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Chang Kai-chen

b. 1991

Taiwanese female tennis player

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Born 1991. Chang Kai-chen is a Taiwanese tennis player.

Chang Kai-chen (; ; 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

Doubles

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) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 0–1 Japan Women's Open International Hard Heather Watson 5–7, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)

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 Win 1–0 Japan Women's Open International Hard Lilia Osterloh Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara 6–0, 6–3 Win 2–0 Malaysian Open International Hard Chuang Chia-jung Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara 7–5, 6–4 Win 3–0 Washington Open International Hard Shuko Aoyama Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers 7–5, 6–2 Win 4–0 Malaysian Open International Hard Shuko Aoyama Janette Husárová Zhang Shuai 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [14–12]

WTA 125 tournament finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Carpet (i) Kristina Mladenovic 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Jiangxi International, China Hard Jelena Janković 3–6, 6–7(6)Loss 0–3 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Hard (i) Evgeniya Rodina 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Carpet (i) Olga Govortsova Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 2–6, [8–10]Loss 0–2 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Carpet (i) Chuang Chia-jung Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 4–6, 3–6Win 1–2 Jiangxi International, China Hard Zheng Saisai Chan Chin-wei Wang Yafan 6–3, 4–6, [10–3]Loss 1–3 Taipei Challenger, 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 $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 0–1 Jul 2006 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 10,000 Hard Nguyễn Thùy Dung 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 Kurume Cup, 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 Pune Championships, 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 Kurume Cup, Japan 50,000 Carpet Ayaka Maekawa Lu Jingjing Sun Shengnan 3–6, 2–6 Win 5–4 Jul 2009 Lexington Challenger, United States 50,000 Hard Tetiana Luzhanska Jacqueline Cako Alison Riske 6–3, 6–2 Wi 6–4 Aug 2010 Vancouver Open, Canada 75,000 Hard Heidi El Tabakh Irina Falconi Amanda Fink 3–6, 6–3, [10–4] Win 7–4 Nov 2010 Taipei Ladies Open, Taiwan 100,000 Carpet (i) Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza Hsieh Su-wei 6–4, 6–2 Win 8–4 Sep 2012 Ningbo International, 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 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay Hsieh Su-wei Raluca Olaru Renata Voráčová 7–5, 6–1 Win 12–5 May 2017 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay Han Xinyun Montserrat González Sílvia Soler Espinosa 7–5, 6–1 Loss 12–6 Jun 2017 Surbiton Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Marina Erakovic Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders 4–6, 5–7 Loss 12–7 Jun 2017 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Marina Erakovic Magdalena Fręch An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 6–7(5) Loss 12–8 May 2018 ITF Incheon, Korea 25,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Han Na-lae Kim Na-ri 0–5 ret. Win 13–8 Jun 2018 ITF Daegu, Korea 25,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Shiho Akita Misaki Doi 2–1 ret. Win 14–8 Feb 2019 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Alexandra Bozovic Isabelle Wallace 6–2, 6–4 Win 15–8 Mar 2019 Kōfu International Open, 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

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Taiwanese female tennis player

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Chang Kai-chen was born on 13 January 1991 in Taoyuan District.

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