2003-04: Earned first-team All-Ivy in doubles and second-team All-Ivy in singles ... Began the season going 3-1 at the Cissie Leary Memorial Invitational held at Penn, defeating Rachel Samson of Lehigh (6-0, 6-2) and Northwestern's Ruth Barnes (6-0, 6-4) in straight sets while coming from behind to defeat Ohio State's Erica Fisk in three sets before losing the No. 23 ranked player according to the ITA ... Battled her way through the season, amassing a 9-9 record heading into the Ivy League season ... Rolled out to a 5-0 start in the Ancient Eight as part of a six-match winning streak ... During the streak Chao defeated four of the six opponents in straight sets including a 6-1, 6-0 win over Brown?s Kerry Meath for her third Ivy win ... Chao finished the regular season 16-11 overall and 6-1 in the Ancient Eight ... Chao participated in doubles competition primarily with senior Rachel Shweky, compiling a 15-10 overall record and 5-2 mark in Ivy matches ... The pair won five of their last six matches.
2002-03: Named second-team All-Ivy League at No. 2 doubles with Rachel Shweky ... Ranked No. 1 doubles pair in East Region with Alice Pirsu in fall 2002 ... Advanced to Finals in doubles at Omni Hotels Eastern Region Championships ... Advanced to Finals of 10th Annual William & Mary Invitational ... Defeated Marta Bechliwanis, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, to help Penn defeat then-No. 32 Virginia, 5-2 on Feb. 10 ... Came back after down, 3-6 in first set, to upend Yale's Karilyn Martin, 6-4, 6-1, to help Penn extend 21-match win streak on April 12 ... Teammed with Rachel Shweky to defeat Harvard's No. 2 doubles team, 9-7, on April 19 ... Finished the season with a 5-2 Ivy League mark in singles.
2001-02: Went 19-12 in regular season singles action ... Undefeated (7-0) in doubles with Alice Pirsu ... Ranked No. 11 in East Region with Raluca Ciulei in doubles ... Went 5-2 at No. 5 singles in Ivy League action ... Advanced to Quarterfinals of Eastern Regionals ... Reached Round of 16 in Cissie Leary Invitational.
Prior to Penn : Won two rounds at Easterbowl, beating No. 10 player Erin Burdette ... Valedictorian of class ... Held a national ranking of 44 in 2000 ... Middle States Sportsmanship of the Year awardee in 1998.
Personal: Born Dec. 9, 1983 in Medford, N.J. ... Daughter of Christina and Jireh Chao ... Enrolled in Wharton.
Career Statistics
Year Singles Doubles
2003-04 16-11 16-11
2002-03 17-9 20-7
2001-02 19-12 19-8
Totals 52-32 55-26
