Michael Chang is one of the best tennis players of America. He is an American Tennis star, Chang is also the luckiest youngest player in the history of tennis to win a Grand Slam title. He has been among the top ten players of the world for many years. However, Chang never hit the World No.1 as his best ever was World No.2.
At the age of 16, Michael Chang won his first major title in 1988 at San Francisco. A year later, Chang won the French Open by defeating Stefan Edberg. Another reason behind his popularity was the fact that no one had ever won a French Open since 1995. Chang was lucky enough that he was listed in top five players in the world, which was a record for being so young.
Unfortunately, Michael Chang could not continue his career on the high as he showed in the beginning of his career. Luckily, he reached French Open final in 1995 but lost in the final. Although Chang had beaten tough opponents in previous matches but his performance in the final match was criticized heavily by the public. In 1966 Chang also reached finals of Australian Open and Us Open but luck was not with him. Unfortunately he lost to Boris Becker in Australian and in US Open he was defeated by Pete Sampras. Had Chang won any of these Grand Slams he would have achieved World No.1rank but it was not to be. In 2003 he got retired after failing to win anything major for three years.
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Famous tennis player: Michael Chang
Michael Chang is one of the best tennis players of America. He is an American Tennis star, Chang is also the luckiest youngest player in the history of tennis to win a Grand Slam title. He has been among the top ten players of the world for many years. However, Chang never hit the World No.1 as his best ever was World No.2.
At the age of 16, Michael Chang won his first major title in 1988 at San Francisco. A year later, Chang won the French Open by defeating Stefan Edberg. Another reason behind his popularity was the fact that no one had ever won a French Open since 1995. Chang was lucky enough that he was listed in top five players in the world, which was a record for being so young.
Unfortunately, Michael Chang could not continue his career on the high as he showed in the beginning of his career. Luckily, he reached French Open final in 1995 but lost in the final. Although Chang had beaten tough opponents in previous matches but his performance in the final match was criticized heavily by the public. In 1966 Chang also reached finals of Australian Open and Us Open but luck was not with him. Unfortunately he lost to Boris Becker in Australian and in US Open he was defeated by Pete Sampras. Had Chang won any of these Grand Slams he would have achieved World No.1rank but it was not to be. In 2003 he got retired after failing to win anything major for three years.
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