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Chuang Chia-jung

Taiwanese tennis player

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

Chuang Chia-jung (Chinese: 莊佳容; pinyin: Zhuāng Jiāróng; Taiwanese Mandarin::; born 10 January 1985) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player.

In her career, she won 22 doubles *les on the WTA Tour and three doubles *les on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles *les and 33 doubles *les 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.

Contents

  • 1 Career
  • 2 Biography
  • 3 Grand Slam finals
    • 3.1 Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)
  • 4 Grand Slam performance timelines
    • 4.1 Doubles
    • 4.2 Mixed doubles
  • 5 WTA career finals
    • 5.1 Doubles: 36 (22 *les, 14 runner-ups)
  • 6 WTA 125 Challenger finals
    • 6.1 Doubles: 5 (3 *les, 2 runner-ups)
  • 7 ITF Circuit finals
    • 7.1 Singles: 15 (10–5)
    • 7.2 Doubles: 48 (33–15)
  • 8 References
  • 9 External links

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)

Grand Slam performance timelines

(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

Mixed doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 36 (22 *les, 14 runner-ups)

WTA 125 Challenger finals

Doubles: 5 (3 *les, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (10–5)

Doubles: 48 (33–15)

References

External links

  • Chuang Chia-jung at the Women's Tennis *ociation
  • Chuang Chia-jung at the International Tennis Federation
  • Chuang Chia-jung at the Billie Jean King Cup