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Residence	Taipei City, Taiwan
Born	(1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City)
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	November 2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,017,089
Singles
Career record	287–230
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 82 (5 July 2010)
Current ranking	No. 742 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2015)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	188–109
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 65 (11 February 2013)
Current ranking	No. 513 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2013)
French Open	1R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2017)
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 0 Universiade 3 0 2 Total 3 2 2 Asian Games 2010 Guangdong Women's Team 2010 Guangdong Women's Doubles Universiade 2017 Taipei Women's Team 2017 Taipei Women's Singles 2015 Gwangju Women's Singles 2015 Gwangju Women's Team 2015 Gwangju Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: September 12, 2020.

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

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#

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

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

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2017	W-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

External links

• Chang Kai-chen at the Women's Tennis Association
• Chang Kai-chen at the International Tennis Federation
• Chang Kai-chen at the Billie Jean King Cup