36 years ago today, June 12, 1989 (May 9, 1989, the lunar calendar), Chang Depei: the first Chinese to win a tennis grand slam. Photo: Michael Chang On June 12, 1989, Chinese American tennis player Michael Chang defeated Sweden's Aiteborg to win the French Open men's singles championship. It was the first Chinese to win one of the tennis majors in history. Chang later ended his professional tennis career in 2003. Depei Chang is a Chinese-American tennis player with his ancestral home in Baita Gugou Township, Jieyang, Guangdong (formerly Jieyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture). He won the championship trophy at the French Open in 1989, becoming the first player in the American men's tennis world to win the French Open championship in 34 years, and setting the age record for the youngest Grand Slam champion. In his 16-year career, Michael Chang has achieved an impressive record of 662 wins and 312 losses. He has reached the finals of various competitions 58 times in total and won 34 singles championship trophies, including three times. Entering the singles finals of the Grand Slam tournament. It once ranked second in the world. Photo: Zhang Depei