Michael Chang

Michael Te-Pei Chang{{Cite web|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/04/30/sports/changs-life-revolves-around-family/|title=Chang's life revolves around family|first=Ann |last=Miller |date=April 30, 2019|website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/11/Personality-Spotlight-Michael-Chang/6204613540800/|title=Personality Spotlight: Michael Chang |website=UPI |date=June 11, 1989}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ez3ynp/throwback-thursday-15-year-old-michael-chang-at-the-us-open|title=Throwback Thursday: 15-Year-Old Michael Chang at the U.S. Open|website=Vice.com|first=Jim|last=Weeks|date=September 3, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/27/sports/sports-of-the-times-chang-persevered-to-end-of-his-career.html|title=Sports of The Times; Chang Persevered To End of His Career |website=The New York Times|date=August 27, 2003}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Finn|first=Jackie|title=ASIAN-AMERICAN SPOTLIGHT: MICHAEL CHANG|url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/national/asian-american-spotlight--michael-chang.html|date=May 30, 2017}} Betty quit her job as a chemist to travel with Chang on tour.{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Former-tennis-champ-Chang-crafted-for-service-1146981.php#page-2 |title=Former tennis champ Chang crafted for service |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=June 10, 2004 |first=Janny |last=Hu |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} 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.

Chang first came to the tennis world's attention at age 12 as an outstanding junior player who set numerous "youngest-ever" records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/september-1-1987-the-day-15-year-old-michael-chang-became-the-youngest-male-player-in-the-open-era-to-win-a-match-at-the-us-open-472217.html|title=Michael Chang becomes the youngest male player in the Open era to win a match at the US Open|date=September 1, 2022|website=Tennis Majors}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/michael-chang |title=Michael Chang |website=www.tennisfame.com |date=17 October 2023}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-chang/c274/bio |title=Michael Chang - Bio |website=www.atptour.com |date=17 October 2023}} In July 1987, at the age of 15, Chang won another USTA Junior Hard Court singles, beating Pete Sampras in the final,{{cite web |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/on-this-day-1988-michael-chang-wins-first-atp-singles-title-at-16 |title=On This Day, 1988: Michael Chang wins first ATP singles title at 16 |website=www.tennis.com |date=2 October 2022 |access-date=17 October 2023 }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/about-usta/usta-history/national/usta-junior-champions.html#tab=boys&jr-int=boys |title=USTA Junior Champions - Boys 18s |website=www.usta.com |access-date=17 October 2023 }} This victory earned him a wildcard for the U.S. Open.

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. 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/scottsdale/433/1987/draws |title=1987 Las Vegas - Draws |website=www.atptour.com |access-date=17 October 2023 }} 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. 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.

Chang's most significant "youngest-ever" record came in 1989 when he won the French Open at the age of {{Age in years and days|1972|02|22|1989|06|12}}, to become the youngest male player ever to win a Grand Slam title. He defeated Stefan Edberg in a five-set final, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.{{Cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/4550743/2023/05/26/michael-chang-french-open-1989-interview/|title=Michael Chang, youngest French Open champ, reflects on Paris 1989, Asian pride and more|first=Damon|last=Sayles|website=The Athletic}} 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. 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg-archives-epic-match-chang-lendl-1989-fourth-round |title=One day, one epic match: Chang - Lendl (4th round 1989) |website=www.rolandgarros.com |date=31 May 2020 |access-date=17 October 2023 }}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/08/1989-michael-changs-inspired-and-inspiring-french-open-victory/55424/|title = 1989: Michael Chang's inspired and inspiring French Open victory |website=Tennis.com |last=Tignor |first=Steve |date=August 20, 2015}} 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.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/0Bh0OZXyC_M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160414130902/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bh0OZXyC_M Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bh0OZXyC_M |title=EuroCup Of Legends – Michael Chang |work=Youtube |date=June 12, 2009 |access-date=May 17, 2011}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/sports/tennis/chang-returns-to-site-of-a-singular-triumph-with-a-protege.html |title=Michael Chang Returns to French Open, With a Protégé |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 23, 2014 |first=Christopher |last=Clarey |access-date=September 11, 2014 }}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/french09/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=4173388 |title=Michael Chang's 89 French Open Title More Than A Fond Memory |publisher=ESPN |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=May 17, 2011}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/sport/tennis/video/I05272465/huitieme-de-finale-a-roland-garros-service-a-la-cuillere-de-chang.fr.html|title=Under-arm serve (fr)}} 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.{{Cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/1999/french_open/news/1999/05/22/tenyears_changfrench/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819053640/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/1999/french_open/news/1999/05/22/tenyears_changfrench/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 19, 2000 |title=He'll always have Paris: Michael Chang reflects on crowning moment |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=May 22, 1999 |access-date=May 17, 2011}} 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:

{{blockquote|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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-12-sp-crowe12-story.html |title=Quitting was an option for Michael Chang |newspaper=LA Times |date=May 25, 2003 |access-date=May 17, 2011}}}}

Chang became the first American man to win the French Open since Tony Trabert in 1955,{{Cite web|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/tennis/2018/07/06/sam-kouvaris-wimbledon-most-memorable-for-tony-trabert/11571455007/|title=Sam Kouvaris: Wimbledon the most memorable for Tony Trabert|website=The Florida Times-Union}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/07/tony-trabert-obituary|title=Tony Trabert obituary|first=Richard|last=Evans|date=February 7, 2021|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/tony-trabert|title=International Tennis Hall of Fame|website=www.tennisfame.com}} and the first American man to win a Grand Slam since 1984.{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Sally |date=1989-06-12 |title=CHANG WINS FRENCH OPEN OVER EDBERG |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/06/12/chang-wins-french-open-over-edberg/b4b0f5c6-1449-484f-899f-aff50c9c010a/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |issn=0190-8286}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-15-sp-823-story.html|title=Chang Comes Back Against Lendl, Faces Wheaton in Munich Final|date=December 15, 1991|website=Los Angeles Times}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/this-will-hurt-says-sinner-after-5-hour-15-minute-defeat-01662623107|title='This Will Hurt,' Says Sinner After 5-hour 15-minute Defeat|first=AFP-Agence France|last=Presse|website=www.barrons.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/our-features/september-12-1992-the-day-stefan-edberg-beat-michael-chang-in-the-longest-ever-us-open-match-288974.html|title=September 12, 1992: The day Stefan Edberg beat Michael Chang in the longest ever US Open match|date=September 12, 2022|website=Tennis Majors}} 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 was the first player to be beaten by Roger Federer in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2000 Australian Open.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-07-sp-french-fyi7-story.html|title=Roger Federer's chance at history arrives Sunday|first=Chuck|last=Culpepper|date=June 7, 2009|website=Los Angeles Times}} He was 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/09/09/andy-roddick-the-agony-and-the-ecstasy-of-a-great-career/ |title=Andy Roddick – The Agony And The Ecstasy Of A Great Career |work=The Sunday Leader |date=September 9, 2012}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/french09/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=4174250 |title=What Michael Chang's 1989 French Open Title Meant |publisher=ESPN |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=May 17, 2011}}

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.{{Cite web|author=Curry Kirkpatrick |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136406/1/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903235142/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136406/1/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2012 |title=Michael Chang's five-set win lifted the U.S. over Austria in Davis Cup play |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=October 1, 1990 |access-date=May 17, 2011}} 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.

• Chang won the ATP Newcomer of the Year award in 1988.
• Chang was awarded ATP Most Improved Player in 1989.
• In 2008, Chang was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/tennisfame.aspx?pgID=889&newsID=92&exCompID=56|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216013559/http://www.tennisfame.com/tennisfame.aspx?pgID=889&newsID=92&exCompID=56|url-status=unfit|title=Press Releases|archivedate=December 16, 2008|website=www.tennisfame.com}}
• On May 3, 2009, Chang was honored by the Los Angeles Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in "Celebrating Taiwanese Americans in Sports".{{Cite web|url=http://www.chssc.org/NewsNotes/NN_Master.htm |title=CHSSC News and Notes April 2009 |publisher=Chssc.org |access-date=May 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312075359/http://www.chssc.org/NewsNotes/NN_Master.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2011 }}

Chang signed a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal with Reebok in 1988;{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-27-tm-1546-story.html |title=BOY WONDER : Michael Chang Has Found God And a Seven-Figure Income. Now All He Needs is Another Big Tennis Win. |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=August 27, 1989 |first=Thomas |last=Bonk |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} he wore Reebok apparel and Reebok Court Victory Pumps shoes{{cite web|url=http://www.footlocker.com/striperpedia/article/5002930/Re-released%20Reebok%20Pumps%20up%20excitement |title=RE-RELEASED REEBOK PUMPS UP EXCITEMENT |publisher=Foot Locker |access-date=September 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912031312/http://www.footlocker.com/striperpedia/article/5002930/Re-released%20Reebok%20Pumps%20up%20excitement |archive-date=September 12, 2014 }} during his tennis career{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1996/06/3/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/REEBOK-LOOKS-TO-TAKE-STRONGER-FOOTHOLD-IN-ASIA.aspx |title=REEBOK LOOKS TO TAKE STRONGER FOOTHOLD IN ASIA |date=June 3, 1996 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} and used Prince rackets on court.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1996/06/19/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/SERVE-AND-VOLLEY-ATP-TOP-20-CLOTHES-RACQUETS-AND-SHOES.aspx |title=SERVE AND VOLLEY: ATP TOP 20 CLOTHES, RACQUETS, AND SHOES |publisher=SportsBusiness Journal |date=June 19, 1996 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} He started using the Prince "Precision Michael Chang Graphite" 28-inch signature racket in 1994, which was an inch longer than the standard model.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1995/06/20/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/IS-LONGER-BETTER-PRINCE-UNVEILS-NEW-TECHNOLOGY-AROUND-CHANG.aspx |title=IS LONGER BETTER? PRINCE UNVEILS NEW TECHNOLOGY AROUND CHANG |publisher=SportsBusiness Journal |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }}

Chang signed endorsement deals with Nissin Foods noodles in 1989,{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/12/21/christmas-spirit-on-the-coldest-day-of/ |title=Christmas spirit: On the coldest day of the year, a... |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=December 21, 1989 |first=Mike |last=Conklin |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Panasonic{{cite book|title=Hard Courts: Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours |url=https://archive.org/details/hardcourts00fein |url-access=registration |first=John |last=Feinstein |date=1992 |publisher=Villard Books |isbn=9780394583334 }} and Longines in the 1990s,{{cite web|url=http://en.worldtempus.com/article/people/longines-partner-kremlin-tennis-cup |title=Longines Partner of the Kremlin Tennis Cup |publisher=WorldTempus |date=September 17, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Cathay Pacific Airlines in 1990,{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-26-fi-640-story.html |title=Athletic Firms Going to the Net in Quest for Next Tennis Celebrity |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 26, 1990 |first=Bruce |last=Horovitz |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Bristol-Myers Squibb promoting Nuprin in 1991,{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/66464964984cde8722973834a1801556 |title=U.S. OPEN NOTEBOOK |publisher=AP News Archive |date=September 2, 1991 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Stelux watches in 1993,{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/3f095518454a8b7f52a227254983be0a |title=NAMES IN THE GAME |publisher=AP News Archive |date=May 16, 1993 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Discover Card in 1996,{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1996/08/12/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/MARKETPLACE-ROUND-UP.aspx |title=MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP |publisher=SportsBusiness Journal |date=August 12, 1996 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Tiger Balm,{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/99/0212/cs2.html |title=TOUGH MEDICINE |publisher=Asiaweek.com |date=1999 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Procter & Gamble (endorsing P&G's Rejoice Shampoo),{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1997/0310/5905096a.html |title=Tiger Woods played here |magazine=Forbes |date=March 10, 1997 |first=Andrew |last=Tanzer |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} Eveready Battery Company (endorsing Eveready Alkaline batteries), and Yale locks. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1997/05/29/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/MARKETPLACE-ROUND-UP.aspx |title=MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP |publisher=SportsBusiness Journal |date=May 29, 1997 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }}

Chang began coaching Kei Nishikori in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/9067861/former-french-open-champion-michael-chang-to-coach-kei-nishikori|title=Former French Open champion Michael Chang to coach Kei Nishikori|website=Sky Sports|date=December 11, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/nishikori-adds-michael-chang-to-coaching-team|title=Nishikori adds Michael Chang to coaching team|website=Tennis.com |last=Cronin |first=Matt |date=December 11, 2013}}

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,{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2003/07/07/daily22.html |title=Tennis star Chang buys Dunton Realty |newspaper=Denver Business Journal |date=June 8, 2003 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} and changed its name to Dunton Commercial Real Estate Co.{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2003/11/03/daily57.html |title=Dunton Realty changes name |newspaper=Denver Business Journal |date=November 7, 2003 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} In 2004, they bought SullivanHayes Cos., a retail real estate company in Denver.{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2004/10/04/daily13.html |title=SullivanHayes changing hands |newspaper=Denver Business Journal |date=October 4, 2004 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} It was chosen by Denver International Airport to develop a new 17-acre retail project along Peña Boulevard, the airport's main artery.{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2006/04/03/daily52.html?page=all |title=Developer picked for DIA retail project |newspaper=Denver Business Journal |date=April 6, 2006 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }}

Chang served as Chairman of ATP Tour Charities in 1994. He has supported grassroots tennis development in Asia through his Stars of the Future program in Hong Kong and the Reebok Challenge across Asia. He was one of five athletes named in the second annual "Most Caring Athlete" list by USA Today Weekend in 1995.{{cite web | url=https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Michael+Chang/410 | title=Michael Chang biography | publisher=AAE Speakers | accessdate=4 November 2023}} 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. He has also served as a national spokesman for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the US.{{cite web | url=https://www.njsportsheroes.com/michaelchangt.html | title=Michael Chang tennis | publisher=NJ Sports | accessdate=4 November 2023}}

In 2001, Chang served as a goodwill ambassador for the 2008 Beijing Olympic bid committee.{{cite web | url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-a-near-scratch-golfer-chang-still-remembered-for-2007apr25-story.html | title=Chang still remembered for his historic tennis exploits | work=San Diego Union Tribune | date=April 25, 2007 | accessdate=4 November 2023}}

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 cichlids among other things.

In 2002, Chang published a book about his career entitled Holding Serve: Persevering On and Off the Court.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/22/sports/IHT-in-the-arena-mcenroe-and-chang-2-tightly-strung-stories.html|title=IN THE ARENA : McEnroe and Chang — 2 tightly strung stories |website=The New York Times|date=June 22, 2002}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2003/07/27/2003061201|title=Chang and tennis, a match made in heaven - Taipei Times|date=July 27, 2003|website=www.taipeitimes.com}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://open.biola.edu/authors/michael-chang|title=Michael Chang|publisher=Biola University|access-date=July 7, 2015}}

On October 18, 2008, Chang married Amber Liu, also a professional tennis player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gospelherald.net/article/ministries/44611/michael-chang-gets-married-at-virginity.htm |title=Michael Chang Gets Married at Virginity |date=October 28, 2008 |publisher=Gospelherald.net |access-date=May 17, 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25653923 |title=Chang inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame |publisher=Nbcsports.msnbc.com |date=July 12, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519105752/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25653923 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead }} They have three children,{{Cite web|url=https://mchang.com/michael-chang/ |title=Biography FAQ |publisher=Change Family Foundation |access-date=June 24, 2024}} including two daughters.{{Cite web|url=http://mchang.com/cff/babylani.html |title=The official family announcement |publisher=Chang Family Foundation |access-date=May 17, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://mchang.com/merry-christmas-from-the-chang-family-foundation/ |title=Merry Christmas from the Chang Family Foundation! |publisher=Chang Family Foundation |date=December 30, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2014 }} He is a devout Christian.{{Cite web|date=2018-07-06|title=Former Grand Slam winner Michael Chang living for Jesus through coaching and mentoring|url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/other/tennis/2018/07/06/former-grand-slam-winner-michael-chang-living-for-jesus-through-coaching-and-mentoring/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Sports Spectrum|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennisnow.com/News/2015/May/On-a-Swing-and-a-Prayer-Faith%E2%80%99s-Place-In-Tennis.aspx|title=On a Swing and a Prayer: Faith's Place In Tennis |website=www.tennisnow.com |last=Henley |first=Blair |date=May 11, 2015}}

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

• 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).

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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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• [http://tennis-prose.com/articles/biofile-with-michael-chang/ bio – file interview with Michael Chang]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20031004145719/http://dailynews.dayoo.com/content/2003-09/06/content_1211507.htm A Chinese interview] (in Simplified Chinese)
• [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/michaelchangtennishofinduction.htm Text and Audio of Michael Chang's Tennis Hall of Fame Induction Speech]

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