Chuang Chia-jung

Chuang Chia-jung
莊佳容

File:Chuang RG15 (19311921261).jpg Chuang at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Residence	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Born	(1985-01-10) 10 January 1985 Kaohsiung
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	28 October 2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,636,548
Singles
Career record	184–107
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 177 (13 November 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	487–255
Career titles	22 WTA, 3 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 5 (18 August 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2007)
French Open	QF (2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	F (2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2008, 2010, 2011)
French Open	QF (2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2008)
US Open	2R (2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	26–11
Medal record Representing Chinese Taipei Women's tennis Asian Games Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Women's team Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Women's team Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Women's team Universiade Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok Women's doubles Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir Women's doubles Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok Mixed doubles

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chuang (莊).

Chuang Chia-jung (Chinese: 莊佳容; pinyin: Zhuāng Jiāróng; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tswáŋ.tɕjá zʊ̌ŋ]; born 10 January 1985) is a Taiwanese former tennis player. In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 November 2006, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 177. On 18 August 2008, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 28 October 2018, Chuang announced her retirement from pro tour and her marriage via Instagram.

Career

At the 2007 Australian Open, Chuang reached the final of the women's doubles tournament with her partner Chan Yung-jan that they 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, Chuang played for the first time for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team. Her win–loss record in Fed Cup is 26–11.

Biography

Chuang was coached by her father Chuang Wen-teng. Her mother Xie Xiu-ling is a pharmacist. Chuang's favorite surface is hardcourt, and her best shot is her serve. She started playing tennis at age seven when introduced to it by her father. She speaks Mandarin, English, and Taiwanese.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Loss	2007	US Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina	4–6, 2–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Australian Open	3R	1R	F	3R	1R	2R	QF	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	13–12
French Open	A	A	QF	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	9–9
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	2R	5–9
US Open	2R	A	F	1R	1R	2R	1R	QF	A	A	2R	1R	2R	12–10
Win–loss	3–2	0–1	15–4	5–4	2–4	3–4	3–4	4–4	0–0	0–1	2–4	0–4	2–4	39–40

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	QF	2R	QF	QF	A	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	A	A	A	1–3
Win–loss	5–3	4–4	2–4	2–3	3–3	1–2	17–19

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 36 (22 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Before 2009	Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2)
Tier I (1–1)	Premier M (1–0)
Tier II (2–1)	Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (3–2)	Premier (3–2)
Tier IV & V (4–4)	International (8–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	3 October 2004	Korea Open	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra	3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win	1.	2 October 2005	Korea Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2.	1 October 2006	Korea Open	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	8 October 2006	Japan Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Vania King Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7(2), 7–5, 2–6
Loss	4.	27 January 2007	Australian Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6
Loss	5.	11 February 2007	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Nicole Pratt Mara Santangelo	4–6, 6–7(4)
Win	2.	18 February 2007	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva	6–7(4), 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	6.	18 March 2007	Indian Wells Open, U.S.	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	3–6, 5–7
Win	3.	17 June 2007	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Chan Yung-jan	Sun Tiantian Meilen Tu	7–6(3), 6–3
Win	4.	23 June 2007	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Chan Yung-jan	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	7–5, 6–2
Loss	7.	9 September 2007	US Open	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina	4–6, 2–6
Win	5.	23 September 2007	China Open	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Han Xinyun Xu Yifan	7–6(2), 6–3
Win	6.	30 September 2007	Korea Open	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8.	7 October 2007	Japan Open	Hard	Vania King	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	6–1, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	7.	10 February 2008	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Hsieh Su-wei Vania King	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9.	9 March 2008	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win	8.	18 May 2008	Italian Open	Clay	Chan Yung-jan	Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová	7–6(5), 6–3
Loss	10.	24 May 2008	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Chan Yung-jan	Yan Zi Tatiana Perebiynis	4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Win	9.	27 July 2008	Los Angeles Classic, U.S.	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Eva Hrdinová Vladimíra Uhlířová	2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win	10.	28 September 2008	Korea Open	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Dushevina Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 6–0
Win	11.	12 April 2009	Ponte Vedra Beach, U.S.	Clay	Sania Mirza	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	12.	9 August 2009	Los Angeles Classic, U.S.	Hard	Yan Zi	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	13.	18 October 2009	Osaka Open, Japan	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears	6–2, 6–4
Win	14.	16 January 2010	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Květa Peschke	Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	11.	11 April 2010	Ponte Vedra Beach, U.S.	Clay	Peng Shuai	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	15.	9 October 2010	China Open	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6(2), 1–6, [10–7]
Win	16.	21 May 2011	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Akgul Amanmuradova	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 5–7, [10–2]
Win	17.	27 August 2011	New Haven Open, U.S.	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 6–2
Loss	12.	14 January 2012	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–7(4), 7–6(4), [5–10]
Win	18.	4 March 2012	Malaysia Open	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara	7–5, 6–4
Win	19.	5 May 2012	Portugal Open	Clay	Zhang Shuai	Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva	4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Win	20.	20 September 2014	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Alizé Cornet Magda Linette	2–6, 7–6(3), [10–7]
Win	21.	23 May 2015	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Liang Chen	Nadiia Kichenok Zheng Saisai	4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss	13.	29 August 2015	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Hard	Liang Chen	Julia Görges Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 1–6
Win	22.	20 February 2016	Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Darija Jurak	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 6–4
Loss	14.	27 August 2016	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu	5–7, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	27 July 2014	Jiangxi International Open, China	Hard	Junri Namigata	Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan	7–6(4), 6–3
Win	2.	6 September 2014	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi	6–1, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	1.	3 November 2014	Taipei Ladies Open, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chang Kai-chen	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	14 November 2016	Taipei Challenger, Taiwan	Hard (i)	Chang Kai-chen	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	3.	11 June 2017	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Renata Voracova	Lina Gjorcheska Aleksandrina Naydenova	6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (10–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	18 March 2001	ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1.	28 October 2001	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Dianne Matias	6–2, 6–1
Win	2.	4 November 2001	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Prariyawan Ratanakrong	6–0, 6–1
Win	3.	28 April 2003	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Khoo Chin-bee	7–5, 6–4
Win	4.	11 May 2003	ITF Surabaya, Indonesia	Clay	Liza Andriyani	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	5.	8 June 2003	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Ivanna Israilova	6–2, 6–2
Win	6.	10 August 2003	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Suchanun Viratprasert	6–2, 6–1
Win	7.	10 April 2004	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Hao Jie	6–3, 6–1
Win	8.	21 June 2004	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Lee Eun-jeong	6–3, 6–2
Win	9.	28 August 2004	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Sania Mirza	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2.	22 May 2005	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Kim Jin-hee	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	13 November 2005	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	4.	23 July 2006	Kurume Cup, Japan	Carpet	Latisha Chan	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	10.	22 October 2006	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Erika Takao	6–0, 6–4
Loss	5.	18 March 2001	ITF Sutama, Japan	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 48 (33–15)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	28 October 2001	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Weng Tzu-ting	Chao Hsiao-han Khoo Chin-bee	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	11 November 2001	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Weng Tzu-ting	Ha Ji-sun Shin Mi-ran	6–0, 6–3
Win	3.	3 February 2002	ITF Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Nicole Kriz Sarah Stone	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–2
Loss	1.	26 May 2002	ITF Tianjin, China	Hard (i)	Chan Chin-wei	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	0–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	28 January 2003	ITF Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Ilke Gers	Lauren Breadmore Kristen van Elden	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	3 March 2003	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Ilke Gers	Monique Adamczak Madita Suer	4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	17 March 2003	ITF Yarrawonga, Australia	Grass	Ilke Gers	Sarah Borwell Bree Calderwood	6–1, 7–5
Loss	4.	24 March 2003	ITF Albury, Australia	Grass	Ilke Gers	Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win	5.	4 May 2003	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Hwang I-hsuan	Sandy Gumulya Septi Mende	6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	11 May 2003	ITF Surabaya, Indonesia	Clay	Khoo Chin-bee	Liza Andriyani Wukirasih Sawondari	6–1, 6–0
Loss	5.	15 June 2003	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Choi Jin-young Kim Mi-ok	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	7.	10 August 2003	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Kim Jin-hee Ryoko Takemura	6–2, 7–5
Win	8.	17 August 2003	ITF Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Dong Yanhua Zhang Yao	6–4, 6–1
Win	9.	22 November 2003	ITF Tainan, Taiwan	Clay	Chan Chin-wei	Satomi Kinjo Wang I-ting	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6.	5 April 2004	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Khoo Chin-bee	Yang Shujing Yu Ying	6–7(8), 1–2 ret.
Loss	7.	2 May 2004	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Carpet	Wynne Prakusya	Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra	6–7(4), 2–6
Win	10.	6 June 2004	ITF Wulanhaote, China	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Du Rui Liu Nannan	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	11.	13 June 2004	ITF Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Wynne Prakusya	Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu	6–3, 6–1
Win	12.	29 August 2004	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Akgul Amanmuradova Sania Mirza	7–6(8), 6–4
Loss	8.	24 October 2004	ITF Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	Chan Chin-wei Latisha Chan	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–7(3)
Loss	9.	30 October 2004	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	3–6, 1–6
Win	13.	27 February 2005	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Ryōko Fuda Seiko Okamoto	6–3, 6–2
Loss	10.	14 May 2005	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Latisha Chan	Ryōko Fuda Seiko Okamoto	2–6, 6–7
Win	14.	22 May 2005	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	6–2, 7–5
Win	15.	29 May 2005	ITF Shanghai, China	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Liu Wanting Sun Shengnan	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	16.	5 June 2005	ITF Nanjing, China	Hard	Xie Yanze	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss	11.	8 November 2005	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Latisha Chan	Ryōko Fuda Wynne Prakusya	4–6, 4–6
Win	17.	17 February 2006	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Latisha Chan	Ayumi Morita Junri Namigata	6–2, 6–1
Win	18.	26 February 2006	ITF Gosford, Australia	Hard	Latisha Chan	Beti Sekulovski Cindy Watson	6–2, 6–3
Loss	12.	24 March 2006	ITF Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Latisha Chan	Monique Adamczak Erica Krauth	6–7(4), 6–1, 1–6
Loss	13.	2 May 2006	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Carpet	Latisha Chan	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	6–7(5), 6–3, 5–7
Win	19.	14 May 2006	Fukuoka International, Japan	Grass	Latisha Chan	Leanne Baker Christina Horiatopoulos	6–1, 6–2
Win	20.	21 May 2006	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Līga Dekmeijere Trudi Musgrave	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win	21.	23 May 2006	ITF Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Nina Bratchikova Līga Dekmeijere	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	22.	18 June 2006	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Yoo Mi Lee Jin-a	6–2, 6–4
Win	23.	9 July 2006	ITF Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Ayami Takase Seiko Okamoto	6–2, 6–3
Win	24.	23 July 2006	Kurume Cup, Japan	Carpet	Latisha Chan	Ayami Takase Seiko Okamoto	w/o
Win	25.	21 August 2006	ITF Nanjing, China	Hard	Xie Yanze	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	6–1, 7–6(11)
Win	26.	29 October 2006	ITF Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto	7–6(2), 7–5
Win	27.	14 November 2006	ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hard	Latisha Chan	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	7–6(1), 6–1
Win	28.	22 April 2007	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Latisha Chan	Angelika Bachmann Vanessa Henke	6–2, 6–3
Win	29.	26 October 2008	Taipei Open, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Hsieh Su-wei	Hsu Wen-hsin Hwang I-hsuan	6–3, 6–3
Win	30.	2 November 2009	Taipei Open, Taiwan	Hard (i)	Latisha Chan	Yayuk Basuki Riza Zalameda	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	31.	7 November 2010	Taipei Open, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chang Kai-chen	Sania Mirza Hsieh Su-wei	6–4, 6–2
Loss	14.	13 December 2013	ITF Hong Kong	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Ellen Perez Abbie Myers	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	32.	27 April 2014	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Irena Pavlovic Kristýna Plíšková	6–4, 6–3
Win	33.	31 May 2014	ITF Changwon, Korea	Hard	Junri Namigata	Lee Ye-ra Kim So-jung	7–6(5), 6–0
Loss	15.	21 May 2017	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Naomi Broady Heather Watson	3–6, 2–6