_(48199371941).jpg) Chan at the2019 French Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Chinese Taipei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Taipei City, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (age 36) Dongshi, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | August 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Chan Yuan-liang (her father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $6,155,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 292–179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 50 (11 June 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2009,2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 3R (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 3R (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 570–275 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No.1 (23 October 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 69 (18 March 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (2007,2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (2017,2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tour Finals | SF (2007,2015,2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | QF (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2018,2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (2014,2015,2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fed Cup | 22–16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 24 March 2024. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese nameChan Yung-jan (Chinese:詹詠然;pinyin:Zhān Yǒngrán;TaiwaneseMandarin:[tsánjʊ̀ŋzǎn,-lǎn]),[1] is a Taiwanese professionaltennis player who is a formerworld No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including aGrand Slam title at the2017 US Open alongsideMartina Hingis, as well as nine atWTA 1000-level. Chan also finished runner-up at three other Grand Slam events, the2007 and2015 Australian Open,[2] and the2007 US Open. In mixed doubles, she has won three Grand Slam titles: the2018 French Open,2019 French Open, and2019 Wimbledon Championships, all withIvan Dodig. Highlights of her singles career include reaching the semifinals at the2006 Japan Open and the final at theBangkok Open in 2007. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 on 11 June 2007, and became world No. 1 in doubles on 23 October 2017, the second Taiwanese player to do so, afterHsieh Su-wei. She again topped the doubles rankings on 13 August 2018, and has spent a total of 34 weeks as world No. 1.[3]
Chan is the elder sister of professional tennis playerChan Hao-ching (also known as Angel Chan). The sisters have played together in many tournaments on tour.
Latisha Chan is pursuing herPh.D. degree in Transnational Sport Management and Innovation atNational Taiwan Sport University.
Chan started playing in theITF Junior Circuit in 2002 and reached the semifinal stage at her firstITF junior event. With solid performances, both in junior and challenger events, her combined junior ranking reached No. 2 on May 24, 2004. However, her most significant junior victory came at the2004 Australian Open Junior Championships, where she partneredSun Shengnan to win the doubles trophy.
While still a junior, Chan entered her very first pro-circuit event in Taiwan in 2003. She reached the semifinals in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles. She started her professional career in 2004. By the end of the year, she already was the singles title holder of three $10k events, including Colombo, Jakarta, and Taipei. She also won three doubles titles at Jakarta, Haibara, and Mount Gambier.Her 2005 season got off to a strong start with a win at a $25k event in Taipei. She also won a $50k event in Fukuoka. Later that year, she qualified for theUS Open, but failed to defeatSerena Williams in the first round. After the US Open, she played two qualifying events in Beijing and Seoul, but failed to enter the main draw. However, she teamed up withChuang Chia-jung to win her first tour-level doubles title in Seoul.
Chan played in the qualifying events of all fourGrand Slam tournaments and qualified into the main draws inWimbledon and theUS Open, but failed to beat resurgent AustralianAlicia Molik and BelgianKirsten Flipkens, respectively. Her breakthrough and first tour-level win came at theTokyo Open, where she reached the semifinal stage by defeating local favourite and two-time winnerAi Sugiyama. The victory marked her first top-30 win. She also participated in the doubles event and reached the finals, once again partnering Chuang Chia-jung.
On the Challenger Tour, she won the singles titles in Melbourne, Fukuoka, Kurume, and Kaohsiung. Together with regular partner Chuang, she also won the doubles titles in Sydney, Gosford, Fukuoka, Kurume, and Kaohsiung. After her victory in Kaohsiung, she surged into the top 100 and was ranked No. 73 in singles.
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To establish herself at the WTA Tour level, Chan only participated in those events at the beginning of 2007. She entered the main draws of theAustralian Open, atPattaya,Bangalore, andIndian Wells, but failed to advance past the first round. InMiami, she reached the second round by defeatingNuria Llagostera Vives, before losing to top seedMaria Sharapova.
Chan finally found her footing after entering theclay court season. InCharleston, she qualified into the main draw, and stunned No. 39 rankedSéverine Brémond in two sets to set up a rematch against Serena Williams. Chan was 5–3 up before Serena retired with a groin injury. However, in the third round, she was defeated byVenus Williams in straight sets.
To improve her singles game, Chan entered three ITF pro events after Charleston and won all three of them. With the success in three events, her ranking rose to a career-high No. 50 on June 11. InBangkok, Chan reached her first WTA singles final, but lost to No. 49 rankedFlavia Pennetta, in two sets.
Her singles achievements aside, Chan also had success in doubles in 2007. Awarded with a wildcard entry, Chan and Chuang reached the finals of the Australian Open, which was Chan's first Grand Slam doubles event. On their way to the final, they defeated 2006 US Open doubles finalistsDinara Safina andKatarina Srebotnik, and 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon championsYan Zi andZheng Jie. In February, Chan and Chuang participated in two more events. They reached the final at bothPattaya andBangalore, and won the doubles title in the latter.
In theirIndian Wells debut, Chan and Chuang again stormed into the final with back-to-back wins over 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon champs Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the quarterfinals, and 2006 US Open championsVera Zvonareva andNathalie Dechy in the semifinals. However, they lost the final to 2006Roland Garros championsLisa Raymond andSamantha Stosur in straight sets. Had they won the final match, they would have defeated every 2006 Grand Slam champion team in one single event. At that point, they had made it into the final in all six tour-level doubles events they had entered. Their finals streak was broken inMiami, when they lost to Raymond and Stosur in the semifinal.
At theGerman Open in Berlin, Chan became the last player whom top-rankedJustine Henin ever defeated before she retired the following week. Chan represented her country at theBeijing Olympics, in both singles and doubles.[4]
Chan started the season with an unexpected lead of 5–1 against world No. 4,Elena Dementieva, in their first-round match inAuckland. Chan ultimately lost the match to the eventual champion. After that, her results were uninspiring other than winning a round at theAustralian Open, her first time to do so.
Chan was diagnosed with a fatigue fracture in her left foot, which stopped her season for three months after theMiami Open to when the grass-court season kicked off. She suffered quite a number of upsets after her comeback, but rebounded just in time for the Asian tour in the autumn. She delighted home crowds by sweeping both the singles and doubles (with Chuang) titles in the Taipei $100k tournament. For the fourth year in a row, Chan finished the season in the top 100.
On the doubles court, Chan shocked the world-number-one team ofCara Black andLiezel Huber withMonica Niculescu, in the quarterfinals of the Premier-level tournament inStanford. They were defeated by Serena and Venus Williams in the final after taking out another seeded pair,Maria Kirilenko andSorana Cîrstea.
At the2010 US Open, Chan beat two former WTA top-50s,Anne Keothavong andTamira Paszek, to make her first round of 32 in a Grand Slam tournament, her previous best results had been the round of 64 at the 2008 US Open, 2009 Australian Open, and2010 Wimbledon Championships. In the third round, she lost 1–6, 0–6 to top seed and world No. 2,Caroline Wozniacki.
At the2011 Australian Open, she reached the final of mixed doubles withPaul Hanley, their first major final. Along the way, they defeated the defending champions, and fourth-seeded Cara Black andLeander Paes, in two set-tiebreakers. However, this team lost the final to second seedsDaniel Nestor andKatarina Srebotnik in three sets.
Chan reached the semifinals of the2012 Carlsbad Open, losing toMarion Bartoli in three sets.[5]
2014, she lost the title match of theTaipei Challenger toVitalia Diatchenko, in three sets.[6]
Chan lost her third Grand Slam doubles final at theAustralian Open.[7] She and her sister won their fourth WTA doubles title together at theCincinnati Open, and by doing so, now have the second-most doubles titles for a pair of sisters in WTA history after only Serena and Venus Williams. The Chans previous three WTA doubles titles came atShenzhen in 2013,Eastbourne in 2014, andPattaya City in 2015. Cincinnati represents their biggest title yet, their first at the Premier-5 level.[8] They would go on to win another title at theJapan Women's Open in Tokyo.[9]
In February 2017, Chan teamed up with former world No. 1,Martina Hingis, for the women's doubles competition at theDubai Championships. Hingis had split from short-time partnerCoCo Vandeweghe due to limited success together. In March, Chan won at Indian Wells with Hingis, as they defeatedLucie Hradecká andKateřina Siniaková in the final.[10] This was the firstPremier Mandatory title for Chan, the first big title of her career.[11] The team added titles inMadrid andRome with final victories overTímea Babos andAndrea Hlaváčková[12] andEkaterina Makarova andElena Vesnina, respectively.[13]
Chan and Hingis played their first Grand Slam tournament together at theFrench Open. They advanced to the semifinals, where they lost to the eventual champions,Bethanie Mattek-Sands andLucie Šafářová.
In theSummer Universiade in August, Chan teamed up with her sister Hao-ching to a gold medal in the women's doubles. Then, Chan withdrew from the mixed doubles semifinals due to heatstroke. This move drew criticism from her partner,Hsieh Cheng-peng, and the public, who interpreted the event as Chan abandoning Hsieh to prepare for the US Open.[14][15] Chan and Hingis won their first Grand Slam women's doubles title together at theUS Open when they defeated Hradecká and Siniaková in straight sets. This was their seventh title of the season. After the US Open, Chan released a statement apologizing to Hsieh.[16]
They would win their next title at theWuhan Open, their third Premier-5 crown of the year. The following tournament, the season's last Premier Mandatory event, they would win their ninth title of the season at theBeijing event. That means they won three out of the four Premier Mandatory events in 2017, only missing out on the Miami Open where they lost in the semifinals. It also meant that they won six of the nine Premier-5/Premier-Mandatory tournaments of the season. Chan and Hingis finished the season as joint world No. 1, only the fifth time in WTA history that a team had shared the year-end top spot.[17]
Chan struggled after Hingis retired. Apart from winning her maiden mixed-doubles title atFrench Open withIvan Dodig, she did not win any titles during her 33-week reign as world No. 1. She finally dropped out of that position after losing in the second round atRoland Garros. After a Premier title in San Jose (withKvěta Peschke) and a Premier-5 final in Montreal (with Ekaterina Makarova), Chan returned to the No.-1 ranking in doubles only for one week before dropping out of top ten later in the season.
Chan re-united with her sister Hao-ching at the start of the 2019 season, and they found immediate success. They reached the final of theBrisbane International, and followed that up with wins in theHobart andDoha championships and a run to the quarterfinals in theAustralian Open.[18] In March, they reached the semifinals atIndian Wells,[18] in June, they won theEastbourne International,[19] and in September, they won thePan Pacific Open, beating sistersHsieh Su-wei andHsieh Yu-chieh in the final, to record their 14th WTA tournament win together.[20][21] It was the first time the sisters had won four tournaments in a single season.[22] The following week, they reached the quarterfinals of theWuhan Open. On 7 October, they became the fifth team to qualify for the2019 WTA Finals[22] where they did not do well, losing all three of their matches in the group stage.[23]
In mixed doubles, Chan and Dodig won their secondFrench Open title[24] and followed it up with theWimbledon title.[25]
She took part in the women's doubles at theParis Olympics alongside her sister, Chan Hao-ching, but they lost in the first round toBarbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.[26]
The Chan sisters useWilson racquets. They are also sponsored byTaiwan Mobile,EVA Air,[27] and French apparel companyLacoste.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records and career statistics.
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L |
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| 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 |
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | F | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | F | QF | 1R | QF | QF | SF | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 15 | 30–15 |
| French Open | A | A | QF | QF | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | 2R | 2R | A | 3R | 3R | QF | 0 / 14 | 31–14 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | 3R | NH | QF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 15 | 14–15 |
| US Open | A | A | F | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | W | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1 / 15 | 24–14 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 15–4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 10–4 | 8–4 | 13–3 | 6–4 | 7–4 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 1 / 58 | 99–58 |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 2 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 4 | Total: 271 | |
| Finals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 / 58 | 27–21 |
| Year-end ranking | 148 | 119 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 18 | 42 | 72 | 98 | 36 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 32 | 112 | 30 | ||
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | QF | A | A | F | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | A | 1R | 12–10 |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | QF | QF | 1R | W | W | NH | 1R | A | 1R | 15–8 |
| Wimbledon | 3R | 3R | A | QF | SF | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | WD | QF | W | NH | 3R | 2R[a] | QF | 17–9 |
| US Open | 2R | 1R | A | QF | 2R | A | 2R | SF | SF | SF | 2R | 2R | SF | NH | A | A | 1R | 19–10 |
| Win–loss | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 9–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 2–3 | 9–2 | 13–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 65–39 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | Chuang Chia-jung |  Cara Black Liezel Huber | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6 |
| Loss | 2007 | US Open | Hard | Chuang Chia-jung | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 2015 | Australian Open | Hard |  Zheng Jie |  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 2017 | US Open | Hard |  Martina Hingis | Lucie HradeckáKateřina Siniaková | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2011 | Australian Open | Hard |  Paul Hanley |  Katarina Srebotnik Daniel Nestor | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Win | 2018 | French Open | Clay |  Ivan Dodig | Gabriela DabrowskiMate Pavić | 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–8] |
| Win | 2019 | French Open(2) | Clay | Ivan Dodig | Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić | 6–1, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Ivan Dodig | 6–2, 6–3 |
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