# Albert Chang

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{{Short description|Canadian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{No footnotes|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Albert Chang
| image =
| fullname =
| country_represented = {{flagu|Canada}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|02|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia)
| death_date =
| death_place = 
| height = 6 ft 0 in
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $212,100
| singlesrecord = 7–18
| singlestitles = 
| highestsinglesranking = No. 140 (11 September 1995)
| Wimbledonresult = 1R (1995, 1996)
| USOpenresult = 1R (1994)
| doublesrecord = 2–7
| doublestitles = 
| highestdoublesranking = No. 212 (22 August 1994)
}}
'''Albert Chang''' (born 27 February 1971) is a Canadian former professional tour tennis player. Chang reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 140 in September 1995 and won two [Challenger tournament](/source/Challenger_tournament)s. He also played [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) for [Canada](/source/Canada_Davis_Cup_team).

Chang was Canada's national junior champion in 1988 and played collegiately at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), graduating with a degree in biology in 1992.  He joined the pro tour in November of the same year, and won his first round match in each of his first three Challengers in singles while in doubles he reached the second round (i.e. the quarter-finals) in his first two events – [Halifax](/source/Halifax_Challenger) and [Launceston](/source/Launceston_Challenger) – while in the third he reached the semi-finals.  In just his fifth Challenger, Chang reached the final, of the [Vancouver Challenger](/source/Vancouver_Challenger_(1993)), and lost it to [Kenny Thorne](/source/Kenny_Thorne).

Chang, a native in [Calgary](/source/Calgary), took the singles title at the [Celle Challenger](/source/Celle_Challenger), in February 1994.  Two months later he won a couple of doubles titles, while partnering a couple of doubles legends, first with [Daniel Nestor](/source/Daniel_Nestor) ([Nagoya Challenger](/source/Nagoya_Challenger)) and after that with [Leander Paes](/source/Leander_Paes) ([Manila Challenger](/source/Manila_Challenger)).   He won one final Challenger in July 1996, the [Aptos Challenger](/source/Aptos_Challenger).

Chang appeared in the main draw of a [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(tennis)) tournament three times, all in singles – the [1994 U.S. Open](/source/1994_U.S._Open_(tennis)), [1995 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1995_Wimbledon_Championships), and [1996 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1996_Wimbledon_Championships).  In all three events he lost in the first round, winning only one set.  Chang's best result in an [ATP Tour](/source/ATP_Tour) event was reaching the quarter-finals of the [1994 Beijing Grand Prix](/source/1994_Beijing_Grand_Prix) and [1995 Volvo International](/source/1995_Volvo_International) in singles and the same round in doubles partnering [Brian Gyetko](/source/Brian_Gyetko) at the [1994 Canadian Open](/source/1994_Canadian_Open_(tennis)).

Chang contested two Davis Cup rubbers in two separate ties.  In 1995 versus [Colombia](/source/Colombia_Davis_Cup_team) he won a dead rubber over [Carlos Drada](/source/Carlos_Drada) on carpet in [Kelowna](/source/Kelowna).  The following year he lost to [Jimy Szymanski](/source/Jimy_Szymanski) in the deciding rubber in an away tie versus [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela_Davis_Cup_team).

==Personal==
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Chang's father, Airman, is a pathologist and a native of [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) while his mother, Yolanda, a botanist, is a native of [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan).

==External links==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Albert}}
Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian male tennis players
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Hong Kong descent
Category:Harvard Crimson men's tennis players
Category:Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:Sportspeople from Calgary
Category:Tennis players from British Columbia

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