Chan Yung-jan ' onMouseout='HidePop("5938")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Taichung_County">Taichung County
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(now part of Taichung City),
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) is a professional female tennis player from
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(Chinese Taipei;
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). She has won 13 ITF singles titles; and 7 WTA and 11 ITF doubles titles. Her career highlights include semifinals in the
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in 2006 and finals in the
PTT Bangkok OpenThe PTT Bangkok Open was a tennis tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand. Held from 2005 to 2007, this WTA Tour event was a Tier III-tournament and was played on outdoor hardcourts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
in 2007 (l. to
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) .
In the Australian Open 2007, she lost to her first-round opponent
Alicia MolikAlicia Molik is a Australian professional female tennis player. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Molik also reached a career high doubles ranking of number 6, and won two grand slam doubles titles, at the...
2–6 6–7(3). Nevertheless, she reached the final in the women's doubles with another Taiwanese player,
Chuang Chia-jungChuang Chia-jung is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player. In the Australian Open 2007, she reached the final of the women's doubles with her partner Chan Yung-jan, but lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber...
, where they lost in three sets to
Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles...
and
Liezel HuberLiezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...
. She lost in the first round of the
2007 French OpenThe 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...
to
Elena LikhovtsevaElena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, currently inactive. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1...
, but made her top 50 debut afterwards, at #50. Her current ranking on the WTA circuit is No.129 (as of May 23, 2011).
Junior performance
Chan started playing in the junior circuit in 2002, and reached the SF stage at her first ITF 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 in 2004 Australian Open Junior Championships, where she partnered Sun Sheng-nan to win the double trophy. The achievement hinted at the emergence of a talented double player.
2003
While still a junior, Chan entered her very first pro tour in Tainan, where she reached the semi-final in the singles, and the quarter-final in the doubles.
2004
Chan started her professional career in 2004. By the end of 2004, she already was the singles title holder of three 10,000 USD ITF events, including Colombo, Jakarta 3, and Taipei. She also won three doubles titles in Jakarta 3, Haibara, and Mount Gambier.
2005
Chan's 2005 season got a strong start with a win in the 25,000 USD ITF event in Taipei. She also won a 50,000 USD ITF event in Fukuoka. Later that year, she qualified for the US Open, but failed to defeat
Serena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
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 with
Chuang Chia-jungChuang Chia-jung is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player. In the Australian Open 2007, she reached the final of the women's doubles with her partner Chan Yung-jan, but lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber...
to win her first tour-level doubles title in Seoul.
2006
Chan played in the qualifying events of all four grand slams, and qualified into the main draws in
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
and the US Open, but failed to beat resurgent
Alicia MolikAlicia Molik is a Australian professional female tennis player. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Molik also reached a career high doubles ranking of number 6, and won two grand slam doubles titles, at the...
and Belgian
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respectively. Her breakthrough and first tour-level win came at the Tokyo Open, where she reached the SF stage by defeating local favourite and two-time winner
Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
. The victory marked her first Top 30 win. She also participated in the doubles event of Tokyo Open and reached the final stage, once again partnering
Chuang Chia-jungChuang Chia-jung is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player. In the Australian Open 2007, she reached the final of the women's doubles with her partner Chan Yung-jan, but lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber...
.
As for her achievements in the challenger circuit: she won the singles titles in Melbourne, Fukuoka, Kurume, and Kaohsiung. Together with regular partner Chuang Chia-jung she also won the doubles titles in Sydney, Gosford, Fukuoka, Kurume, and
KaohsiungKaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
. After her victory in Kaohsiung, she surged into the Top 100, and was ranked No. 73 in the singles.
2007
To establish herself in tour level, Chan has only participated in Tour events in the beginning of 2007. She entered the main draws of the Australian Open, Pattaya, Bangalore, and
Indian WellsThe Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....
, but failed to advance past the first round. In
MiamiThe Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
she reached the second round by defeating
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, before losing to first seed
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.
Chan finally found her footing after entering the clay court season. In
CharlestonThe Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA...
, she qualified into the main draw, and stunned No. 39 ranked
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in two sets to set up a rematch against reigning Australian Open and Miami winner
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. Chan was 5–3 up before Serena retired with a groin injury. Her magical journey in Charleston ended in the third round, where she was defeated by
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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 career high No.50 on June 11, 2007. In
BangkokThe PTT Bangkok Open was a tennis tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand. Held from 2005 to 2007, this WTA Tour event was a Tier III-tournament and was played on outdoor hardcourts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, Chan entered her first WTA singles final, but lost to No. 49 ranked
Flavia PennettaFlavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
in two sets.
Her singles achievements aside, Chan's doubles performance has been stunning. Awarded with a wild-card entry, Chan and Chuang reached the Final stage of the Australian Open, which was Chan's first Grand Slam doubles event ever. On their way to the final, they defeated 2006 US Open doubles finalists
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/
SrebotnikKatarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
and 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon champions
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/
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. In February, they participated in two more events. They reached the final in both Pattaya and Bangalore, and won the double title in the latter.
In their
Indian WellsThe Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....
debut, they again stormed into the final with back-to-back wins over 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon champs Yan / Zheng in the QF, and 2006 US Open champions
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/
DechyNathalie Dechy is a French former professional tour tennis player.Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara...
in the SF. However, they lost the final to 2006
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champions
RaymondLisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...
/
StosurSamantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
in straight sets. Had they won the final match, they would have beaten every 2006 Grand Slam champion team in one single event. So far, they have made it into the final in all six tour-level doubles events they'd entered. Their finals streak was broken in
MiamiThe Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
, where they lost to
RaymondLisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...
/
StosurSamantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
in the semi-final.
2008
At the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, Chan became the last player that top ranked Justine Henin ever beat before she retired the following week.
She represented her country at the
2008 Beijing OlympicsTennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....
in both singles and doubles.
2009
Starting season with an unexpected game lead of 5–1 advantage to Russian World No.4
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in her first round match in Auckland, New Zealand, but ultimately lost the match. After then, results came uninspired other than winning a round on
MelbourneThe Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
Plexicushion, her first time to do so. It was diagnosed later a fatigue fracture in her left foot, which had to stop her season for 3 months from after Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, to when grass season kicked off. Chan suffered quite a number of upsets since the comeback, but rebounded just well in time during her Asian tour in Autumn, and delighted home crowds by sweeping both singles and doubles (w/Chuang) titles in the Taipei 100K+H ITF tournament. For the 4th year in a row, Chan finished season in top 100.
On the doubles court, Chan shocked World No.1s
Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles...
and
Liezel HuberLiezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...
with Romanian
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, in the quarter-finals of the Premier level tournament in Stanford. They were defeated by
SerenaSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
and
Venus WilliamsVenus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
in the title match after taking out another seeded pair of Maria Kirilenko and Sorana Cirstea.
2010
In the US Open, Chan beat 2 former WTA Top 50s –
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and
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– to make her first R32 in a Grand Slam, her previous best results are R64 at 2008 US Open, 2009 Australian Open, and 2010 Wimbledon. In the third round, she lost 6–1, 6–0 to top seed and World No. 2
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.
2011
In the
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, Chan reached the final of mixed doubles with
Paul HanleyPaul Jason Hanley is a professional male tennis player from Australia, specialising in doubles. His parents, Jay and Judy, co-own a tennis centre, one of the main reasons Hanley pursued a career in the sport.He lost the 2005 Wimbledon finals in mixed doubles, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis...
to their first ever grand slam final. Along the way, they defeated defending champions and fourth seeds
Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles...
and
Leander PaesLeander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
in two set tiebreakers. However, the pair lost to second seeds
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and
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in three sets.
Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Career SR | Career win-loss |
| Grand Slam Tournaments |
| Australian Open |
A |
A |
A |
LQ |
1R -Seeds:# Maria Sharapova # Amélie Mauresmo # Svetlana Kuznetsova # Kim Clijsters # Nadia Petrova # Martina Hingis # Elena Dementieva ...
|
1R Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jelena Janković.Maria Sharapova won in the final 7–5, 6–3, against Ana Ivanović to win her third Grand Slam title and her first at the Australian Open. She was also the first Russian woman to win this tournament...
|
2R Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, due to a shoulder injury.Serena Williams won in the final 6–0, 6–3, against Dinara Safina.-Seeds:# Jelena Janković ...
|
1R |
0 / 4 |
1–4 |
| French Open |
A |
A |
A |
LQ |
1R |
1R |
A |
1R Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko.Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6 in the final and became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Seeds:...
|
0 / 3 |
0–3 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
A |
A |
1R Results of the Ladies' Singles at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.-Schedule:-Seeds:# Amélie Mauresmo # Kim Clijsters # Justine Henin-Hardenne # Maria Sharapova ...
|
1R Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion but was knocked out in the fourth round by Nicole Vaidišová.23rd seed Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli in the final, 6–4, 6–1...
|
1R Venus Williams was the defending champion, and won in the final 7–5, 6–4, against her sister Serena Williams.-Seeds:# Ana Ivanović # Jelena Janković # Maria Sharapova ...
|
1R Venus Williams was the defending champion but lost to her sister Serena in the final 7–6, 6–2.-Seeds:# Dinara Safina # Serena Williams # Venus Williams # Elena Dementieva ...
|
2R The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament...
|
0 / 5 |
1–5 |
| US Open |
A |
A |
1R |
1R |
1R |
2R |
LQ |
3R |
0 / 5 |
3–5 |
| Grand Slam SR |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 17 |
N/A |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–1 |
0–2 |
0–4 |
1–4 |
1–2 |
3–4 |
N/A |
5–17 |
| Olympic Games |
| Summer Olympics Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics...
|
Not
Held |
A |
Not Held |
1R The Women's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre...
|
Not
Held |
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
| Year-End Championship |
| WTA Tour Championships The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments |
| Indian Wells The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
3R |
2R Ana Ivanović was the defending champion, but lost to Vera Zvonareva in the final.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Dinara Safina # Jelena Janković # Elena Dementieva ...
|
2R Ana Ivanović was the defending champion, but lost to Vera Zvonareva in the final.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Dinara Safina # Jelena Janković # Elena Dementieva ...
|
0 / 4 |
4–4 |
| Miami The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
2R |
2R |
1R Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina # Jelena Janković ...
|
LQ |
0 / 3 |
2–3 |
| Madrid There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...
|
Not Held |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Beijing The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in...
|
Not
Held |
Not Tier I |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| WTA Premier 5 Tournaments |
DubaiThe Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab...
|
Not Tier I |
1R Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the quartefinals to Venus Williams.Venus Williams won in the final, 6–4, 6–2, over Virginie Razzano.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round....
|
1R Venus Williams was the defending champion and defended her title by defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-5 in the finals.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Caroline Wozniacki # Svetlana Kuznetsova ...
|
0 / 2 |
0–2 |
| Rome The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
LQ |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Cincinnati |
Not
Held |
Not Tier I |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
Montreal/TorontoThe Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
A |
|
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
| Tokyo The is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events) |
| Charleston The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
3R |
1R Jelena Janković was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals.-Seeds:The top 8 seeds receive a bye into the second round.-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* r = retired* W/O = walkover-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:...
|
NM5 |
0 / 2 |
3–2 |
| Moscow The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Doha The Qatar Ladies Open , known as the Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons, is tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. Total S.A. was the main tournament sponsor...
1 |
Not Tier I |
1R Justine Henin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Maria Sharapova won in the final 6–1, 2–6, 6–0, against Vera Zvonareva.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round....
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Not Held |
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
BerlinThe German Open, sponsored from 2006 through 2008 as the Qatar Telecom German Open, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in Berlin, Germany. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
2R Seven of the top ten women on the WTA Tour will be playing the Qatar Telecom German Open from May 5 to May 11 of 2008, including world number one Justine Henin...
|
0 / 1 |
1–1 |
| San Diego1 |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
Not Held |
NM5 |
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Zurich The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at...
1 |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Not
Tier I |
Not Held |
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| WTA Tournaments played |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
7 |
N/A |
57 |
| Finals reached |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
1 |
| Tournaments Won |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
0 |
| Hardcourt Win-Loss |
0–0 |
14–2 |
13–5 |
27–8 |
12–10 |
8–9 |
26–14 |
8–7 |
N/A |
85–40 |
| Clay Win-Loss |
3–1 |
5–1 |
0–0 |
5–1 |
9–4 |
7–6 |
1–2 |
0–0 |
N/A |
30–15 |
| Grass Win-Loss |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–3 |
0–3 |
0–0 |
N/A |
6–10 |
| Carpet Win-Loss |
0–0 |
3–1 |
7–2 |
10–1 |
12–2 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
0–0 |
N/A |
36–6 |
| Overall Win-Loss |
3–1 |
22–4 |
20–7 |
45–11 |
34–19 |
28–28 |
30–20 |
8–7 |
N/A |
190–97 |
| Year End Ranking |
N/A |
489 |
219 |
96 |
67 |
68 |
94 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
A = did not participate in the tournament
LQ = Qualifying round loss
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
1As of 2008, Doha is a Tier I tournament, replacing San Diego and
ZurichThe Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at...
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Women's doubles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through 2009 Australian Open
.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Career SR | Career win-loss |
| Grand Slam Tournaments |
| Australian Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
F -Seeds:# Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur # Yan Zi / Zheng Jie # Cara Black / Liezel Huber # Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez # Dinara Safina / Katarina Srebotnik ...
|
3R Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko.Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko won in the final 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, against Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er.-Seeds:...
|
1R Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final 6–3, 6–3, against Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama.Defending champions Alyona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko and Roberta Vinci.-Seeds:...
|
3R |
0 / 4 |
9–4 |
| French Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
QF |
QF |
A |
3R Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions, but they decided not to compete together. Ruano Pascual partnered up with Meghann Shaughnessy, but they lost in the first round against Cara Black and Elena Vesnina...
|
0 / 3 |
8–3 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
A |
A |
A |
3R Yan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions but Zheng did not compete in 2007. Yan partnered Peng Shuai and reached the quarterfinals where they were beaten by Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo....
|
1R Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final 6–2, 6–2, against Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.-Seeds:...
|
1R Venus Williams and Serena Williams were the defending champions, and won in the final 7–6, 6–4, against Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs-Seeds:# Cara Black / Liezel Huber ...
|
1R |
0 / 4 |
2–4 |
| US Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
F |
1R Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina were the defending champions, but Safina chose not to participate, and only Dechy competed that year.Dechy partnered with Casey Dellacqua, but lost in the first round to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska....
|
2R Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated them in the final 6–2, 6–2.- Seeds :# Cara Black / Liezel Huber # Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual ...
|
SF |
0 / 4 |
9–4 |
| Grand Slam SR |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 4 |
0 /15 |
N/A |
| Grand Slam win-loss |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
15–4 |
5–4 |
1–3 |
7–4 |
N/A |
28–16 |
| Olympic Games |
| Summer Olympics Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics...
|
Not
Held |
A |
Not Held |
2R The women's doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....
|
Not
Held |
0 / 1 |
1–1 |
| Year-End Championship |
| WTA Tour Championships The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
SF The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour...
|
A |
A |
|
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
| WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments |
| Indian Wells The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
F |
QF |
1R Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Safina chose not to participate, and only Vesnina competed that year.Vesnina partnered with Maria Sharapova, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova and Tatiana Poutchek.-Seeds:...
|
SF Victoria Azarenka and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions. Azarenka chose not to compete and Zvonareva partnered with Lucie Šafářová.Zvonareva lost in the first round to the wildcard team of Jelena Janković and Tathiana Garbin....
|
0 / 4 |
9–4 |
| Miami The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
SF |
2R |
A |
SF Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo were the defending champions, but Mauresmo retired from the sport on December 3, 2009.Kuznetsova chose to compete with Alicia Molik, but they lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta...
|
0 / 3 |
7–3 |
| Madrid There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...
|
Not Held |
A |
2R Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but they chose not to compete together.Black partnered up with Elena Vesnina, but they lost to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in the first round....
|
0 / 1 |
1–1 |
| Beijing The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in...
|
Not
Held |
Not Tier I |
A |
2R |
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
| WTA Premier 5 Tournaments |
DubaiThe Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab...
|
Not Tier I |
QF Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, and won in the final, 6–3, 6–3, over Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska.-Seeds:The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Cara Black / Liezel Huber ...
|
QF Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, however they lost in the semifinals 4–6, 6–2, [9–11], against Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik...
|
0 / 2 |
3–2 |
| Rome The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
W |
A |
A |
1 / 1 |
5–0 |
| Cincinnati |
N/H |
Not Tier I |
A |
QF |
0 / 1 |
2–1 |
Montreal/TorontoThe Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
QF |
0 / 1 |
2–1 |
| Tokyo The is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R Vania King and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions, both of them were present this year, but played with different partners.King partnered with Zheng Jie and Petrova partnered with Gisela Dulko both lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama, in the first round and the semifinals...
|
SF |
0 / 2 |
1–2 |
| Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events) |
| Charleston The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
QF -Seeds:The top 4 seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Cara Black / Liezel Huber # Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama # Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs ...
|
NM5 |
0 / 2 |
1–2 |
| Moscow The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Doha The Qatar Ladies Open , known as the Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons, is tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. Total S.A. was the main tournament sponsor...
1 |
Not Tier I |
QF Martina Hingis and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions, but Hingis retired on November 1, 2007, and Kirilenko chose not to participate that year.Květa Peschke and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 10–7, against Cara Black and Liezel Huber....
|
Not Held |
0 / 1 |
1–1 |
BerlinThe German Open, sponsored from 2006 through 2008 as the Qatar Telecom German Open, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in Berlin, Germany. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
2R The defending champions are Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.-Seeds:The top 4 seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Cara Black / Liezel Huber # Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs ...
|
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
| San Diego1 |
A |
A |
A |
A |
SF The 2007 Acura Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States. It was part of Tier I of the 2007 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from July 28 through August 5, 2007.-Singles: Maria Sharapova def...
|
Not Held |
NM5 |
0 / 1 |
3–1 |
| Zurich The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at...
1 |
A |
A |
A |
A |
QF |
Not
Tier I |
Not Held |
0 / 1 |
1–1 |
| WTA Tournaments played |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
N/A |
50 |
| Finals reached |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
N/A |
20 |
| Tournaments Won |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
N/A |
9 |
| Hardcourt Win-Loss |
0–0 |
13–2 |
12–3 |
18–3 |
32–9 |
20–12 |
20–10 |
32–12 |
N/A |
134–45 |
| Clay Win-Loss |
1–0 |
4–2 |
0–0 |
3–1 |
10–3 |
15–5 |
3–0 |
3–2 |
N/A |
39–13 |
| Grass Win-Loss |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
8–1 |
0–2 |
1–3 |
1–2 |
N/A |
10–7 |
| Carpet Win-Loss |
0–0 |
4–0 |
7–3 |
13–2 |
6–3 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
N/A |
30–9 |
| Overall Win-Loss |
1–0 |
21–4 |
19–6 |
34–6 |
56–16 |
35–20 |
24–13 |
36–17 |
N/A |
209–71 |
| Year-end doubles ranking |
N/A |
287 |
148 |
107 |
8 |
15 |
52 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
A = did not participate in the tournament
SR = the ratio of the number of doubles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
1As of 2008, Doha is a Tier I tournament, replacing San Diego and
ZurichThe Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at...
.
Mixed Doubles Performance Timeline
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Career win-loss |
| Grand Slam Tournaments |
| Australian Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
QF Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor were the defendings champions, but Likhovtseva chose not to participate, and only Nestor competed that year.Nestor partnered with Zheng Jie, but lost in the first round to Chan Yung-jan and Eric Butorac....
|
A |
A |
F |
2–1 |
| French Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
1R |
A |
|
0–2 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
A |
A |
A |
3R The mixed doubles event at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships was held over six rounds of competition. The final took place on July 8 with unseeded pair Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković defeating fifth-seeds Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in three sets...
|
3R Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković were the defending champions, but Janković chose not to participate, and only Murray competed that year.Murray partnered with Liezel Huber, but lost in the semifinals to Bob Bryan & Samantha Stosur....
|
A |
|
2–2 |
| US Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
2R |
1R Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but Azarenka chose not to participate, and only Mirnyi competed that year.Mirnyi partnered with Anna Chakvetadze, but lost in the first round to Nadia Petrova and Jonas Björkman....
|
A |
|
1–2 |
| Win-Loss |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
2–3 |
3–4 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
5–7 |
| Team Tournaments |
| Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
0–0 |
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