Chuang Chia-jung (; ; born 10 January 1985) is a Taiwanese former tennis player. In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the

WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...

and three doubles titles on tournaments of the

WTA Challenger Tour WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012. Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series),

, as well as ten singles and 33 doubles titles 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 pro tour and her marriage via Instagram.

Career

At the

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, Chuang reached the final of the women's doubles tournament with her partner

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that they lost in three sets to

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and

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. She also reached the women's doubles final of the 2007 US Open. In 2001, Chuang played for the first time for the

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. Her win–loss record in

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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

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, English, and Taiwanese.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 36 (22 titles, 14 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (10–5)

Doubles: 48 (33–15)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chuang, Chia-jung 1985 births Living people Asian Games medalists in tennis Olympic tennis players for Taiwan Sportspeople from Kaohsiung Taiwanese female tennis players Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade