Hsieh Su-wei

Hsieh Su-wei
謝淑薇

Hsieh Su-wei at the 2009 US Open
Country  Chinese Taipei
Residence Taipei, Taiwan
Born January 4, 1986 (1986-01-04) (age 26)
Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 2001
Retired Active
Plays Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Career prize money $1,147,892
Singles
Career record 249 - 128
Career titles 18 ITF
Highest ranking No. 78 (3 November 2008)
Grand Slam results
French Open 1R (2006, 2007, 2008)
Wimbledon 2R (2008)
US Open 2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record 246 - 128
Career titles 8 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking No. 9 (26 October 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2009, 2011)
French Open SF (2009)
Wimbledon 3R (2010)
US Open 3R (2011)
Last updated on: September 25, 2011.
Medal record
Competitor for  Chinese Taipei
Women's Tennis
Universiade
Gold 2005 Izmir Doubles
Bronze 2005 Izmir Singles
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha Team
Silver 2010 Guangdong Team
Silver 2010 Guangdong Doubles
Bronze 2002 Busan Team
Bronze 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles

Hsieh Su-wei (simplified Chinese: 谢淑薇; traditional Chinese: 謝淑薇; pinyin: Xiè Shúwéi; born January 4, 1986 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player.  As of July 12, 2010 she is ranked 322nd in the WTA Tour singles rankings and is the fourth-highest ranked Taiwanese women's singles player.[1] 

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Career

2006–2007

In 2006, Hsieh entered Wimbledon for the first time and lost in the first round in both Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles.  The following year, she entered Wimbledon again, losing in the first round in both Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles.

2008

Su-Wei Hsieh started 2008 by winning three matches to qualify for the Australian Open, where she won her first ever main draw Grand Slam match defeating Klára Zakopalová in three sets. In the second round, she beat the No.19 seed Sybille Bammer 6–2 6–0, and defeated Aravane Rezaï in the third round to become first Chinese Taipei player to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam. She then lost in the fourth round to the World No.1, and No.1 seed Justine Henin in straight sets. The result would lift her into the Top 100 for the first time.

In March, Hsieh played at Indian Wells, losing in the first round to Elena Vesnina in three sets. A week later, she lost again, this time in the first round of qualifying, to Tatiana Poutchek in Miami. These two defeats saw her ranking fall to 116.

At the end of April, Hsieh entered the ITF tournament in Incheon as the first seed, and won the tournament, defeating Chinese player Yanze Xie in the final 7–5 6–7 6–4.  As a result of this win, Hsieh's ranking rose to 99.

In June 2008, Hsieh had her best Wimbledon Ladies' Singles result by making it to the second round and losing to number 9 seed Dinara Safina of Russia, 6–3, 6–2.  She beat Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro of France 6–3, 6–2 in the first round.  It was Hsieh's third Wimbledon appearance.

2009

In January at the Australian Open, unseeded Hsieh lost to unseeded countrywoman Chan Yung-jan, 6–3, 6–3 in the first round of women's singles. In women's doubles, she partnered with Peng Shuai of China and as the number 16 seeds defeated the number two seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the third round and made it to the quarterfinals before losing to the eventual champions, tenth-seeded Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the USA, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.  Hsieh would win three WTA doubles titles over the course of the year, each with Peng, winning in Sydney, Rome, and Beijing.  She would finish the year in the top 10, at number 9.

WTA Tour Finals

Doubles 13 (8-5)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
Olympic Gold (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (1/0)
Tier II (1/0) Premier 5 (1/0)
Tier III (1/2) Premier (1/0)
Tier IV & V (2/3) International (1/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 3 October 2004 Seoul Hard Chuang Chia-Jung Cho Yoon-Jeong
Jeon Mi-Ra
6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 6 January 2007 Auckland Hard Shikha Uberoi Janette Husárová
Paola Suárez 
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 3. 18 February 2007 Bangalore Hard Alla Kudryavtseva Chan Yung-Jan
Chuang Chia-Jung
6–7(4), 6–2, [11–9]
Winner 1.  23 September 2007 Beijing Hard Chuang Chia-Jung Han Xinyun
Xu Yi-Fan
7–6(2), 6–3
Winner 2.  30 September 2007 Seoul Hard Chuang Chia-Jung Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 10 February 2008 Pattaya Hard Vania King Chan Yung-Jan
Chuang Chia-Jung
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 5.  14 September 2008 Cincinnati Hard Yaroslava Shvedova Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner 3.  14 September 2008 Bali Hard Peng Shuai Marta Domachowska
Nadia Petrova
6–7(4), 7–6(3), [10–7]
Winner 4. 28 September 2008 Seoul Hard Chuang Chia-Jung Vera Dushevina
Maria Kirilenko
6–3, 6–0
Winner 5. 16 January 2009 Sydney Hard Peng Shuai Nathalie Dechy
Casey Dellacqua
6–0, 6–1
Winner 6. 9 May 2009 Rome Clay Peng Shuai Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama
7–5, 7–6(5)
Winner 7. 11 October 2009 Beijing Hard Peng Shuai Alla Kudryavtseva
Ekaterina Makarova
6–3, 6–1
Winner 8. 24 September 2011 Guangzhou Hard Zheng Saisai Chan Chin-Wei
Han Xinyun
6-2, 6-1

Performance timelines

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through 2009 Australia Open.

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career SR Career win-loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A LQ A A A LQ LQ 4R 1R A 0 / 2 3–2
French Open A LQ A A A 1R 1R 1R LQ 0 / 3 0–3
Wimbledon A LQ A A A 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 3 1–3
US Open A LQ A A 1R LQ LQ 2R LQ 0 / 2 1–2
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 10 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 5–4 0–1 0–0 N/A 5–10
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not
Held
A Not Held A Not
Held
0 / 0 0–0
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A A LQ A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Miami A A A A A A A LQ A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Not Held A 0 / 0 0–0
Beijing Not
Held
Not Tier I LQ 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A A A LQ 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Not
Held
Not Tier I A 0 / 0 0–0
Montreal/Toronto A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston A A A A A A A A NM5 0 / 0 0–0
Moscow A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Doha1 Not Tier I A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0
Berlin A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
San Diego1 A A A A A A LQ Not Held NM5 0 / 0 0–0
Zurich1 A A A A A A A Not
Tier I
Not
Held
0 / 0 0–0
WTA Tournaments played 2 1 0 0 3 3 7 8 10 0 N/A 34
Finals reached 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Tournaments Won 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Hardcourt Win-Loss 37–2 6–7 6–5 12–7 29–12 18–13 21–18 24–7 2–8 0–0 N/A 155–79
Clay Win-Loss 0–0 5–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 8–1 3–2 1–4 2–3 0–0 N/A 22–14
Grass Win-Loss 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 N/A 5–8
Carpet Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–5 10–1 10–5 0–0 5–1 5–0 0–0 N/A 33–13
Overall Win-Loss 37–2 12–10 6–8 15–12 42–14 36–22 27–21 31–13 9–12 0–0 N/A 215–114
Year End Ranking 165 262 653 426 154 140 143 79 318 N/A N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

LQ = Qualifying round loss

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

1As of 2008, Doha is a Tier I tournament, replacing San Diego and Zurich.

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career SR Career win-loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R QF 3R 0 / 8 7–6
French Open A A A A A A 2R 1R SF 0 / 3 5–3
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 4 0–4
US Open A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 16 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–4 8–4 2–1 N/A 11–15
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not
Held
A Not Held A Not
Held
0 / 0 0–0
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
Miami A A A A A A A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Madrid Not Held QF 0 / 1 2–1
Beijing Not
Held
Not Tier I W 1 / 1 5–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A A A W 1 / 1 5–0
Cincinnati Not
Held
Not Tier I 2R 0 / 1 0–1
Montreal/Toronto A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Tokyo A A A A A A A SF QF 0 / 2 2–2
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston A A A A A A A A NM5 0 / 0 0–0
Moscow A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Doha1 Not Tier I A Not
Held
0 / 0 0–0
Berlin A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
San Diego1 A A A A A A QF Not Held NM5 0 / 1 2–1
Zurich1 A A A A A A A Not
Tier I
Not
Held
0 / 0 0–0
WTA Tournaments played 2 3 0 1 8 6 12 13 15 4 N/A 64
Finals reached 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 3 0 N/A 12
Tournaments Won 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 N/A 7
Hardcourt Win-Loss 10–6 5–4 8–4 22–7 20–9 13–8 31–12 16–11 17–9 4–4 N/A 145–74
Clay Win-Loss 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 4–2 11–3 0–0 N/A 26–8
Grass Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 N/A 3–5
Carpet Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 10–2 14–2 0–0 6–1 0–1 0–0 N/A 36–9
Overall Win-Loss 10–6 9–4 10–5 26–9 34–11 32–13 32–15 26–15 28–14 4–4 N/A 211–95
Year End Ranking 593 199 523 166 135 102 46 53 9 N/A N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament SR = the ratio of the number of doubles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

1As of 2008, Doha is a Tier I tournament, replacing San Diego and Zurich.

Mixed Doubles Performance Timeline

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career win-loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A 1R 0–1
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1–1
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A QF 2–1
US Open A A A A A A A A SF 3–1
Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–3 0–1 6–4
Team Tournaments
Hopman Cup A A A A A A A RR RR A 2–3

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