Hsieh Su-wei

Hsieh Su-wei
謝淑薇

Hsieh Su-wei at the 2009 US Open
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Residence	Taipei, Taiwan
Born	(1986-01-04) January 4, 1986 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$1,850,945
Singles
Career record	314–160
Career titles	2 WTA, 23 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 23 (February 25, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 38 (April 29, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2008)
French Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2008, 2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	286–158
Career titles	10 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 9 (October 26, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 16 (MAY 21, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009, 2011)
French Open	SF (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2010, 2012)
US Open	SF (2012)
Last updated on: April 22, 2013.

Olympic 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

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hsieh.

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 29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) she was ranked No. 38 in the WTA Tour singles rankings and is the highest ranked Taiwanese women's singles player ever.

Biography

Su-wei was born to parents Hsieh Tze-lung and Ho Fom-ju in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was introduced to tennis by her father at five years of age. Her younger sister, Hsieh Su-ying, is also a pro tennis player.

Hsieh named her tennis idols as Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi.

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."

Professional career

Early years

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 two very first 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 her starting her career with 37 wins in a row. On top of that, 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 Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles.  The following year, she entered Wimbledon again, losing in the first round in both Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles.

Su-wei 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 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 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 Martic 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.

In September, she beat Laura Robson of Great Britain 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 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

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 5-7, 2-6. 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.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2–0)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (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 Ret.
Winner	2.	23 September 2012	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Laura Robson	6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles: 15 (10–5)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (3–0)
Tier II / Premier (2–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (5–5)

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	6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	6 January 2007	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Shikha Uberoi	Janette Husárová Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	18 February 2007	Bangalore Open, Bangalore, India	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Chan Yung-Jan Chuang Chia-Jung	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Winner	1.	23 September 2007	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Chuang Chia-Jung	Han Xinyun Xu Yi-Fan	7–6(2–7), 6–3
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	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	17 Augustus 2008	Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
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	Timea 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]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	A	A	A	Q3	Q2	4R	1R	A	A	Q2	2R	4–3
French Open	Q3	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	Q1	A	A	1R		0–4
Wimbledon	Q2	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	3R		2–4
US Open	Q1	A	A	1R	Q3	Q3	2R	Q1	A	A	1R		1–3

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	2R	1R	2R	QF	3R	QF	2R	3R	13–9
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	SF	1R	1R	2R		6–6
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R		4–7
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	SF		8–6

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	1–2
French Open	2R	2R	1R	A	2–3
Wimbledon	QF	3R	SF	QF	11–4
US Open	SF	1R	A	1R	3–3

External links

• Hsieh Su-wei at the Women's Tennis Association
• Hsieh Su-wei at the International Tennis Federation