Latisha Chan has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 US Open alongside Martina Hingis, as well as nine at WTA 1000-level.
23 Facts About Latisha Chan
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Latisha Chan 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, after Hsieh Su-wei.
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Latisha Chan again topped the doubles rankings on 13 August 2018, and has spent a total of 34 weeks as world No 1.
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Latisha Chan is the elder sister of professional tennis player Latisha Chan Hao-ching.
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Latisha Chan started playing in the ITF Junior Circuit in 2002 and reached the semifinal stage at her first ITF junior event.
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Latisha Chan reached the semifinals in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles.
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Latisha Chan won three doubles titles at Jakarta, Haibara, and Mount Gambier.
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Latisha Chan played in the qualifying events of all four Grand Slam tournaments and qualified into the main draws in Wimbledon and the US Open, but failed to beat resurgent Australian Alicia Molik and Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, respectively.
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Latisha Chan participated in the doubles event and reached the finals, partnering Chuang Chia-jung.
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Latisha Chan entered the main draws of the Australian Open, at Pattaya, Bangalore, and Indian Wells, but failed to advance past the first round.
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Latisha Chan finally found her footing after entering the clay court season.
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In Bangkok, Latisha Chan reached her first WTA singles final, but lost to No 49 ranked Flavia Pennetta, in two sets.
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At the German Open in Berlin, Latisha Chan became the last player whom top-ranked Justine Henin ever defeated before she retired the following week.
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Latisha Chan represented her country at the Beijing Olympics, in both singles and doubles.
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Latisha Chan was diagnosed with a fatigue fracture in her left foot, which stopped her season for three months after the Miami Open to when the grass-court season kicked off.
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Latisha Chan suffered quite a number of upsets after her comeback, but rebounded just in time for the Asian tour in the autumn.
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Latisha Chan delighted home crowds by sweeping both the singles and doubles titles in the Taipei $100k tournament.
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At the 2010 US Open, Latisha Chan beat two former WTA top-50s, Anne Keothavong and Tamira 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, and 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
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Latisha Chan reached the semifinals of the 2012 Carlsbad Open, losing to Marion Bartoli in three sets.
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Latisha Chan lost her third Grand Slam doubles final at the Australian Open.
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In February 2017, Latisha Chan teamed up with former world No 1, Martina Hingis, for the women's doubles competition at the Dubai Championships.
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Latisha Chan finally dropped out of that position after losing in the second round at Roland Garros.
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Latisha Chan re-united with her sister Hao-ching at the start of the 2019 season, and found immediate success.