Personal

Coached by Samuel Sumyk ... Father, Ching, passed away in 1999 and serves as her inspiration and gives her strength in every aspect of life and tennis; mother's name is Mei; sister's name is Helen (played tennis at UCLA); parents are from Taiwan ... Meilen means beautiful in Mandarin Chinese, which she speaks fluently ... Graduated high school in 1995 ... Enjoys shopping, going to the movies and hanging out with friends.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2001 - Auckland; 2000 - ITF/Los Gatos, CA-USA, ITF/Santa Clara, CA-USA; 1996 - ITF/Santa Clara, CA-USA, ITF/Lakeland, FL-USA.
Semifinalist (3): 2007 - Memphis; 2006 - Birmingham; 2000 - Québec City.
Quarterfinalist (12): 2007 - Forest Hills, Portoroz; 2005 - Portoroz; 2004 - Auckland; 2002 - Hobart; 2001 - Nice, Hawaii, Tokyo [Princess Cup], Luxembourg; 1999 - Tokyo [Japan Open]; 1998 - Pattaya City; 1994 - Philadelphia.

DOUBLES
Winner (4): 2006 - ITF/Midland, MI-USA (w/Sequera); 2004 - Memphis (w/Svensson); 2003 - Birmingham (w/Callens); 2002 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Dechy), Waikoloa (w/Vento-Kabchi); 1999 - ITF/Atlanta, GA-USA (w/Nemeckova); 1996 - ITF/Santa Clara, CA-USA (w/Wainwright), ITF/Cergy Pontois-FRA (w/Lettiere).
Finalist (6): 2007 - Sydney (w/Bartoli), Birmingham (w/Sun); 2003 - Québec City (w/Callens); 2002 - Antwerp, Bratislava (both w/Dechy); 2001 - Bratislava (w/Dechy).

ADDITIONAL
American Fed Cup Team, 2007.