How Good Was Michael Chang Actually?

How Good Was Michael Chang Actually?
Michael Chang was a great fascinating player of the modern era. One of the most remarkable achievements in tennis history was his victory at the French Open as a seventeen-year-old.
At times, he went toe-to-toe with one of the world's best. Let's see how good Michael Chang truly was.

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[TealRubyy]

Chang was one of the reasons I got into tennis. My parents saw a young Chinese/Taiwanese player win the French Open and decided to see if I could do the same. Sadly for them, I'm nowhere near as skilled as Chang. But I still love tennis and will continue to play until I'm old and confined to a wheelchair.

[ME-nkog]

Chang was a massive overachiever. He had no quit in him and is very well respected not just as a tennis player but as a human being.

[shck]

Michael Chang was an inspiration for generations of Asian Americans and continues to be even today! I never really enjoyed his grind it out style when compared to beautiful strikers like Pistol Pete or Andre, but his grit, determination, and chess skills on the court always garnered a ton of respect. An absolute legend and unique players to come out of the greatest era of American tennis players in the sport's history.

[captainspirou]

Chang was basically the first significant Asian athlete I remember seeing in any sport, not just tennis. He led the way for a lot of people outside of tennis too

[areezzy]

It's incredible how much Chang got given his lack of a big weapon - but his speed was breathtaking. I watched him live a few times and often his opponent dropshots or killer shots that looks impossible to retrieve, but then he retrieved it and counterpunched to a winner. When I met him in person, I saw his thighs were otherworldly huge and muscular, that gave him that speed.

[kennguyen]

Chang absolutely maximize his talent and imo was an overachiever. There were so many great players in his era he had to do battle with. Unfortunately, he was just an undersized player going against all the heavyweights. He had that mentality of never giving up on a ball similar to that of Nadal and Joker.

[juandixonformvp]

There were two phases to Chang's career, first was the 17 year old who won the French Open by running everything down, surprising his opponents with his incredible acceleration and change of direction. In the second phase of Chang's career, he was no longer a baseline grinder, but an attacking all court player. Chang was a fixture in the top-10 in an extremely tough era of tennis, and made it to 3 other Grand Slam finals, against Sampras, Becker, and Muster, who are also all-time greats.

[theprogressivemichigander]

To me, Chang's 1989 French Open run and Ivanisevic's 2001 Wimbledon run are the two best runs to a grand slam title in the modern history of men's tennis.

[paulc]

Chang was the first one to break through in winning a major title during the early Sampras, Agassi, Courier, Chang generation of tennis. I think his early achievement was a major push for the other Americans to believe they could do the same or better.

[miketokles]

He was my favorite player, he would run everything down and I loved that about him and tried to do the same when I played.

[chengyman]

Pound for pound the best tennis player ever :) Gilbert said there will never be another champion under 6ft tall again. If you grew up playing tennis, you know it's difficult being short in this game. He was able to compete at a huge disadvantage of being only 5'8. Thanks for all the memories Chang.

[BurnsTennis]

The Chang v Edberg 1992 US Open semifinal is still the longest match in US Open history, at 5 hrs and 26 minutes. I think that is important info to mention.

[lucu]

i watched him play in London, as short as me around 1.7m but super fast, could generate good power and really good hands. His mentality was second to none, doggedly dogged and a very quick thinker

[dkruljac]

Oh I loved watching Chang play. He was my favourite male player.

[silvere]

He's one of the hardest working tennis professionals. He never left anything on the court. It eventually to a toll on his body. He was never the same after his injury. He lost his speed and power but was ever bit as cerebral as before. I often wondered how he'd be if he didn't get injured.

[gawnbawngkurz]

Chang was the Spud Webb of tennis--under 6' and dominated like a beast. Can't touch that! 👊

[davidcook]

He was the first tennis player. I was a fan of.

[christophercasey]

He ran everything down; he was a counter puncher. That was his game; no more, no less. Often good enough, but sometimes not enough.

[wsurfer]

Considered his small size, he has accomplished a lot in tennis.

[michaellee]

The accomplishment of Michael Chang was huge! 15th seed and defeated legendary players, Lendl and Edberg. And they were on form and were not hampered with any injury, etc. Chang's use of stamina, speed and strategy gave inspiration to future players like Hingis, Hewitt, Nadal, David Goffin, Olivier Rochus, etc. And the wave of female East Asian players, maybe even Western Asian players like Russia and Ukraine. Hingis definitely known for her strategic play and overall court smarts. Coincidentally, Hingis enjoyed success early on much like Chang. Players who are not athletically gifted like Nadal, but gifted in other areas are more likely than not to enjoy success early on as teenagers as opposed to their mid twenties. But, if you take the gifts of Chang and put in the body of an athletically gifted player like Nadal...14 grand slam singles titles at the French Open and counting! If I'm not mistaken, players like Nadal and Hewitt have credited Chang as their inspiration as speed is one of their core weapons. Hingis used her smarts and anticipation to mimic a speedy tennis player like a Chang. What hurt Chang was the hip injury that he never really rebounded from. Chang has some very close matches with top contenders, but unforced errors at crucial moments which Chang did not make when he was 17 years old without the hip injury, had lead Chang not to win more grand slam singles titles. I wonder because Chang has to use so much energy to win matches in his 20s, that Chang was not able to play doubles and win grand slam doubles and/or mixed titles? Hmmm...and Hingis never really rebounded from her ligament injury. Hingis should have won 1997, 1999 French Open Finals, and especially, 2002 Australian Open Final.