Liang Chen (Chinese: 梁辰; pinyin: Liáng Chén; born 25 February 1989) is a former professional Chinese tennis player.

Liang Chen
梁晨
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Born (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35)
Xuzhou, China
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$508,338
Singles
Career record182–132 (58.0%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 342 (21 September 2009)
Doubles
Career record239–189 (55.8%)
Career titles6 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 35 (26 October 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2017)
French Open2R (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon1R (2015, 2016)
US Open1R (2015, 2016)

Liang has a career-high singles ranking of 342, achieved on 21 September 2009. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking of 35, she reached on 26 October 2015.[1]

Liang made her WTA Tour main-draw doubles debut, partnering Zhou Yimiao at the 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open. They lost in the first round to Peng Shuai and Xu Yifan.

At the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open, partnering Tian Ran, they defeated Alona Bondarenko and Mariya Koryttseva 4–6, 6–3, [12–10] in the first round before losing to the second seeds Alberta Brianti and Petra Martić in the quarterfinals.

Playing for China Fed Cup team, she has a win-loss record of 3–2.

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (0–2)
International (5–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2014 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard   Chuang Chia-jung   Alizé Cornet
  Magda Linette
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Jan 2015 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard   Wang Yafan   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Nadiia Kichenok
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 2–1 Mar 2015 Malaysian Open International Hard   Wang Yafan   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Olga Savchuk
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 3–1 May 2015 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay   Chuang Chia-jung   Nadiia Kichenok
  Zheng Saisai
4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss 3–2 Aug 2015 Connecticut Open, United States Premier Hard   Chuang Chia-jung   Julia Görges
  Lucie Hradecká
3–6, 1–6
Win 4–2 Nov 2015 WTA Elite Trophy, China Elite Hard (i)   Wang Yafan   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Mar 2016 Malaysian Open International Hard   Wang Yafan   Varatchaya Wongteanchai
  Yang Zhaoxuan
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 4–4 May 2016 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay   María Irigoyen   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
2–6, 0–6
Win 5–4 Aug 2016 Jiangxi Open, China International Hard   Lu Jingjing   Shuko Aoyama
  Makoto Ninomiya
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [13–11]
Loss 5–5 Sep 2016 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Premier Hard   Yang Zhaoxuan   Sania Mirza
  Barbora Strýcová
1–6, 1–6
Win 6–5 Apr 2018 Istanbul Open, Turkey International Clay   Zhang Shuai   Xenia Knoll
  Anna Smith
6–4, 6–4

WTA 125 tournament finals edit

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2015 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand Hard   Wang Yafan   Varatchaya Wongteanchai
  Yang Zhaoxuan
6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals edit

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 5 April 2005 ITF Wuhan, China 10,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 1–1 5 May 2008 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia 10,000 Hard   Lavinia Tananta 6–7(1–7), 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–1 12 May 2008 ITF Bulungan, Indonesia 10,000 Hard   Lavinia Tananta 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–2 23 June 2008 ITF Qianshan, China 25,000 Hard   Chen Yanchong 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 16 February 2009 ITF Guangzhou, China 10,000 Hard   Zhou Yimiao 3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss 2–4 18 May 2009 ITF Incheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard   Han Xinyun 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 24 August 2009 ITF Qianshan 10,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–6 18 June 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Luksika Kumkhum 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–6 2 July 2011 ITF Pattaya 10,000 Hard   Luksika Kumkhum 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss 3–7 31 December 2012 ITF Hong Kong 10,000 Hard   Tian Ran 6–7(9–11), 6–2, 3–6
Win 4–7 20 December 2014 ITF Hong Kong 10,000 Hard   Sun Xuliu 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner–ups) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 13 February 2006 ITF Shenzhen, China 10,000 Hard   Song Shanshan   Hao Jie
  Yang Shujing
7–5, 6–1
Loss 20 February 2006 ITF Shenzhen, China 10,000 Hard   Hao Jie   Chen Yanchong
  Ji Chunmei
3–6, 0–6
Loss 8 October 2007 ITF Beijing, China 25,000 Hard   Zhao Yijing   Ji Chunmei
  Sun Shengnan
2–6, 3–6
Win 21 February 2009 ITF Guangzhou, China 10,000 Hard   Ji Chun-Mei   Han Xinyun
  Sun Shengnan
6–7, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss 7 June 2009 ITF Gimhae, Korea 25,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan   Yayuk Basuki
  Romana Tedjakusuma
5–7, 1–6
Win 28 August 2009 ITF Qianshan, China 10,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan   Alison Bai
  Sacha Jones
6–2, 6–4
Win 21 February 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Tian Ran   Olga Panova
  Marina Shamayko
6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win 28 February 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Tian Ran   Darija Jurak
  Katarzyna Kawa
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3 April 2011 ITF Wenshan, China 50,000 Hard   Tian Ran   Shuko Aoyama
  Rika Fujiwara
4–6, 0–6
Win 8 May 2011 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Han Sung-hee   Nina Bratchikova
  Ksenia Palkina
4–6, 7–6(5), [10–5]
Win 18 June 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Zhao Yijing   Luksika Kumkhum
  Napatsakorn Sankaew
1–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss 25 June 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Zhao Yijing   Emi Mutaguchi
  Kotomi Takahata
4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 2 July 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Zhao Yijing   Misa Eguchi
  Akiko Omae
6–3, 6–4
Win 9 July 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Zhao Yijing   Yurina Koshino
  Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–1, 6–4
Win 28 August 2011 ITF Saitama, Japan 10,000 Hard   Liu Wanting   Akari Inoue
  Ayumi Oka
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss 9 January 2012 ITF Pingguo, China 25,000 Hard   Tian Ran   Kao Shao-yuan
  Zhao Yijing
6–3, 6–7, [7–10]
Loss 12 March 2012 ITF Sanya, China 25,000 Hard   Zhou Yimiao   Erika Sema
  Zheng Saisai
2–6, 2–6
Loss 28 May 2012 ITF Gimcheon, Korea 25,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan   Hu Yue-Yue
  Xu Yifan
0–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 25 June 2012 ITF Incheon, Korea 25,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan   Kim Ji-young
  Yoo Mi
6–3, 6–2
Win 9 July 2012 ITF Huzhu, China 15,000 Clay   Li Ting   Li Yihong
  Tian Ran
7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss 3 January 2013 Blossom Cup, China 50,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan   Irina Buryachok
  Nadiia Kichenok
6–3, 3–6, [10–12]
Win 26 May 2014 ITF Zhengzhou, China 25,000 Hard   Chan Chin-wei   Han Xinyun
  Zhang Kailin
6–3, 6–3
Loss 23 June 2014 ITF Xi'an, China 50,000 Hard   Yang Zhaoxuan   Lu Jiajing
  Wang Yafan
3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 6 September 2014 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea 10,000 Hard   Liu Chang   Choi Ji-hee
  Lee So-ra
2–6, 5–7
Loss 16 April 2016 Pingshan Open, China 50,000 Hard   Wang Yafan   Shuko Aoyama
  Makoto Ninomiya
6–7(5), 4–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Chen Liang overview". ITF Tennis. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

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