Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional

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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

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with

Max Mirnyi Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished ...

in 2014, her first

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final. She reached two more finals in 2017, the Wimbledon women's doubles with

Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 28 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She has won three singles and 10 dou ...

, and the US Open mixed doubles with

Michael Venus Michael Venus (born 16 October 1987) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 29 August 2022. Venus won the 2017 French Open men's doubles partnering Ryan Harrison, and follo ...

Personal life

She is the younger sister of fellow professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's doubles,

Latisha Chan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title ...

, 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 Irina Buryachok (; born 5 July 1986) is a former tennis player from Ukraine. On 14 June 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 183, and on 17 March 2014, she peaked at No. 66 in the doubles rankings. In 2012, she won her f ...

and

Valeriya Solovyeva Valeriya Alexandrovna Solovyeva (; born 3 November 1992) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Solovyeva won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and in addition three singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 27 Ma ...

in straight sets. She reached the quarterfinals of the

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with

Janette Husárová Janette Husárová (; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former tennis player. On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings. She won the WTA Tour Championshi ...

, falling to

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and

Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, h ...

. At the

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, she won her second title of the year with

Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam ...

, defeating

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and

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in straight sets. Chan reached the second round of the

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with Darija Jurak. She then suffered first round losses at both

and the

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, and also reached the finals of the

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with

and the

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with

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. She finished 2013 ranked 26th.

2014: Wimbledon mixed doubles final

, Chan reached the final of the mixed doubles with

to reach her first Grand Slam tournament final. They lost to

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and

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, 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

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and

Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn (, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's career-high WTA ranking is No. 19, achiev ...

in three sets. They won their fourth Tour doubles title together at the

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, 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

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. Cincinnati represented their biggest title yet and their first at the Premier-5 level. Next, they won another title at the

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in Tokyo. The Chans reached two other finals, at the Pan Pacific Open, losing to

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and

Carla Suárez Navarro Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, o ...

, and the China Open, losing to the No. 1 pairing of

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and

Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles ...

. Hao-ching and Yung-jan became the third all-sister pairing to qualify for the

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after

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and

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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

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, to reach the

women's doubles final. Playing with

, who was also making her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament final, they were overwhelmed 6–0, 6–0 by the pair of

and

. It was only the second such result in a final in the history of the competition. At the

, playing with New Zealander

, she reached the mixed doubles final against top seeds Martina Hingis and

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, losing in a deciding champions tiebreak.

2023: Thailand Open doubles title

Chan won her 19th Tour title at the Thailand Open, partnering with

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2024: 20th WTA title

Chan won her 20th title at the

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, partnering with

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, defeating

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and

Jiang Xinyu Jiang Xinyu ( zh, s=蒋欣玗, p=Jiǎng Xīnyú; ; born 3 March 1999) is a Chinese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 31 March 2025, she achieved a career-high doubles WTA ranking of world No. 29. Jiang has won five doubl ...

in the final. Teaming with

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she was runner-up at the

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in October, losing to

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and

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in the final. Chan and Kudermetova qualified for the

and reached the semifinals after compiling a record of two wins and one loss in the group stages. They lost to

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and

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in the last four.

Equipment

The Chan sisters use Wilson racquets. They are also sponsored by

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, and French apparel company

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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)

Notes

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Hao-Ching 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