Venise Chan (; born 30 May 1989) is a former

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player from Hong Kong. Chan, who reached No. 1 in Hong Kong and No. 340 in

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, also played college tennis for the

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Early life

Chan was born in

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.(2007 to 2011 University of Washington) Chan is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and some Japanese.

Tennis career

At age 12 years 318 days, Chan became the youngest female since

Paulette Moreno Paulette Moreno Hjorth (born 12 March 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Hong Kong. Biography Moreno was a national champion in Hong Kong at the age of 13 in 1982. She made her debut for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team in 1985 and won ...

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 16–6 record. She won her sixth career pro circuit title at the $10k Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. In her career, she won six women's singles and two doubles titles on the

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. She is also the youngest player from Hong Kong (16 years and 5 months) to lift a women's singles title and the only one to do so on her pro circuit debut. Chan represented Hong Kong at the World University Games (2011), Asian Games (2010), All China Games (2009 and 2013),

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(2007), and

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(2006-2007 and 2012-2013). In 2005 and 2011, Chan was nominated for the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards, an annual Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China annual event.Yanne, Andy
"Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards 2011."
Hong Kong Tennis Association, 16 January 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2018. As a junior, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 24 in the world. She competed in all four Junior Grand Slam championships ‒ Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and US Open."Venise Chan."
International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 26 April 2018. She also captured the Hong Kong National Junior Tennis Championships in the under-12, under-14, under-16, and under-18 age groups."Venise Chan concludes collegiate career as three-time All-American."
Hong Kong Tennis Association, 16 June 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (6–3)

Doubles (2–0)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Venise 1989 births Alumni of the University of Cambridge Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong Hong Kong female tennis players Living people Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games University of Washington Foster School of Business alumni