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