Venise Chan

Venise Chan
Full name Wing-Yau Venise Chan
Country (sports)  Hong Kong
Born (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989
Hong Kong
Singles
Career record 124–62
Career titles 0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking 340 (15 October 2012)
Current ranking 930 (16 December 2013)
Doubles
Career record 18–35
Career titles 0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking 516 (15 April 2013)
Current ranking 1288 (16 December 2013)
Last updated on: week of 16 December 2013.

Venise Chan (Chinese: 陳詠悠) is a Hong Kong Former No. 1 Chinese tennis player. At age 12 yrs 318 days, became the youngest female since Paulette Moreno in 1977 to contest a Ladies' Open singles final in Hong Kong when she reached the title decider at the 2002 Hong Kong National Tennis Championships. She made her debut for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team in 2006, and has a 14-5 record as of February 2013. She won her sixth career pro circuit title at the US$10,000 Sharm El Sheikh F4 in Egypt(Jun 2012).

Chan made her WTA main draw debut at the 2013 Shenzhen Open under a wldcard entry. However, she lost in the first round to second seed Marion Bartoli 6-1 6-0.

She graduated from the University of Washington in 2011 with a Bachelor of Business Administration and from Cambridge University in 2014 with a Master's in Philosophy. She currently resides in London and works in finance.

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles: 9 (6-3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 13 November 2005 Manila, Philippines Hard Philippines Czarina-Mae Arevalo 6-1 6-4
Runner-up 1. 20 November 2005 Manila, Philippines Hard United States Riza Zalameda 3-6 2-6
Winner 2. 23 July 2006 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Indonesia Ayu-Fani Damayanti 6-4 6-4
Runner-up 2. 5 October 2006 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Sandy Gumulya 3-6 0-6
Runner-up 3. 23 August 2008 Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard China Lu Jiajing 3-6 4-6
Winner 3. 11 September 2011 Yeongwol, South Korea Hard China Yue Yuan 6-2 6-3
Winner 4. 12 February 2011 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Netherlands Lynn Schonhage 7-5 1-6 6-1
Winner 5. 24 June 2012 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Russia Ekaterina Yashina 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4
Winner 6. 6 October 2012 Bidar, India Hard Japan Yumi Miyazaki 6-2 6-3

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 8 July 2012 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Russia Anna Morgina Egypt Magy Aziz
Egypt Mora Eshak		 6-1 6-2
Winner 2. 28 October 2012 Seoul, South Korea Hard Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova South Korea Kim Ji-young
South Korea Yoo Mi		 6-4 2-6 [12-10]

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