Latisha Chan
Taiwanese former world No. 1 in doubles and Grand Slam champion.
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Latisha Chan, born 17 August 1989 and formerly known as Chan Yung-jan, is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player. She became world No. 1 in doubles, winning the 2017 US Open doubles title with Martina Hingis and three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Ivan Dodig. Her best singles ranking was No. 50 in 2007.
Career
Chan began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2002, reaching the semifinals at her first junior event. Her combined junior ranking climbed to No. 2 on May 24, 2004, and her most notable junior victory came at the 2004 Australian Open Junior Championships, where she partnered Sun Shengnan to win the doubles title. While still a junior, she entered her first pro-circuit event in Taiwan in 2003, reaching the singles semifinals and doubles quarterfinals.
She turned professional in 2004 and by year's end had won three $10k singles titles in Colombo, Jakarta, and Taipei, along with three doubles titles in Jakarta, Haibara, and Mount Gambier. In 2005, she won a $25k event in Taipei and a $50k event in Fukuoka, then qualified for the US Open but lost in the first round to Serena Williams. Later that year, she teamed with Chuang Chia-jung to win her first tour-level doubles title in Seoul. In 2006, she qualified for the main draws at Wimbledon and the US Open but lost to Alicia Molik and Kirsten Flipkens respectively.
Her first tour-level singles breakthrough came at the Tokyo Open, where she reached the semifinals by defeating two-time winner Ai Sugiyama, marking her first top-30 win; she also reached the doubles final with Chuang. On the Challenger Tour, she won singles titles in Melbourne, Fukuoka, Kurume, and Kaohsiung, and doubles titles with Chuang in Sydney, Gosford, Fukuoka, Kurume, and Kaohsiung. After her Kaohsiung victory, she entered the top 100 at No. 73 in singles.
In early 2007, she entered the main draws of the Australian Open, Pattaya, Bangalore, and Indian Wells but lost in the first round each time. At Miami, she reached the second round by defeating Nuria Llagostera Vives before losing to top seed Maria Sharapova.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Gold Asian Games — 2006 Doha Team
- Gold Asian Games — 2010 Guangzhou Doubles
- Gold Asian Games — 2014 Incheon Team
- Gold Asian Games — 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
- Silver Asian Games — 2006 Doha Doubles
- Silver Asian Games — 2010 Guangzhou Team
- Silver Asian Games — 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Doubles
- Bronze Asian Games — 2014 Incheon Doubles
- Gold Universiade — 2017 Taipei Doubles
- Bronze Universiade — 2017 Taipei Mixed doubles
Singles
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q3 | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 3–5 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q3 | 3R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 9–23 |
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Latisha Chan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
Did You Know?
- Latisha Chan is the elder sister of professional tennis player Chan Hao-ching (also known as Angel Chan).
- She is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Transnational Sport Management and Innovation at National Taiwan Sport University.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Latisha Chan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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