Chan Hao-ching

Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won twenty-one WTA Tour, two WTA Challenger and six ITF titles in that discipline. Chan reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition at Wimbledon with Max Mirnyi in 2014, her first major final. She reached two more finals in 2017, the Wimbledon women's doubles with Monica Niculescu, and the US Open mixed doubles with Michael Venus.

Personal life

She is the younger sister of fellow professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's doubles, Latisha Chan, formerly known as ''Chan Yung-jan''.

Career

2013: Shenzhen Open doubles title

At the beginning of the season, Chan won the Shenzhen Open with her sister Chan Yung-jan, beating Irina Buryachok and Valeriya Solovyeva in straight sets. She reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Open with Janette Husárová, falling to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. At the Portugal Open, she won her second title of the year with Kristina Mladenovic, defeating Darija Jurak and Katalin Marosi in straight sets. Chan reached the second round of the French Open with Darija Jurak. She then suffered first round losses at both Wimbledon and the US Open, and also reached the finals of the Southern California Open with Janette Husárová and the Pan Pacific Open with Liezel Huber. She finished 2013 ranked 26th.

2014: Wimbledon mixed doubles final

At Wimbledon, Chan reached the final of the mixed doubles with Max Mirnyi to reach her first Grand Slam tournament final. They lost to Nenad Zimonjić and Samantha Stosur, also in straight sets.

2015: First Premier-5 title and Grand Slam quarterfinal

Early in the year, Chan won the title at the Thailand Open with her sister, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn in three sets.

They won their fourth Tour doubles title together at the Cincinnati Open, and by doing so, had the second largest number of WTA Tour doubles titles for a pair of sisters in WTA history following only Serena and Venus Williams. Cincinnati represented their biggest title yet and their first at the Premier-5 level. Next, they won another title at the Japan Women's Open in Tokyo.

The Chans reached two other finals, at the Pan Pacific Open, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro, and the China Open, losing to the No. 1 pairing of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza. Hao-ching and Yung-jan became the third all-sister pairing to qualify for the WTA Finals after Manuela Maleeva and Katerina Maleeva in 1986 and the Williams sisters in 2009. They reached the semifinals, losing again to Hingis and Mirza. It was Chan's first appearance at the tournament. She finished 2015 ranked 12th, her best year-end ranking so far.

2017: Wimbledon and US Open doubles finals

Hao-ching became only the second Taiwanese woman, following 2013 champion Hsieh Su-wei, to reach the Wimbledon women's doubles final. Playing with Monica Niculescu, who was also making her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament final, they were overwhelmed 6–0, 6–0 by the pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. It was only the second such result in a final in the history of the competition.

At the US Open, playing with New Zealander Michael Venus, she reached the mixed doubles final against top seeds Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray, losing in a deciding champions tiebreak.

2023: Thailand Open doubles title

Chan won her 19th Tour title at the Thailand Open, partnering with Wu Fang-hsien.

2024: 20th WTA title

Chan won her 20th title at the Hobart International, partnering with Giuliana Olmos, defeating Guo Hanyu and Jiang Xinyu in the final.

Teaming with Veronika Kudermetova she was runner-up at the China Open in October, losing to Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the final.

Chan and Kudermetova qualified for the WTA Finals and reached the semifinals after compiling a record of two wins and one loss in the group stages. They lost to Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in the last four.

Equipment

The Chan sisters use Wilson racquets. They are also sponsored by Taiwan Mobile, EVA Air, and French apparel company Lacoste.

Performance timeline

''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.

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Grand Slam tournaments

Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 3 (runner-ups)

Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Living people
1993 births
Taiwanese people of Hakka descent
Hakka sportspeople
Taiwanese female tennis players
Sportspeople from Taichung
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for Taiwan
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics