Chuang Chia-jung
Taiwanese tennis player
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| Intro | Taiwanese tennis player | |
| Places | Taiwan | |
| is | Athlete Tennis player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
| Gender |
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| Birth | 10 January 1985, Kaohsiung City | |
| Age | 40 years | |
| Residence | Kaohsiung City |
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Biography
Chuang Chia-jung (Chinese: 莊佳容; born 10 January 1985) is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player.
Chuang has won twenty four doubles titles on the WTA tour (including two WTA 125K series), as well as ten singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 13 November 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 177. On 18 August 2008, she peaked at world number 5 in the doubles rankings.
Career
In the 2007 Australian Open, she reached the final of the women's doubles with her partner Chan Yung-jan, but 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, she played for the first time for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team. Chia-jung has a win–loss 25–11.
Biography
Coached by father, Chuang Wen-Teng. Mother's name is Xie Xiu Ling (is a pharmacist). Favorite surface is hardcourt; best shot is serve. Started playing tennis at age 7 when introduced to it by father. Speaks Mandarin, English, Taiwanese. Enjoys sleeping, seeing movies, shopping and singing. Favorite places to visit are Korea and Japan.
Grand Slams
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 2007 | US Open | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Career Win-Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | 3R | 1R | F | 3R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | A | 1R | 13–9 |
| French Open | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 8–6 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 4–6 |
| US Open | 2R | A | F | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | A | A | 9–5 |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 3–2 | 0–1 | 15–4 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 35–28 |
Mixed Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2016 | W-L | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | QF | 2R | QF | QF | 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 | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 5–3 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 17–19 | |||||||
WTA and WTA 125 Series Finals
Doubles: 40 (24–16)
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0/2) | |
| WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (1/1) | Premier Mandatory (1/0) |
| Tier II (2/1) | Premier 5 (0/0) |
| Tier III (3/2) | Premier (2/2) |
| Tier IV & V (4/4) | International (8/2) |
| WTA 125s tournaments (2–2) | |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 3 October 2004 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra | 6–3, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1. | 2 October 2005 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 1 October 2006 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Mariana Díaz-Oliva | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 8 October 2006 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Vania King Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 7–6(2), 5–7, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 27 January 2007 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 11 February 2007 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Nicole Pratt Mara Santangelo | 6–4, 7–6(4) |
| Winner | 2. | 18 February 2007 | Bangalore, India | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva | 6–7(4), 6–2, [11–9] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 18 March 2007 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 17 June 2007 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Chan Yung-jan | Sun Tiantian Meilen Tu | 7–6(3), 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 23 June 2007 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Chan Yung-jan | Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 9 September 2007 | New York, United States | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | 23 September 2007 | Beijing, China | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | Han Xinyun Xu Yifan | 7–6(2), 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 30 September 2007 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 7 October 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Vania King | Sun Tiantian Yan Zi | 1–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Winner | 7. | 10 February 2008 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Hsieh Su-wei Vania King | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 9 March 2008 | Bangalore, India | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian | 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Winner | 8. | 18 May 2008 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Chan Yung-jan | Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová | 7–6(5), 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 24 May 2008 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Chan Yung-jan | Yan Zi Tatiana Perebiynis | 6–4, 6–7(3), [10–6] |
| Winner | 9. | 27 July 2008 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová | 2–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
| Winner | 10. | 28 September 2008 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | Vera Dushevina Maria Kirilenko | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 11. | 12 April 2009 | Ponte Vedra Beach, United States | Clay | Sania Mirza | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | 6–3, 4–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 12. | 9 August 2009 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | Yan Zi | Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska | 6–0, 4–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 13. | 18 October 2009 | Osaka, Japan | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 14. | 16 January 2010 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | Květa Peschke | Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu | 3–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Runner-up | 11. | 11 April 2010 | Ponte Vedra Beach, United States | Clay | Peng Shuai | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Winner | 15. | 9 October 2010 | Beijing, China | Hard | Olga Govortsova | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 7–6(2), 1–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 16. | 21 May 2011 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Akgul Amanmuradova | Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová | 6–4, 5–7 [10–2] |
| Winner | 17. | 27 August 2011 | New Haven, United States | Hard | Olga Govortsova | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 14 January 2012 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | Marina Erakovic | Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu | 6–7(4), 7–6(4), [10–5] |
| Winner | 18. | 4 March 2012 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard | Chang Kai-chen | Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 19. | 5 May 2012 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Zhang Shuai | Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva | 4–6, 6–1, [11–9] |
| Winner | 20. | 27 July 2014 | Nanchang, China | Hard | Junri Namigata | Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| Winner | 21. | 6 September 2014 | Suzhou, China | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi | 6–1, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 22. | 20 September 2014 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Liang Chen | Alizé Cornet Magda Linette | 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–7] |
| Runner-up | 13. | 3 November 2014 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | Chang Kai-chen | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 23. | 23 May 2015 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Liang Chen | Nadiia Kichenok Zheng Saisai | 4–6, 6–4, [12–10] |
| Runner-up | 14. | 29 August 2015 | New Haven, United States | Hard | Liang Chen | Julia Görges Lucie Hradecká | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 24. | 20 February 2016 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Darija Jurak | Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 15. | 27 August 2016 | New Haven, United States | Hard | Kateryna Bondarenko | Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 16. | 14 November 2016 | Taipei, Taiwan | Hard (i) | Chang Kai-chen | Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova | 6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |