Chang Kai-chen


Chang Kai-chen 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. Born and raised in Taiwan, an hour from Taipei, Chang splits training between Taiwan and Delray Beach, Florida. 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

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12012 HP Open – Singles|Japan Women's Open, JapanInternationalHard Heather Watson5–7, 7–5, 6–7

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02010 HP Open – Doubles|Japan Women's Open, JapanInternationalHard Lilia Osterloh Shuko Aoyama
Rika Fujiwara
6–0, 6–3
Win2–02012 Malaysian Open – Doubles|Malaysian Open, MalaysiaInternationalHard Chuang Chia-jung Chan Hao-ching
Rika Fujiwara
7–5, 6–4
Win3–02012 Citi Open – Women's Doubles|Citi Open, United StatesInternationalHard Shuko Aoyama Irina Falconi
Chanelle Scheepers
7–5, 6–2
Win4–02013 Malaysian Open – Doubles|Malaysian Open, MalaysiaInternationalHard Shuko Aoyama Janette Husárová
Zhang Shuai
6–7, 7–6,

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Wins over top 10 players