Yung-Jan Chan

Yung-Jan Chan
  • Residence: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
  • Date of Birth: 17 Aug 1989
  • Birthplace: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
  • Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
  • Weight: 132 lbs. (60 kg)
  • Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
  • Status: Pro (August 2004)

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Yung-Jan Chan Biography

Coached by father, Chan Yuan-Liang ... Mother is Liu Hsieh-Chen (businesswoman); younger sister is Chan Hao-Ching (also plays on WTA) ... Began playing at age 6 when father introduced her to the sport at a tennis club ... Baseliner whose favorite shot is backhand down the line; favorite surface is hard ... Speaks Chinese, English ... Likes light rock music, Chinese food, swimming ... Favorite tournament is US Open ... Goal is to reach Top 30 or higher.
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YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles 0 0
WTA Doubles Titles 1 10
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles 0 17
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles 0 16
Prize Money $64,896 $2,000,766
W/L - Singles 4 - 3 257 - 146
W/L - Doubles 4 - 2 271 - 115
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Results

PATTAYA CITY

WTA // THAILAND // 28-Jan-2013 // $235,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/16Q/16D // Rank: 88 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R16 Loss Alison Riske (USA) 198 6-2 3-1 RET

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$700
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Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
97 148 75
Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
11-Jun-2007 (50) 18-Aug-2008 (6)
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JANUARY - Fell 1r at Shenzhen (l. to Morita); won 10th WTA doubles title at Shenzhen (w/H.Chan); reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to Ivanovic).

FEBRUARY - Fell in Pattaya City qualifying; withdrew from Kuala Lumpur w/vertigo.

MARCH - Did not play.
2003 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Chinese Taipei.

2004 - Won three singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played first WTA main draw at US Open, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. to S.Williams); fell in qualifying twice; won first WTA doubles title (w/Chuang); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - First Top 100 season; SF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Nakamura); fell 1r twice (Wimbledon, US Open) and in qualifying twice (other two majors); made Top 100 debut on October 30 (rose from No.101 to No.96); won four singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Another Top 100 season; reached first WTA final at Bangkok (l. to Pennetta); QF at Kolkata; reached 3r once and 2r twice; fell 1r 11 times (incl. all four majors) and in qualifying once; made Top 50 debut on June 11 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.53 to No.50); went 44-12 in doubles w/Chuang, winning three WTA doubles titles and reaching first two Grand Slam finals at Australian Open and US Open (were first players from Chinese Taipei ever to reach a Grand Slam final of any kind); also qualified for WTA Championships w/Chuang (l. first match); made doubles Top 10 debut on June 11 (rose from No.13 to No.10); won four singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Another Top 100 season; SF at Strasbourg (l. to Srebotnik); QF twice at Pattaya City and Bali; reached 3r once and 2r six times (incl. US Open); fell 1r nine times (incl. other three majors, Olympics); and in qualifying five times; won three WTA doubles titles (all w/Chuang).

2009 - Another Top 100 season; QF twice at Guangzhou and Seoul; reached 2r three times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r seven times (incl. Wimbledon) and fell in qualifying three times (incl. US Open); won one WTA doubles title; won one singles title and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit; missed clay court season w/left foot injury (incl. Roland Garros).

2010 - Reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r three times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r nine times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying six times; won one WTA doubles title; won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2011 - Reached 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r once; fell 1r four times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying five times (incl. other two majors); won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2012 - SF at Carlsbad (l. to Bartoli); reached 2r once (Roland Garros); fell 1r twice and in qualifying six times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); missed first two and a half months recovering from surgery in off-season to remove stomach cyst.
SINGLES
Finalist (1): 2007 - Bangkok.

DOUBLES
Winner (10): 2013 - Shenzhen (w/H.Chan); 2010 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Zheng); 2009 - Seoul (w/Spears); 2008 - Pattaya City, Rome, Los Angeles (all w/Chuang); 2007 - Bangalore, Birmingham, 's-Hertogenbosch (all w/Chuang); 2005 - Seoul (w/Chuang).
Finalist (13): 2012 - Pattaya City (w/H.Chan); 2010 - Hobart (w/Niculescu), Stanford (w/Zheng); 2009 - Stanford (w/Niculescu); 2008 - Bangalore, Strasbourg (both w/Chuang); 2007 - Australian Open, Pattaya City, Indian Wells, US Open (all w/Chuang), Istanbul (w/Mirza), Stuttgart (w/Safina); 2006 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Chuang).

MIXED DOUBLES
Finalist (1): 2011 - Australian Open (w/Hanley).

ADDITIONAL
Chinese Taipei Fed Cup Team, 2006-08.

Overall Stats

YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles 0 0
WTA Doubles Titles 1 10
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles 0 17
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles 0 16
Prize Money $64,896 $2,000,766
W/L - Singles 4 - 3 257 - 146
W/L - Doubles 4 - 2 271 - 115

Grand Slam History

Singles

W/L   2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
2 / 5 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2r - - 1r 2r 1r 1r -
3 / 5 FRENCH OPEN - 2r 3r 1r - 1r 1r -
1 / 5 WIMBLEDON - - - 2r 1r 1r 1r 1r
3 / 6 US OPEN - - 1r 3r - 2r 1r 1r
W/L   2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
2 / 5 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - - - - - - -
3 / 5 FRENCH OPEN - - - - - - -
1 / 5 WIMBLEDON - - - - - - -
3 / 6 US OPEN 1r - - - - - -

Doubles

W/L   2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
11 / 6 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1r - 3r 3r 1r 3r F -
12 / 5 FRENCH OPEN - 3r 3r 3r - QF QF -
3 / 6 WIMBLEDON - 1r 2r 1r 1r 1r 3r -
10 / 6 US OPEN - 1r 1r SF 2r 1r F -

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Yung-Jan Chan Results

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PATTAYA CITY

WTA // THAILAND // 28-Jan-2013 // $235,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/16Q/16D // Rank: 88 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R16 Loss Alison Riske (USA) 198 6-2 3-1 RET

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$700

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Grand Slam // AUSTRALIA // 14-Jan-2013 // $13,712,772 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 128M/128Q/64D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /Q

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R128 Win [W] Abbie Myers (AUS) 686 6-1 6-2
Q-R64 Win Irina Falconi (USA) 151 6-1 6-2
Q-R32 Win [14] Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) 130 6-3 6-1
R128 Win Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 44 6-1 1-6 6-1
R64 Loss [13] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 13 7-5 1-6 6-4

WTA Rankings PTS

+160

Prize Money

$45,723

SHENZHEN

WTA // CHINA P.R. // 30-Dec-2012 // $500,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/16Q/16D // Rank: 117 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R32 Loss Ayumi Morita (JPN) 85 6-4 6-4

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$3,114

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Current WTA Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
97 148 75

Rankings Breakdown

Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
14/01/2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 160
27/08/2012 US OPEN 3R 50
25/06/2012 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/05/2012 FRENCH OPEN 2R 160
29/08/2011 US OPEN 1R 60
20/06/2011 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
22/05/2011 FRENCH OPEN 3R 220
17/01/2011 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 3R 50
30/08/2010 US OPEN 3R 160
21/06/2010 WIMBLEDON 2R 100
Date Tournament Round Points
23/05/2010 FRENCH OPEN 1R 5
18/01/2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
31/08/2009 US OPEN Q - 3R 50
22/06/2009 WIMBLEDON 1R 5
19/01/2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 100
25/08/2008 US OPEN 2R 60
23/06/2008 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
25/05/2008 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
14/01/2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2007 US OPEN 1R 2
Date Tournament Round Points
25/06/2007 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/05/2007 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
15/01/2007 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
28/08/2006 US OPEN 1R 31
26/06/2006 WIMBLEDON 1R 31
28/05/2006 FRENCH OPEN Q - 1R 2
16/01/2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 2R 15
29/08/2005 US OPEN 1R 43
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Rankings History

Year Season-ending Singles Season-ending Doubles
2012 106 72
2011 132 42
2010 109 18
2009 94 52
2008 68 17
2007 67 8
2006 96 119
2005 219 148
2004 489 373
Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
11-Jun-2007 (50) 18-Aug-2008 (6)

Current WTA Rankings

Ranking Points
97 704

Rankings Breakdown

  • Singles
    Doubles

Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
14/01/2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 160
27/08/2012 US OPEN 3R 50
25/06/2012 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/05/2012 FRENCH OPEN 2R 160
29/08/2011 US OPEN 1R 60
20/06/2011 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
22/05/2011 FRENCH OPEN 3R 220
17/01/2011 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 3R 50
30/08/2010 US OPEN 3R 160
21/06/2010 WIMBLEDON 2R 100
Date Tournament Round Points
23/05/2010 FRENCH OPEN 1R 5
18/01/2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
31/08/2009 US OPEN Q - 3R 50
22/06/2009 WIMBLEDON 1R 5
19/01/2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 100
25/08/2008 US OPEN 2R 60
23/06/2008 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
25/05/2008 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
14/01/2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2007 US OPEN 1R 2
Date Tournament Round Points
25/06/2007 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/05/2007 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
15/01/2007 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
28/08/2006 US OPEN 1R 31
26/06/2006 WIMBLEDON 1R 31
28/05/2006 FRENCH OPEN Q - 1R 2
16/01/2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 2R 15
29/08/2005 US OPEN 1R 43

Tour Championships

Date Tournament Round Points

Premier Mandatory Events

Date Tournament Round Points
13/08/2012 CINCINNATI 2R 20
16/07/2012 CARLSBAD 4R 212
09/07/2012 STANFORD Q - 1R 1
02/04/2012 CHARLESTON 2R 8
20/03/2012 MIAMI 2R 20
22/03/2011 MIAMI 1R 30
09/03/2011 INDIAN WELLS Q - 1R 1
21/02/2011 DOHA Q - 1R 1
26/09/2010 TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC 1R 1
09/08/2010 CINCINNATI 2R 20
Date Tournament Round Points
26/07/2010 STANFORD 1R 1
14/06/2010 EASTBOURNE 2R 8
08/05/2010 MADRID Q - 1R 1
23/03/2010 MIAMI Q - 2R 20
10/03/2010 INDIAN WELLS 2R 80
14/02/2010 DUBAI 1R 30
27/07/2009 STANFORD 3R 12
25/03/2009 MIAMI 1R 5
11/03/2009 INDIAN WELLS 2R 50
15/02/2009 DUBAI 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points

Internationals

Date Tournament Round Points
28/01/2013 PATTAYA CITY Q - 1R 1
30/12/2012 SHENZHEN 1R 1
17/09/2012 GUANGZHOU 1R 1
11/06/2012 BIRMINGHAM 2R 6
10/10/2011 OSAKA 1R 1
19/09/2011 GUANGZHOU 2R 30
06/06/2011 BIRMINGHAM Q - 2R 1
07/02/2011 PATTAYA CITY 1R 1
20/09/2010 SEOUL 1R 1
13/09/2010 GUANGZHOU 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
07/06/2010 BIRMINGHAM 1R 1
17/05/2010 STRASBOURG 1R 1
22/02/2010 KUALA LUMPUR 1R 1
08/02/2010 PATTAYA CITY 2R 30
03/01/2010 BRISBANE Q - 2R 6
12/10/2009 OSAKA 2R 30
21/09/2009 SEOUL 3R 70
14/09/2009 GUANGZHOU 3R 70
14/06/2009 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 1R 1
08/06/2009 BIRMINGHAM 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
09/02/2009 PATTAYA CITY 1R 1
11/01/2009 HOBART Q - 2R 6
05/01/2009 AUCKLAND 1R 1

Tier 1-5

Date Tournament Round Points
29/09/2008 TOKYO - JAPAN OPEN 1R 1
22/09/2008 SEOUL 2R 15
08/09/2008 BALI 3R 40
28/07/2008 MONTREAL 1R 1
21/07/2008 LOS ANGELES 2R 20
15/06/2008 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 2R 20
19/05/2008 STRASBOURG 4R 65
12/05/2008 ROME Q - 2R 10
05/05/2008 BERLIN 2R 50
14/04/2008 CHARLESTON 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
07/04/2008 AMELIA ISLAND 1R 1
26/03/2008 MIAMI 2R 30
12/03/2008 INDIAN WELLS 3R 40
03/03/2008 BANGALORE 1R 1
25/02/2008 DUBAI Q - 2R 5
18/02/2008 DOHA 1R 1
04/02/2008 PATTAYA CITY 3R 30
06/01/2008 SYDNEY Q - 2R 5
30/12/2007 GOLD COAST Q - 2R 3
08/10/2007 BANGKOK QF 100
Date Tournament Round Points
01/10/2007 STUTTGART 2R 5
17/09/2007 KOLKATA 3R 35
21/08/2007 FOREST HILLS 1R 1
30/07/2007 SAN DIEGO 1R 1
17/06/2007 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 1R 1
11/06/2007 BIRMINGHAM 2R 10
21/05/2007 ISTANBUL 1R 1
09/04/2007 CHARLESTON 3R 75
21/03/2007 MIAMI 2R 30
07/03/2007 INDIAN WELLS 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
12/02/2007 BANGALORE 1R 1
05/02/2007 PATTAYA CITY 1R 1
02/10/2006 TOKYO - JAPAN OPEN 4R 55
26/09/2005 SEOUL Q - 2R 4
19/09/2005 BEIJING Q - 2R 6

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