Chuang Chia-jung (; ; 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) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2007Australian Open Hard Chan Yung-jan Cara Black Liezel Huber 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6Loss 2007US Open Hard Chan Yung-jan Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina 4–6, 2–6
Grand Slam performance timelines
Doubles Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Australian Open3R1RF3R1R2RQF1RA1R1R1R1R13–12 French OpenAAQFQF2R1R1R2RAA2R1R1R9–9 WimbledonAA3R1R2R2R1R1RAA1R1R2R5–9 US Open2RAF1R1R2R1RQFAA2R1R2R12–10Win–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 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 1–3Win–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)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 3 October 2004 Korea Open Hard Hsieh Su-wei Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra 3–6, 6–1, 5–7Win 1. 2 October 2005 Korea Open Hard Chan Yung-jan Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin 6–2, 6–4Loss 2. 1 October 2006 Korea Open Hard Mariana Díaz Oliva Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 2–6, 3–6Loss 3. 8 October 2006 Japan Open Hard Chan Yung-jan Vania King Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–7(2), 7–5, 2–6Loss 4. 27 January 2007 Australian Open Hard Chan Yung-jan Cara Black Liezel Huber 4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6Loss 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, 5–7Win 3. 17 June 2007 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Chan Yung-jan Sun Tiantian Meilen Tu 7–6(3), 6–3Win 4. 23 June 2007 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Chan Yung-jan Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 7–5, 6–2Loss 7. 9 September 2007 US Open Hard Chan Yung-jan Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina 4–6, 2–6Win 5. 23 September 2007 China Open Hard Hsieh Su-wei Han Xinyun Xu Yifan 7–6(2), 6–3Win 6. 30 September 2007 Korea Open Hard Hsieh Su-wei Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr 6–2, 6–2Loss 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, 6–3Loss 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), 6–3Loss 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, 6–0Win 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, 6–4Win 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, 6–2Loss 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, 6–4Win 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, 1–6Win 22. 20 February 2016 Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates Hard Darija Jurak Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4Loss 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) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1-0 Jul 2014 Jiangxi Open, China Hard Junri Namigata Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan 7–6(4), 6–3Win 2-0 Sep 2014 Suzhou Ladies Open, China Hard Chan Chin-wei Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi 6–1, 3–6, [10–7] Loss 2-1 Nov 2014 Taipei Ladies Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) Chang Kai-chen Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 4–6, 3–6 Loss 2-2 Nov 2016 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Hard (i) Chang Kai-chen Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]Win 3-2 Jun 2017 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Renata Voracova Lina Gjorcheska Aleksandrina Naydenova 6–4, 6–2
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Singles: 15 (10–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore 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)