Chuang Chia-jung


Chuang Chia-jung is a retired Taiwanese tennis player.
In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA 125K series, as well as ten singles titles and 34 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 professional tennis 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 (2 runner-ups)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 36 (22–14)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.3 October 2004Korea Open, SeoulHard Hsieh Su-wei Cho Yoon-jeong
Jeon Mi-ra
6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Winner1.2 October 2005Korea Open, SeoulHard Chan Yung-jan Jill Craybas
Natalie Grandin
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up2.1 October 2006Korea Open, SeoulHard Mariana Díaz Oliva Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up3.8 October 2006Japan Open, TokyoHard Chan Yung-jan Vania King
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up4.27 January 2007Australian Open, MelbourneHard Chan Yung-jan Cara Black
Liezel Huber
6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Runner-up5.11 February 2007Pattaya Open, ThailandHard Chan Yung-jan Nicole Pratt
Mara Santangelo
6–4, 7–6
Winner2.18 February 2007Bangalore Open, IndiaHard Chan Yung-jan Hsieh Su-wei
Alla Kudryavtseva
6–7, 6–2,
Runner-up6.18 March 2007Pacific Life Open, Indian WellsHard Chan Yung-jan Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
6–3, 7–5
Winner3.17 June 2007DFS Classic, BirminghamGrass Chan Yung-jan Sun Tiantian
Meilen Tu
7–6, 6–3
Winner4.23 June 2007Ordina Open, 's-HertogenboschGrass Chan Yung-jan Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up7.9 September 2007US Open, New YorkHard Chan Yung-jan Nathalie Dechy
Dinara Safina
6–4, 6–2
Winner5.23 September 2007China Open, BeijingHard Hsieh Su-wei Han Xinyun
Xu Yifan
7–6, 6–3
Winner6.30 September 2007Korea Open, SeoulHard Hsieh Su-wei Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up8.7 October 2007Japan Open, TokyoHard Vania King Sun Tiantian
Yan Zi
1–6, 6–2,
Winner7.10 February 2008Pattaya Open, ThailandHard Chan Yung-jan Hsieh Su-wei
Vania King
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up9.9 March 2008Bangalore Open, IndiaHard Chan Yung-jan Peng Shuai
Sun Tiantian
6–4, 5–7,
Winner8.18 May 2008Internazionali BNL d'Italia, RomeClay Chan Yung-jan Iveta Benešová
Janette Husárová
7–6, 6–3
Runner-up10.24 May 2008Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceClay Chan Yung-jan Yan Zi
Tatiana Perebiynis
6–4, 6–7,
Winner9.27 July 2008East West Bank Classic, Los AngelesHard Chan Yung-jan Eva Hrdinová
Vladimíra Uhlířová
2–6, 7–5,
Winner10.28 September 2008Korea Open, SeoulHard Hsieh Su-wei Vera Dushevina
Maria Kirilenko
6–3, 6–0
Winner11.12 April 2009MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra BeachClay Sania Mirza Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond
6–3, 4–6,
Winner12.9 August 2009LA Women's Tennis Championships, Los AngelesHard Yan Zi Maria Kirilenko
Agnieszka Radwańska
6–0, 4–6,
Winner13.18 October 2009HP Open, OsakaHard Lisa Raymond Chanelle Scheepers
Abigail Spears
6–2, 6–4
Winner14.16 January 2010Moorilla Hobart International, AustraliaHard Květa Peschke Chan Yung-jan
Monica Niculescu
3–6, 6–3,
Runner-up11.11 April 2010MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra BeachClay Peng Shuai Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Yan Zi
4–6, 6–4,
Winner15.9 October 2010China Open, BeijingHard Olga Govortsova Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
7–6, 1–6,
Winner16.21 May 2011Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceClay Akgul Amanmuradova Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–4, 5–7
Winner17.27 August 2011New Haven Open at Yale, United StatesHard Olga Govortsova Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up12.14 January 2012Hobart International, AustraliaHard Marina Erakovic Irina-Camelia Begu
Monica Niculescu
6–7, 7–6,
Winner18.4 March 2012Malaysia Open, Kuala LumpurHard Chang Kai-chen Chan Hao-ching
Rika Fujiwara
7–5, 6–4
Winner19.5 May 2012Portugal Open, EstorilClay Zhang Shuai Yaroslava Shvedova
Galina Voskoboeva
4–6, 6–1,
Winner20.20 September 2014Guangzhou International, ChinaHard Liang Chen Alizé Cornet
Magda Linette
2–6, 7–6,
Winner21.23 May 2015Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceClay Liang Chen Nadiia Kichenok
Zheng Saisai
4–6, 6–4,
Runner-up13.29 August 2015Connecticut Open, New HavenHard Liang Chen Julia Görges
Lucie Hradecká
3–6, 1–6
Winner22.20 February 2016Dubai Tennis Championships, U.A.E.Hard Darija Jurak Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up14.27 August 2016Connecticut Open, New HavenHard Kateryna Bondarenko Sania Mirza
Monica Niculescu
5–7, 4–6

WTA 125 series finals

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