Michael Chang Wife Amber Liu is a Glue Of The Family

May 2024 ยท 5 minute read

Michael Chang wife Amber Lui is a former professional tennis player. Michael and Amber married on 18 October 2008 and have two daughters.

The couple is a former talented tennis player. Chang started playing tennis at the age of seven and he is one of the youngest male players to win a Grand Slam. 

He was inspired by Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, two of the best tennis players of his time in his childhood.

Winning the Frech Open at the age of 17 he had his best year-end single success in 1995 winning over Muster and Jim Courier before dominating Pete Sampras in the semifinals.

During his career in total, he has won 34 top-level professional singles, finished second in three big tournaments, and topped at No. 2 in the world in 1996.

Retiring from golf, he became a coach in 2014 and coached Kei Nishikori. Chang was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008 and Michael was honored by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.

Amber Liu Chang Is A Tennis Player

Amber Liu is a former American tennis player who grew up in Santa Monica, California, USA.

She started playing tennis at the age of eight. Playing tennis at San Diego's Francis Parker School she participated Under-18 Girls Super National Hard Court Champion in 2001.

Amber was invited to two US Gold Medal Olympic Training Camps. She then attended Stanford University and played tennis.

During her freshman year in the 2002-03 season, she defeated Tennessee's top-ranked Vilmarie Castellvi and won the NCAA Singles Championship. She was named the ITA Newcomer of the Year and National Player of the Year awards.

She received the 2003 Block "S" Outstanding Female Freshman Award, given to the best female Stanford competitor in the freshman class.

Again in the 2003-04 season, she won the NCCA championship after defeating Fresno State's Jelena Pandzic and was ranked No.253 in the WTA ranking. As a senior at Stanford, Amber was honored as the 2006 Stanford Athletic Board Award Recipient.

In 2008, Lui received a wildcard invitation to compete in the women's doubles match at Stanford University. 

Talking about her personal life, Amber was born to parents Marvin Liu and Valerie Liu. She attended a  press conference in Beijing, China at the 2017 China Open on October 4, 2017.

Michael Chang Kids

Michael Chang has two kids, daughter Lani Chang and Maile Chang. 

Growing up in a sports background family Lani and Maile have chosen their career path in sports. Lani is interested in tennis and Maile is interested in golf. 

Lani Is Tennis Player

Lani was born on December 9, 2010. As of 2023, she is 13 years old. 

When Lani was born, her dad announced that she weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces. Since her childhood, she has been interested in tennis and attended the play. 

In 2015, she attended the 2015 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with her mom, dad and sister. 

As Lani is interested in tennis Michael has coached her and they were practicing on the court at the US Open in 2018.

Maile Is A Golfer

Maile was born on February 2013 and as of 2023, she is ten 10 years old. 

She is interested in golf and placed third in the SCPGA JDT event. In the competition, Maile played "solo" for the first time without her caddy dad, Michael Chang.

Maile shot a respectable 36 (+6) on the Brea Creek GC. Her favorite player and role model is Rose Zhang. She is the 2021 SDJGA player of the year in the Girls 8-Under Division.

Michael Chang Family Life

Michael Chang was born to parents Betty Chang and Joe Chang. Michael grew up with his family in Hoboken, New Jersey. 

His mom and dad met on a blind date in New York City. When Michael was four years old, his family moved to Minnesota.

When he was seven years old, his tennis talent was seen, and his family again moved to Carlsbad, California so that he and his elder brother Carl could practice their sport all year long.

He started playing tennis at a young age, but his parents never pressured him to continue playing. His parents used to tell him that he didn't have to be a tennis player, they only wanted him to do what he enjoyed.

Joe and Betty always motivate and support their son and they used to tell when you choose a profession be the best at it this suggestion turned out to be advice that Michael took to heart.

Joe Chang

Joe introduced tennis to his son and he is his first coach of Michael. Joe and Michael practiced together and teamed up at the National Father-Son tennis tournament at the Newport Beach Tennis Club. 

Michael makes a backhand shot with his father as his partner and they team up at the National father-son tennis tournaments.

Besides tennis, Joe was a refugee from Canton, China. He moved to New Jersey to study master's degree in Chemistry after residing in Taiwan for 18 years. 

Carl Chang Is An Entrepreneur

Carl is an older brother of Michale who is an entrepreneur. 

He has been the CEO of Kairos Investment Management Company since 2005. Carl founded Pieology, a chain pizza restaurant with his friend James Markham in 2011. 

He became the CEO of the restaurant after James left to start his own company. Carl works on a board of directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. 

According to his LinkedIn account, he is also the founder of Carl and Diana Chang Family Office and Envirokure. 

He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where he was listed in Tennis Magazines as a Coach of the Year. 

He spent his childhood with his brother playing tennis and was placed in the top ten in his age group. During his tennis career playing with several professional players and defeated them.

He played singles and doubles with his younger brother Michael and in 1991, he decided to end his playing career and start coaching Michael.

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