Latisha Chan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Latisha Chan
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 17, 1989(1989-08-17)
Age	35
Birthplace	Taipei
Country	Taiwan
Horoscope	Leo

Latisha Chan Biography

Latisha Chan is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on August 17, 1989 in Taipei, Taiwan. As a junior, Chan 2003 took part in her first professional tour event in Taiwan. Chan reached the semifinals in singles, and in the quarterfinals of doubles. Her professional career began in 2004. At the end in the calendar year she held the title of singles champion of three events worth $10,000, which included Colombo, Jakarta, and Taipei. She also took home three doubles titles in Jakarta, Haibara, and Mount Gambier. The 2005 season was started well by winning an event worth $25,000 in Taipei. She also took home the $50,000 prize in Fukuoka. The following year, she was selected to play in an entry into the US Open, but failed to take on Serena Williams in the first round. Following she won the US Open, she played two qualifying tournaments during Beijing and Seoul and was unable to make it into in the draw for the tournament. She did however team with Chuang Chia-jung and won her first doubles tour title in Seoul.

In order to establish herself on the WTA Tour level, Chan did not play in the WTA Tour tournaments at the beginning of 2007. She was in the main draw for the Australian Open, at Pattaya, Bangalore, and Indian Wells however she was unable to progress beyond into the second round. In Miami she made it to the second round after beating Nuria Llagostera Vives. She then went on to losing to the top player Maria Sharapova.

In the 2011 Australian Open, she reached the final of mixed doubles with Paul Hanley, their first Grand Slam final. Along the way, they defeated the defending champions, and fourth-seeded, Cara Black and Leander Paes, in two set-tiebreakers. However, this team lost the final to second seeds Daniel Nestor and Katarina Srebotnik in three sets.

Chan reached the semifinals of 2012 Mercury Insurance Open, losing to Marion Bartoli 6–1, 3–6, 3–6.

In addition to her singles successes, Chan also had success with doubles in 2007. With a wildcard entry, Chan and Chuang reached the finals of the Australian Open, which was Chan’s first Grand Slam doubles event. To reach in the semi-finals, they beat the 2006 US Open doubles finalists Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik as well as the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon champions Yan Zi and Zheng Jie. In February the Chans took part in two additional tournaments. They made it to the final at each of Pattaya and Bangalore and took home the doubles title at the second event.

Latisha Chan Net Worth

Latisha Chan is one of the richest Tennis Player from Taiwan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Latisha Chan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chan began competing on Junior circuits in 2002. She was in the semifinals of her debut ITF Junior event. With strong performances both in challenger and junior events, her junior ranking was No. 2 on the 24th of May 2004. But her most notable junior triumph came during in 2004 at the Australian Open Junior Championships, in which she was paired with Sun Sheng-nan in winning the doubles prize. The win was a sign of the development of her talents as a double player.

For the final match of their Indian Wells debut, the Chans once again dominated the final, winning back-toback against the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon champs Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the quarterfinals. They also beat the 2006 US Open champions Vera Zvonareva and Nathalie Dechy in the semifinals. They lost in the final match to the 2006 Roland Garros champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in straight sets. If they had won their final match they would have beaten each single 2006 Grand Slam champion team in only one tournament. At the time they had advanced to the final in each of the six tours-level doubles events that they signed up for. The streak of their finals was ended in Miami in the semifinals, where they fell against Raymond Stosur and Raymond Stosur in the final.

In the 2010 US Open, 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. In the third round, she lost 1–6, 0–6 to top seed and world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki.

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They would win their next title at the Wuhan Open, their third Premier-5 crown of the year. The following tournament, the season’s last Premier Mandatory event, they would win their ninth title of the season at the Beijing event. That means they won three out of the four Premier Mandatory events in 2017, only missing out on the Miami Open where they lost in the semifinals. It also meant that they won six of the nine Premier-5/Premier-Mandatory tournaments of the season. Chan and Hingis finished the season as joint world No. 1, only the fifth time in WTA history that a team had shared the year-end top spot.

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Latisha Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Taiwan. Latisha Chan celebrates birthday on August 17 of every year.

Chan struggled in 2018 after Hingis retired. Apart from winning her maiden mixed-doubles title at French Open with Ivan Dodig, she did not win any titles during her 33-week reign as world No. 1. She finally dropped out of that position after losing in the second round at Roland Garros. After a Premier title in San Jose (with Květa Peschke) and a Premier-5 final in Montreal (with Ekaterina Makarova), Chan returned to the No. 1 ranking in doubles only for one week before dropping out of top ten later in the season.