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Not to be confused with Maikel Chang.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.
Michael Chang
Chang in 1994
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceOrange County, California, U.S.
Born (1972-02-22) February 22, 1972 (age 52)
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Turned pro1988
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJosé Higueras (1989)[1]
Carl Chang (1992–2003)[2]
Prize moneyUS$19,145,632
Int. Tennis HoF2008 (member page)
Official websitemchang.com
Singles
Career record662–312 (68.0%)[a]
Career titles34
Highest rankingNo. 2 (September 9, 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1996)
French OpenW (1989)
WimbledonQF (1994)
US OpenF (1996)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsF (1995)
Grand Slam CupF (1991, 1992)
Olympic Games2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record11–33 (25%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 199 (April 19, 1993)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1990)
Coaching career
Last updated on: July 5, 2014.
Michael Chang
Traditional Chinese張德培
Simplified Chinese张德培
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Dépéi
IPA[ʈʂáŋ.tɤ̌ pʰěɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZoeng1 Dak1 Pui4
IPA[tsœŋ˥.tɐk̚˥.pʰuj˩]

Michael Te-pei Chang (born February 22, 1972) is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He is the youngest man in history to win a singles major, winning the 1989 French Open at 17 years and 109 days old. Chang won a total of 34 top-level professional singles titles, (including seven Masters titles) was a three-time major runner-up and reached a career-best ranking of world No. 2 in 1996. Since he was shorter than virtually all of his opponents, he played a dogged defensive style utilizing his quickness and speed.

In 2008, Chang was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He began coaching Kei Nishikori in 2014.

Early life

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Michael Te-Pei Chang[3] was born to Joe and Betty Chang on February 22, 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Chang's parents had emigrated to the United States from Taiwan.[4][5][6]

After moving from Hoboken to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he learned tennis, Chang and his family moved first to Placentia, California, and then to Encinitas, California, to increase the tennis opportunities for him and his older brother, Carl. Growing up, Chang learned some Chinese from his Taiwanese parents and can speak Mandarin.[7] Betty quit her job as a chemist to travel with Chang on tour.[8] After rising to #163 in the world as a 15-year-old amateur, Chang dropped out of tenth grade at San Dieguito High School in Encinitas to pursue a professional tennis career. He received his GED in February 1988.

Tennis career

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Junior career

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Chang first came to the tennis world's attention at age 12 as an outstanding junior player who set numerous "youngest-ever" records.[9][10] At age 12 he also won his first national title, the USTA Junior Hard Court singles. At age 13, he won the Fiesta Bowl 16s.[10][11] In July 1987, at the age of 15, Chang won another USTA Junior Hard Court singles, beating Pete Sampras in the final,[12] and a month later, in Kalamazoo, he won America’s most prestigious junior event, the United States Nationals U18s tournament, beating Jim Courier in the final.[12][13] This victory earned him a wildcard for the U.S. Open.[9]

Professional career

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On 1 September 1987, at age 15, Chang became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the US Open when he defeated Paul McNamee in four sets (6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6-4) in the first round.[9][10] A month later, he reached the semifinals at Scottsdale, Arizona, to become the youngest player to reach the semifinal stage of a top-level professional tournament.[14] In 1988, aged 16 years and seven months, he won his first top-level singles title at San Francisco, defeating Johan Kriek in the final.[10] During his title run, Chang registed a 6-4, 6-0 win over Mikael Pernfors, the 1986 French Open finalist who just the previous week had beaten Andre Agassi in the finals of Los Angeles.[12]

Chang's most significant "youngest-ever" record came in 1989 when he won the French Open at the age of 17 years, 110 days, to become the youngest male player ever to win a Grand Slam title.[10] He defeated Stefan Edberg in a five-set final, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.[15] Chang thus became the first American man to win the French Open since Tony Trabert in 1955, and the first American man to win a Grand Slam since 1984.[10] His 1989 French Open tournament performance is equally remembered for an epic fourth-round encounter with Ivan Lendl, who was then the world's No. 1-ranked player, was the reigning Australian Open champion, and was a three-time former French Open champion.[10][16]

In 1988, Chang had been easily beaten by Lendl in an exhibition match held in Des Moines, Iowa. After the match, Lendl advised Chang, "First off, you've got no serve. And you've certainly got no second serve. You can't hurt me. You can run but you better develop a weapon to survive out here", all weaknesses that Chang worked to improve on.[17] At the 1989 French Open, Lendl appeared to be on the way to beating Chang after taking the first two sets 6–4, 6–4 and breaking Chang's serve in his opening service game of the third set. However, Chang broke back immediately and went on to claim the third set, 6–3. During the fourth set, Chang experienced a severe attack of leg cramps, and though he won the set to level the match, he considered retiring from the match while up 2–1 in the fifth set. He later said that he felt "an unbelievable conviction in my heart" not to give up, and decided to finish the match.[18][19]

Chang adopted some unusual tactics in an attempt to overcome his cramps. Those tactics included hitting shots high into the air (known as "moon balls") to slow the match down and going for more winners in order to shorten the points.[20] The success of these tactics caused Lendl to lose his rhythm and also prompted him to swear at the umpire and the crowd, especially after losing a key point in the fifth set when Chang shocked him by delivering an under-arm serve.[21] On match point, Chang stood just behind the service line while waiting to receive Lendl's second serve. The tactic worked, as Lendl produced a double-fault to give Chang the victory, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3, in 4 hours and 37 minutes.

Chang subsequently defeated Ronald Agénor in the quarter-final and Andrei Chesnokov in the semi-final. Then seven days after his match against Lendl, after beating Stefan Edberg in five sets, Chang went on to lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires, becoming the youngest men's champion in Grand Slam history.[22][23] Chang's match against Lendl was played on June 5, 1989, just one day after the height of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Chang has frequently noted the impact of the massacre when recalling his French Open victory:

A lot of people forget that Tiananmen Square was going on. The crackdown that happened was on the middle Sunday at the French Open, so if I was not practicing or playing a match, I was glued to the television, watching the events unfold...I often tell people I think it was God's purpose for me to be able to win the French Open the way it was won because I was able to put a smile on Chinese people's faces around the world at a time when there wasn't much to smile about.[24]

Chang became the first American man to win the French Open since Tony Trabert in 1955,[25][26][27] and the first American man to win a Grand Slam since 1984.[28] In August 1989, Chang became the youngest player to be ranked in the world's top 5.

Chang would defeat Lendl again in near-duplicate fashion, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 (7–5), 9–7 in a 4-hour, 42-minute semi-final match at the Grand Slam Cup on December 14, 1991.[29]

Chang met Edberg in the semifinals of the US Open in 1992; this time, Edberg won in five sets, 6–7, 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4. The five-hour, 26-minute match is the second longest in US Open history.[30][31] Chang reached three further Grand Slam finals after his 1989 French Open triumph, losing the 1995 French Open final to Thomas Muster, the 1996 Australian Open final to Boris Becker, and the 1996 US Open final to Pete Sampras. In the 1995 French Open, he defeated Michael Stich and then two-time defending champion Sergi Bruguera in the semifinals in straight sets, eventually losing to Muster. In both the 1996 Australian and U.S. Opens, he defeated Andre Agassi in the semifinals in straight sets; a win over Sampras at the U.S. Open would have made Chang the no. 1 player in the world. In the 1997 U.S. Open, he was the odds-on favorite to win after Sampras was upset by Petr Korda; however, Chang lost to eventual champion Patrick Rafter in the semifinals in straight sets.

Chang is the first player to be beaten by Roger Federer in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2000 Australian Open.[32] He is also the second player to be beaten by Andy Roddick in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the second round of the French Open in 2001.[33]

Chang was introduced to tennis by his father Joe, who was his first coach. During his rise in 1989 (including his French Open title), he was coached by José Higueras. For much of his professional career, he was coached by his older brother Carl Chang, who also played in several doubles tournaments with him in the early 1990s.

Chang retired from the professional tour in 2003. During his career, he won a total of 34 top-level professional singles titles. His final top-level title was won in 2000 at Los Angeles. His total career prize-money earnings was US$19,145,632. His career-high singles ranking was world no. 2 in 1996, following his US Open finals performance. He was a year-end top-ten player for six consecutive years in the 1990s (1992–1997), a feat matched in the decade only by Pete Sampras. He is one of a few players to win ATP titles in three different decades. His three Indian Wells Masters titles was an ATP record which stood for 15 years, before being eclipsed by Roger Federer in 2012.

Chang's success marked the start of an era in which a new generation of American players—which also included Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, and Andre Agassi—would come to dominate the game.[22]

International play

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Chang was a key member of the US team which won the Davis Cup in 1990. In the semifinals in Austria, his dramatic comeback from two-sets down against Horst Skoff, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, led the US into its first Davis Cup final since 1984.[34] Chang went on to defeat Darren Cahill in straight sets, as the US defeated Australia in the final. He was also on the US team which won the World Team Cup in 1993. His best performance in the year-end singles championship came in 1995, when he defeated Muster, Jim Courier, and then dominated Pete Sampras in the semifinals, before losing in the final to Boris Becker.

Chang represented the US in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, reaching the second round before being eliminated by Jaime Oncins. He chose to skip the 1996 Summer Olympics despite the fact that the event was held in Atlanta and that he would have been the tournament's number-one seed (the singles' gold medal was won by Andre Agassi). Chang participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was eliminated in the first round by Sébastien Lareau.

Awards and recognition

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Equipment and endorsements

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Chang signed a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal with Reebok in 1988;[37] he wore Reebok apparel and Reebok Court Victory Pumps shoes[38] during his tennis career[39] and used Prince rackets on court.[40] He started using the Prince "Precision Michael Chang Graphite" 28-inch signature racket in 1994, which was an inch longer than the standard model.[41]

Chang signed endorsement deals with Nissin Foods noodles in 1989,[42] Panasonic[43] and Longines in the 1990s,[44] Cathay Pacific Airlines in 1990,[45] Bristol-Myers Squibb promoting Nuprin in 1991,[46] Stelux watches in 1993,[47] Discover Card in 1996,[48] Tiger Balm,[49] Procter & Gamble (endorsing P&G's Rejoice Shampoo),[50] Eveready Battery Company (endorsing Eveready Alkaline batteries),[50] and Yale locks.[37] In 1997, he signed a multi-year contract to endorse Watch Reebok, a collection of sports watches. A limited edition Michael Chang signature watch was released at Christmas.[51]

Off-the-court endeavors

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Coaching

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Chang began coaching Kei Nishikori in 2014.[52][53]

Business ventures

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Chang and his family established CMCB Enterprises, which has real estate holdings including shopping malls, in California, Texas, Arizona and Colorado. In 2003, they bought Dunton Realty Co., a retail brokerage and property management company,[54] and changed its name to Dunton Commercial Real Estate Co.[55] In 2004, they bought SullivanHayes Cos., a retail real estate company in Denver.[56] It was chosen by Denver International Airport to develop a new 17-acre retail project along Peña Boulevard, the airport's main artery.[57]

Charity work

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Chang served as Chairman of ATP Tour Charities in 1994.[11] He has supported grassroots tennis development in Asia through his Stars of the Future program in Hong Kong and the Reebok Challenge across Asia.[11] He was one of five athletes named in the second annual "Most Caring Athlete" list by USA Today Weekend in 1995.[58] In 1997, he was given one of seven Asian-American leadership awards by A Magazine for his status as a role model for Asian-American youth.[11] He has also served as a national spokesman for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the US.[59]

In 2001, Chang served as a goodwill ambassador for the 2008 Beijing Olympic bid committee.[60]

Hobbies

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Chang is an avid fisherman, and often took fishing trips while traveling for tournaments. In his home in Mercer Island, Washington, he set up several fresh-water aquariums, his largest being 240 gallons, eight-feet long by two feet high, which he uses to breed African cichilds among other things.[11]

Book

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In 2002, Chang published a book about his career entitled Holding Serve: Persevering On and Off the Court.[61][62]

Education

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Chang attended the master's in ministry program at Biola University in La Mirada, California, for a year and a half. He serves on Biola's Board of Trustees.[63]

Personal life

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On 18 October 2008, Chang married Amber Liu, also a professional tennis player.[64][65] They have three children,[66] including two daughters.[67][68] He is a devout Christian.[69][70][62]

Significant finals

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Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 4 (1–3)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1989 French Open Clay Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 1995 French Open Clay Austria Thomas Muster 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1996 Australian Open Hard Germany Boris Becker 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up 1996 US Open Hard United States Pete Sampras 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)

Year-end championships finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1995 Frankfurt Carpet (i) Germany Boris Becker 6–7(3–7), 0–6, 6–7(5–7)

Grand Slam Cup finals

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Singles: 2 (0–2)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1991 Grand Slam Cup, Munich Carpet (i) United States David Wheaton 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1992 Grand Slam Cup, Munich Carpet (i) Germany Michael Stich 2–6, 3–6, 2–6

Masters Series finals

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Singles: 9 (7–2)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1990 Canada (Toronto) Hard United States Jay Berger 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner 1992 Indian Wells Hard Russia Andrei Chesnokov 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Winner 1992 Miami Hard Argentina Alberto Mancini 7–5, 7–5
Winner 1993 Cincinnati Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Winner 1994 Cincinnati Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 1995 Cincinnati Hard United States Andre Agassi 5–7, 2–6
Winner 1996 Indian Wells Hard Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 7–5, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 1996 Cincinnati Hard United States Andre Agassi 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 1997 Indian Wells Hard Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3

ATP career finals

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Singles: 58 (34 wins, 24 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam (1–3)
Year-end championships (0–1)
Grand Slam Cup (0–2)
ATP Masters Series (7–2)
ATP Championship Series (5–4)
ATP World Series / Grand Prix (21–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (21–15)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (9–7)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (22–14)
Indoors (12–10)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Sep 1988 San Francisco, US Carpet (i) United States Johan Kriek 6–2, 6–3
Win 2. May 1989 French Open, Paris Clay Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1. Sep 1989 Los Angeles, US Hard United States Aaron Krickstein 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win 3. Nov 1989 Wembley, UK Carpet (i) France Guy Forget 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
Win 4. Jul 1990 Toronto, Canada Hard United States Jay Berger 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2. Jul 1990 Los Angeles, US Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3. Nov 1990 Wembley, UK Carpet (i) Switzerland Jakob Hlasek 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win 5. Nov 1991 Birmingham, UK Carpet (i) France Guillaume Raoux 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4. Dec 1991 Grand Slam Cup, Munich Carpet (i) United States David Wheaton 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Win 6. Feb 1992 San Francisco, US Hard (i) United States Jim Courier 6–3, 6–3
Win 7. Mar 1992 Indian Wells, US Hard Russia Andrei Chesnokov 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Win 8. Mar 1992 Miami, US Hard Argentina Alberto Mancini 7–5, 7–5
Loss 5. Apr 1992 Hong Kong, UK Hard United States Jim Courier 5–7, 3–6
Loss 6. Dec 1992 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) Germany Michael Stich 2–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win 9. Jan 1993 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 10. Mar 1993 Osaka, Japan Hard Israel Amos Mansdorf 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7. Aug 1993 Los Angeles, US Hard Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6–0, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win 11. Aug 1993 Cincinnati, US Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Loss 8. Aug 1993 Long Island, US Hard Switzerland Marc Rosset 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win 12. Sep 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard (i) Sweden Jonas Svensson 6–0, 6–4
Win 13. Oct 1993 Beijing, China Carpet (i) Canada Greg Rusedski 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win 14. Jan 1994 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Czech Republic David Rikl 6–3, 6–3
Loss 9. Jan 1994 San Jose, US Hard (i) Italy Renzo Furlan 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win 15. Feb 1994 Philadelphia, US Carpet (i) Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10. Apr 1994 Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Pete Sampras 4–6, 2–6
Win 16. Apr 1994 Hong Kong, UK Hard Australia Patrick Rafter 6–1, 6–3
Win 17. Apr 1994 Atlanta, US Clay United States Todd Martin 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 18. Aug 1994 Cincinnati, US Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–2, 7–5
Loss 11. Oct 1994 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Croatia Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 4–6
Win 19. Oct 1994 Beijing, China Carpet (i) Sweden Anders Järryd 7–5, 7–5
Loss 12. Feb 1995 San Jose, US Hard (i) United States Andre Agassi 2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 13. Feb 1995 Philadelphia, US Carpet (i) Sweden Thomas Enqvist 6–0, 4–6, 0–6
Win 20. Apr 1995 Hong Kong, UK Hard Sweden Jonas Björkman 6–3, 6–1
Win 21. May 1995 Atlanta, US Clay United States Andre Agassi 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Loss 14. May 1995 French Open, Paris, France Clay Austria Thomas Muster 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 15. Aug 1995 Cincinnati, US Hard United States Andre Agassi 5–7, 2–6
Win 22. Oct 1995 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Australia Mark Philippoussis 6–3, 6–4
Win 23. Oct 1995 Beijing, China Carpet (i) Italy Renzo Furlan 7–5, 6–3
Loss 16. Nov 1995 Tennis Masters Cup, Frankfurt Carpet (i) Germany Boris Becker 6–7(3–7), 0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 17. Jan 1996 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Germany Boris Becker 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 24. Mar 1996 Indian Wells, US Hard Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 7–5, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 18. Apr 1996 Hong Kong, UK Hard United States Pete Sampras 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 25. Jul 1996 Washington, D.C., US Hard South Africa Wayne Ferreira 6–2, 6–4
Win 26. Jul 1996 Los Angeles, US Hard Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6–4, 6–3
Loss 19. Aug 1996 Cincinnati, US Hard United States Andre Agassi 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss 20. Aug 1996 US Open, New York City Hard United States Pete Sampras 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 21. Sep 1996 Singapore Carpet (i) United States Jonathan Stark 4–6, 4–6
Win 27. Feb 1997 Memphis, US Hard (i) Australia Todd Woodbridge 6–3, 6–4
Win 28. Mar 1997 Indian Wells, US Hard Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win 29. Apr 1997 Hong Kong, UK Hard Australia Patrick Rafter 6–3, 6–3
Win 30. Apr 1997 Orlando, US Clay South Africa Grant Stafford 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 31. Jul 1997 Washington, D.C., US Hard Czech Republic Petr Korda 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 22. Feb 1998 Memphis, US Hard (i) Australia Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 2–6
Loss 23. Apr 1998 Orlando, US Clay United States Jim Courier 5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win 32. Aug 1998 Boston, US Hard Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–4
Win 33. Oct 1998 Shanghai, China Carpet (i) Croatia Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 24. Jan 2000 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Sweden Magnus Norman 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win 34. Jul 2000 Los Angeles, US Hard United States Jan-Michael Gambill 6–7(2–7), 6–3, ret.

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 W–L SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 3R 2R A SF F SF 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 21–10 0 / 10
French Open A 3R W QF QF 3R 2R 3R F 3R 4R 3R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 38–15 1 / 16
Wimbledon A 2R 4R 4R 1R 1R 3R QF 2R 1R 1R 2R A 2R 2R 2R A 18–14 0 / 14
US Open 2R 4R 4R 3R 4R SF QF 4R QF F SF 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 43–17 0 / 17
Win–loss 1–1 6–3 13–2 9–3 7–3 9–4 8–4 9–3 16–4 14–4 13–4 5–4 2–3 4–4 2–4 2–4 0–2 120–56 1 / 57
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 2R Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 1–2 0 / 2
Year-end championship
Tennis Masters Cup DNQ RR DNQ RR RR RR F RR RR Did not qualify 7–16 0 / 7
Grand Prix ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 1R QF A QF W SF 3R 3R W W A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 28–11 3 / 14
Miami Masters A A A A 3R W 1R 3R 2R QF 2R A 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 18–11 1 / 12
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 1R 1R A A 0–3 0 / 3
Rome Masters A A A 1R A QF SF 2R QF A 1R QF 2R 2R 2R A A 17–10 0 / 10
Hamburg Masters A A A 1R A 2R 1R A A A A 2R 1R 1R 2R A A 3–7 0 / 7
Canada Masters A A A W 1R A 3R 3R QF A SF A 3R 2R 1R A A 15–8 1 / 9
Cincinnati Masters A QF QF QF 3R SF W W F F SF 2R QF 1R 2R 3R 1R 41–14 2 / 16
Stuttgart Masters1 A A A 3R A A A 2R 2R SF 2R 1R 2R QF A A A 9–8 0 / 8
Paris Masters A A QF 1R SF 2R 3R SF QF 3R 2R 1R SF 3R A A A 18–12 0 / 12
Runners-up 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 24
Titles 0 1 2 1 1 3 5 6 4 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 34
Overall win-loss 4–4 23–13 47–17 36–21 47–20 57–23 66–21 66–21 65–19 65–19 57–21 35–17 30–22 42–26 16–21 7–16 2–10 662–312
Year-end ranking 163 30 5 15 15 6 8 6 5 2 3 29 50 32 94 124 383

1 Held as Stockholm Masters until 1994, Stuttgart Masters from 1995 to 2001.

Top 10 wins

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Season 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
Wins 0 0 3 2 4 6 5 8 6 7 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 51
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Chang
rank
1989
1. Sweden Stefan Edberg 5 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–3, 6–2 25
2. Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1 French Open, Paris, France Clay 4R 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 19
3. Sweden Stefan Edberg 3 French Open, Paris, France Clay F 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 19
1990
4. United States Andre Agassi 4 Toronto, Canada Hard QF 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 24
5. Sweden Stefan Edberg 1 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) 1R 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 15
1991
6. France Guy Forget 7 French Open, Paris, France Clay 4R 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 10
7. Sweden Stefan Edberg 1 Paris, France Carpet (i) 3R 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 21
8. United States Jim Courier 2 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) 1R 6–4, 6–2 15
9. Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 5 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) SF 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 9–7 15
1992
10. United States Jim Courier 2 San Francisco, United States Hard (i) F 6–3, 6–3 16
11. United States Pete Sampras 4 Miami, United States Hard QF 6–4, 7–6(7–4) 9
12. United States Jim Courier 1 Miami, United States Hard SF 6–2, 6–4 9
13. United States Andre Agassi 9 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) 1R 6–4, 6–2 6
14. Czechoslovakia Petr Korda 7 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) QF 6–3, 6–4 6
15. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 4 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) SF 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 6
1993
16. Czech Republic Petr Korda 6 Indian Wells, United States Hard QF 6–1, 6–3 5
17. Sweden Stefan Edberg 3 Cincinnati, United States Hard F 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 9
18. Spain Sergi Bruguera 5 Long Island, United States Hard QF 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 7
19. Sweden Stefan Edberg 3 Long Island, United States Hard SF 6–1, 6–2 7
20. United States Jim Courier 2 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–4, 6–0 7
1994
21. United States Jim Courier 3 Philadelphia, United States Carpet (i) SF 7–6(8–6), 6–2 9
22. United States Todd Martin 9 Atlanta, United States Clay F 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0 7
23. Spain Sergi Bruguera 4 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 4R 6–4, 7–6(9–7), 6–0 8
24. Sweden Stefan Edberg 4 Cincinnati, United States Hard F 6–2, 7–5 7
25. United States Todd Martin 7 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) QF 6–3, 7–6(8–6) 9
26. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 2 Paris, France Carpet (i) QF 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) 9
27. Spain Alberto Berasategui 7 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–1, 6–0 6
28. Spain Alberto Berasategui 8 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Carpet (i) 1R 6–1, 7–5 6
1995
29. United States Andre Agassi 1 Atlanta, United States Clay F 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 6
30. Spain Sergi Bruguera 7 French Open, Paris, France Clay SF 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–0) 6
31. Germany Michael Stich 8 Cincinnati, United States Hard SF 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 5
32. Austria Thomas Muster 3 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 4
33. United States Jim Courier 7 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–2, 7–5 4
34. United States Pete Sampras 1 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) SF 6–4, 6–4 4
1996
35. United States Andre Agassi 2 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard SF 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) 5
36. United States Andre Agassi 3 Indian Wells, United States Hard QF 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–1 5
37. Netherlands Richard Krajicek 8 Los Angeles, United States Hard F 6–4, 6–3 3
38. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6 Cincinnati, United States Hard QF 6–3, 7–5 3
39. United States Andre Agassi 9 US Open, New York, United States Hard SF 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 3
40. Chile Marcelo Ríos 10 Stuttgart, Germany Carpet (i) QF 6–4, 6–3 2
41. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 4 ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–5), 6–1 2
1997
42. Austria Thomas Muster 2 Indian Wells, United States Hard SF 6–1, 7–6(7–1) 3
43. Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 10 Cincinnati, United States Hard QF 6–1, 6–2 2
44. Chile Marcelo Ríos 10 US Open, New York, United States Hard QF 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3 2
45. Australia Pat Rafter 3 Davis Cup, Washington, D.C., United States Hard RR 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 2
46. Spain Sergi Bruguera 8 ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany Hard RR 7–6(10–8), 6–2 2
1998
47. United States Pete Sampras 1 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–2, 7–6(8–6) 14
1999
48. Spain Àlex Corretja 8 Cincinnati, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 58
49. Chile Marcelo Ríos 8 Paris, France Carpet (i) 2R 7–5, 6–2 72
2000
50. Spain Àlex Corretja 9 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) 2R 1–6, 7–5, 6–0 24
2002
51. Germany Tommy Haas 3 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 6–3, 6–2 111

Records

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  • Youngest Grand Slam champion, winning French Open, at 17 years, 3 months old (1989).
  • Youngest Grand Slam finalist, playing French Open final, at 17 years, 3 months old (1989).
  • Youngest ever male player to be ranked ATP top-5, at 17 years, 5 months old (1989).
  • Youngest ever male player to be ranked ATP top-5 at the end of the season, at 17 years, 10 months old (1989).
  • Youngest ever male player to be ranked ATP top-10 at the end of the season, at 17 years, 10 months old (1989).

Notes

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  1. ^ in ATP and Grand Prix & Grand Slam level & Davis Cup

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Further reading

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  • Michael Chang: Tennis Champion (1993) by Pamela Dell ISBN 0-516-04185-1
  • Holding Serve Persevering On and Off the Court (June 4, 2002) by Michael Chang, Mike Yorkey ISBN 0-7852-6656-9
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by ATP Most Improved Player
1989 		Succeeded by
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