Hsieh Su-wei

Hsieh Su-wei
謝淑薇

Hsieh Su-wei at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei [1]
Residence	Taipei, Taiwan[1]
Born	(1986-01-04) January 4, 1986 Kaohsiung, Taiwan [2]
Height	1.695 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Coach(es)	Paul McNamee (2011–)
Prize money	US$ 4,016,110
Singles
Career record	379–221
Career titles	2 WTA, 26 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 23 (25 February 2013)
Current ranking	No. 65 (15 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2008)
French Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	2R (2008, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	371–201
Career titles	17 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (12 May 2014)
Current ranking	No. 29 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009, 2011)
French Open	W (2014)
Wimbledon	W (2013)
US Open	SF (2012)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2013)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2015)
French Open	2R (2009, 2010, 2013)
Wimbledon	SF (2011)
US Open	SF (2009)
Medal record Competitor for  Chinese Taipei Women's Tennis Asian Games 2002 Busan Team 2006 Doha Team 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles 2010 Guangzhou Team 2010 Guangzhou Doubles 2014 Incheon Team 2014 Incheon Doubles Universiade 2005 Izmir Doubles 2005 Izmir Singles
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Hsieh Su-wei (born January 4, 1986) is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player. As of 25 February 2013 she was ranked no. 23 in the WTA Tour singles rankings and is the highest-ranked Taiwanese women's singles player ever.^[3] Currently she is the top-ranked WTA player from Taiwan in both singles and doubles.

By winning the 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 French Open doubles championships (with her Chinese partner Peng Shuai), she became the first player from Taiwan to win a Grand Slam title of any kind. Furthermore, with the semifinal run at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open, she also became the first individual from Taiwan to achieve the No. 1 ranking in tennis, whether in singles or doubles, male or female.

Biography

Hsieh was born to parents Hsieh Tze-lung and Ho Fom-ju in Hsinchu and raised in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was introduced to tennis by her father at five years of age. Her younger sister, Hsieh Shu-ying, is also a professional tennis player. Hsieh named her tennis idols as Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi.^[4] She has trained at a Taipei tennis school run by Hu Na, a former mainland Chinese player who defected to the USA in 1982.^[5]

After Hsieh Su-wei won the 2013 Wimbledon doubles championship with her Chinese partner Peng Shuai, her father said that a Chinese company had offered her a sponsorship deal worth 10 million yuan (US$1.63 million) per year, on the condition that she switch her citizenship to the People's Republic of China. His remarks caused controversy in Taiwan, even though Hsieh stated that she was not interested in the offer. In response, the government of Taiwan mobilized domestic companies to offer her competing deals.^[5]

Playing style

Hsieh has a very different style of play, compared to most of the other players. She hits the ball with two hands on both sides, thus hitting very flat. Her unorthodox way of playing creates many big angles in her game and makes her shots unpredictable.

Hsieh, unlike most other players, is able to play drop shots and slices on clay court successfully.

Many top players have praised Hsieh's unusual playing style. Maria Sharapova, after her third-round win over Hsieh at Wimbledon 2012, said, "I faced her many times in the juniors. She used to be a nightmare for me because she used to slice and dropshot on clay. I was like, 'Where did they learn how to play tennis like that?' She uses both hands, switches racquets. That's her game, it's to hit a lot of dropshots and slices and get people kind of crazy."^[6]

Professional career

Early years

During the 2001 Australian Open Junior Grand Slam event, Hsieh reached the girl's singles quarterfinals^[7] and the round of 16 in the girls doubles event with partner Natalie Ko,^[7] losing in two sets to eventual champions, Petra Cetkovská and Barbora Strýcová.^[7] Hsieh displayed stunning results in the 2001 season as a 15-year-old. Playing on the ITF Circuit, she won all of the five events she entered at Wellington, Kaohsiung, Bangkok (twice), and Peachtree City from January until November. She also competed on her first two WTA Tour events, reaching the semifinals in Bali and the quarterfinals in Pattaya. Although she only played seven tournaments in 2001, she had an impressive 41–2 record, in addition to starting her career with 37 wins in a row. She had success on the doubles circuit as well, reaching two finals and winning one of them.

2006–2008

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

Su-wei started 2008 by winning three matches to qualify for the Australian Open, where she won her first main-draw Grand Slam match, defeating Klára Zakopalová in three sets. In the second round, she beat 19th seed Sybille Bammer and defeated Aravane Rezaï in the third round to become first Taiwan Team 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 three sets. 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. She beat Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 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 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. 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 of the doubles rankings, at number 9.

2010–2011

She lost in round one of the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open to Han Xinyun. This was her only main draw WTA match of 2010.

At Wimbledon 2011, she reached the semifinals of mixed doubles, with Australia's Paul Hanley. Partnering Zheng Jie, she won the doubles event at the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open.

Hsieh won 3 ITF singles titles in 2011; at Mildura (in February), Beijing (in August) and Seoul (in October).

2012

In March 2012, aged 26, she won her first WTA singles title, beating Petra Martić at the BMW Malaysian Open. She also reached the 3rd round of Wimbledon for the first time losing to then-World No. 1 Maria Sharapova.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she represented Taiwan in the women's singles and in women's doubles with Chuang Chia-Jung.^[8] Although she was knocked on in the first round of the singles, she and her partner reached the quarter finals in the doubles.^[8]

In September, she beat Laura Robson of Great Britain in three sets to win the Guangzhou International Women's Open – her second WTA singles title. Despite being 2–0 down in each of the first two sets, having 5 match points saved in the second set, and being 3–0 down in the final set, she fought back to win in searing heat. The match had to be suspended at 1 set apiece as both players suffered in soaring temperatures.

2013: Top 25

Hsieh began the season at the inaugural Shenzhen Open, seeded 4th. She lost in the second round to Annika Beck. She then lost in the first round of the Moorilla Hobart International to regular doubles partner Peng Shuai. At the Australian Open, Hsieh won her first round but lost in the second to Svetlana Kuznetsova. In doubles, Hsieh and Peng lost a tough match to top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the third round.

Hsieh entered the PTT Pattaya Open but lost to Marina Erakovic in the first round. She then lost in the second round in Doha and Dubai. As the defending champion in Kuala Lumpur, Hsieh was seeded 2nd and advanced to the quarterfinals with wins over Kurumi Nara and Zhang Shuai. However, she lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Her ranking fell from 23 to 35 as a result. Hsieh then fell in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open and Sony Open Tennis.

During the clay season, she fell in first round of the Mutua Madrid Open, Internazional BNL d'Italia, French Open and second round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in singles, but won a doubles title in Internazional BNL d'Italia with Peng Shuai. Having tasted success in doubles, she then went on and won four additional titles with Peng Shuai in doubles, namely Wimbledon Championships, Western and Southern Open, Guangzhou International Women's Open and WTA Tour Championships. By qualifying and winning the WTA Tour Championships, Hsieh (along with Peng) became the first Asian player of any kind to ever won a season ending championship and finished her doubles season ranked number 3 in the world.

Hsieh's singles season ended disappointing with numerous first round fell and only five second round shows in AEGON International, Wimbledon Championships, US Open, Guangzhou International Women's Open and BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open.

2014: Doubles No. 1

After training with her coach Paul McNamee in Australia, she started her season by playing in qualification of Brisbane International and Sydney. She lost in qualifications for both tournaments but received a lucky loser spot in Brisbane due to Caroline Wozniacki withdrawing late. However, she still lost in Round 32 to Carla Suárez Navarro. At PTT Pattaya Open, Hsieh was defeated in the first round by Tadeja Majerič but won a week later in qualifying at Qatar Total Open. Hsieh also defeated Flavia Pennetta in first round of Qatar Total Open before losing to Sara Errani.

Hsieh won her first doubles title with Peng Shuai at Qatar Total Open in 2014 and reached career high number 2 in doubles. Later in May, with the semifinal run in doubles at Madrid, Hsieh will share the number 1 ranking with Peng for at least a week, establishing the first individual in Taiwan to receive the #1 ranking in Tennis, whether in singles or doubles, male or female. However, she failed to defend her title with Peng Shuai in Internazional BNL d'Italia by losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova in the second round in straight sets.

With doubles competition in the way, Hsieh missed all the singles events during the Clay season except French Open, where she lost in the first round of qualifying. In doubles, she came through one of the most difficult doubles draws with Peng by defeating unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur in the first round in straight sets, breezed through former #1, fifteenth seed Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the third round, grinded three sets with fifth seed Sania Mirza and Cara Black in the Quarterfinals and Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro, whom they lost to in Madrid, in the Semifinals and defeated second seed Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the final in straight sets.

2015

In Australian Open, Hsieh lost in the qualifying 1st round for singles, and main draw 2nd round for doubles, but she reached main draw semifinals in mixed doubles with Pablo Cuevas.

In April, Hsieh won 2 ITF $25,000 tournaments (in Shenzhen and Nanning).

Statistics

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Peng Shuai	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7–6 (7–1), 6–1
Winner	2014	French Open	Clay	Peng Shuai	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6–4, 6–1

Year-end Championships Finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	Istanbul	Hard (i)	Peng Shuai	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2014	Singapore	Hard (i)	Peng Shuai	Cara Black Sania Mirza	1–6, 0–6

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 6 (6 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2009	Rome	Clay	Peng Shuai	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	7–5, 7–6 (7–5)
Winner	2009	Beijing	Hard	Peng Shuai	Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova	6–3, 6–1
Winner	2013	Rome	Clay	Peng Shuai	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	2013	Cincinnati	Hard	Peng Shuai	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Winner	2014	Doha	Hard	Peng Shuai	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2014	Indian Wells	Hard	Peng Shuai	Cara Black Sania Mirza	7–6 (7–5), 6–2

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 March 2012	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Petra Martić	2–6, 7–5, 4–1, retired
Winner	2.	23 September 2012	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Laura Robson	6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles: 24 (17–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	3 October 2004	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Cho Yoon-Jeong Jeon Mi-ra	3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Runner–up	2.	6 January 2007	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Shikha Uberoi	Janette Husárová Paola Suárez	0–6, 2–6
Runner–up	3.	18 February 2007	Bangalore Open, Bangalore, India	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [9–11]
Winner	1.	23 September 2007	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Han Xinyun Xu Yifan	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner	2.	30 September 2007	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	4.	10 February 2008	Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Vania King	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	5.	17 August 2008	Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	3.	14 September 2008	Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Peng Shuai	Marta Domachowska Nadia Petrova	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–7]
Winner	4.	28 September 2008	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Vera Dushevina Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 6–0
Winner	5.	16 January 2009	Medibank International Sydney, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Peng Shuai	Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua	6–0, 6–1
Winner	6.	9 May 2009	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy	Clay	Peng Shuai	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	7.	11 October 2009	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Peng Shuai	Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	24 September 2011	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Chan Chin-wei Han Xinyun	6–2, 6–1
Winner	9.	18 June 2012	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, England	Grass	Tímea Babos	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Winner	10.	19 May 2013	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy	Clay	Peng Shuai	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	11.	6 July 2013	Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Peng Shuai	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7–6(7–1), 6–1
Winner	12.	18 August 2013	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Peng Shuai	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Winner	13.	21 September 2013	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Peng Shuai	Vania King Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 4–6, [12–10]
Winner	14.	27 October 2013	WTA Championships, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Peng Shuai	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 7–5
Winner	15.	16 February 2014	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Peng Shuai	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–0
Winner	16.	15 March 2014	BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Peng Shuai	Cara Black Sania Mirza	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner	17.	8 June 2014	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Peng Shuai	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	6.	26 October 2014	WTA Finals, Singapore, Singapore	Hard (i)	Peng Shuai	Cara Black Sania Mirza	1–6, 0–6
Runner–up	7.	28 February 2015	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Sania Mirza	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	4–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

Key

Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles

All results are included in Career Win–Loss records but only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are recorded.

This table is current through the 2016 Australian Open.

I = Indoor ; IC = Indoor Carpet ; A = Absent ; B = Blue ; NH = Not Held ; P = Premier ; T II = Tier II

Doubles

All results are included in Career Win–Loss records but only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are recorded.

This table is current through the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy.

I = Indoor ; IC = Indoor Carpet ; A = Absent ; B = Blue ; NH = Not Held ; P = Premier ; T II = Tier II

Mixed Doubles

NH = Not Held | Mixed Doubles partners:
^AFAshley Fisher ^AQAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi ^BSBruno Soares ^CFColin Fleming ^FNFrederik Nielsen ^HKHenri Kontinen ^JMJamie Murray
^KUKevin Ullyett ^MFMariusz Fyrstenberg ^MMMarcin Matkowski ^PCPablo Cuevas ^PHPaul Hanley ^RBRohan Bopanna ^RKRaven Klaasen

References

1. 1 2 "Fed Cup bio". Retrieved 30 June 2014. 
2. ↑ "Interview: Tennis player Hsieh Su-wei has year to remember". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. 
3. ↑ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings
4. ↑ http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/9419/title/su-wei-hsieh
5. 1 2 Dan Levin (19 July 2013). "Taiwan’s Tennis Ace Flirts With China. How Could She? Cash.". New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2013. 
6. ↑ 'Sharapova admits beaten Hsieh drove her crazy' Times of India (Retrieved 29 June 2012, 10.06pm IST)
7. 1 2 3 http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100001790
8. 1 2 "Hsieh Su-Wei Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20. 

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Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 doubles players   Martina Navratilova (1984/1990 – 237 w)   Pam Shriver (1985/1986 – 48 w)   Helena Suková (1990/1993 – 68 w)   Jana Novotná (1990/1999 – 67 w)   Gigi Fernández (1991/1995 – 80 w)   Natasha Zvereva (1991/1999 – 124 w)   Larisa Neiland (1992 – 4 w)   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1992/1997 – 111 w)   Lindsay Davenport (1997/2000 – 32 w)   Martina Hingis (1998/2016 – 40 w)   Anna Kournikova (1999/2000 – 10 w)   Corina Morariu (2000 – 7 w)   Lisa Raymond (2000/2012 – 137 w)   Rennae Stubbs (2000 – 3 w)   Julie Halard-Decugis (2000 – 14 w)   Ai Sugiyama (2000/2003 – 45 w)   Paola Suárez (2002/2004 – 87 w)   Kim Clijsters (2003 – 4 w)   Virginia Ruano Pascual (2003/2005 – 65 w)   Cara Black (2005/2010 – 163 w)   Samantha Stosur (2006/2007 – 61 w)   Liezel Huber (2007/2012 – 199 w)   Serena Williams (2010 – 8 w)   Venus Williams (2010 – 8 w)   Gisela Dulko (2010/2011 – 24 w)   Flavia Pennetta (2011 – 18 w)   Květa Peschke (2011 – 10 w)   Katarina Srebotnik (2011 – 10 w)   Sara Errani (2012/2015 – 87 w)   Roberta Vinci (2012/2015 – 110 w)   Peng Shuai (2014 – 20 w)   Hsieh Su-wei (2014 – 5 w)   Sania Mirza (2015/2016 – 45 w) WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984 (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) current No. 1 in bold, as of week of February 15, 2016

Wimbledon (Open Era) ladies' doubles champions (1968) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King (1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton (1970) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King (1971) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve (1973) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King (1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel (1975) Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu (1976) Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova (1977) Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell (1978) Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull (1979) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (1981) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1982) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1983) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1985) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie (1986) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1987) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (1988) Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini (1989) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (1991) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1996) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (1999) Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu (2000) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (2002) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama (2004) Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs (2005) Cara Black / Liezel Huber (2006) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber (2008) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (2011) Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (2012) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2013) Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (2014) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (2015) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

WTA Year-end championships winners doubles (1972) not held (1973) Rosemary Casals / Margaret Court (1974) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King (1975) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (1976) not held (1977) Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve (1978) not held (1979) Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve (1980) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (1981) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1982) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1983) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1985) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1986 (1)) Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull (1986 (2)) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1988) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1989) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1990) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie (1991) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (1997) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (1998) Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (1999) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (2000) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (2002) Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2004) Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy (2005) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber (2008) Cara Black / Liezel Huber (2009) Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (2010) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (2011) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (2012) Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (2013) Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (2014) Cara Black / Sania Mirza (2015) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

Top ten ranked female doubles tennis players from the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) as of 15 February 2016 1. Sania Mirza (1 ) 2. Yaroslava Shvedova (4 ) 3. Chan Yung-jan (10 ) 4. Chan Hao-ching (11 ) 5. Zheng Saisai (22 ) 6. Hsieh Su-wei (27 2) 7. Xu Yifan (28 1) 8. Liang Chen (36 1) 9. Chuang Chia-jung (41 1) 10. Wang Yafan (49 2)