Hsieh Su-wei

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Hsieh Su-wei
謝淑薇
Hsieh 2009 US Open 01.jpg
Hsieh Su-wei at the 2009 US Open
Country  Republic of China
(Taiwan)
Residence Taipei, Taiwan
Born (1986-01-04) January 4, 1986 (age 27)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 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

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.[1]

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Biography [edit]

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 [edit]

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."[2]

Professional career [edit]

Early years [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

Singles: 2 (2–0) [edit]

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 Croatia Petra Martić 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 Ret.
Winner 2. 23 September 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China Hard United Kingdom Laura Robson 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles: 15 (10–5) [edit]

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 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-Jung South Korea Cho Yoon-Jeong
South Korea Jeon Mi-Ra
6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 6 January 2007 ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand Hard India Shikha Uberoi Slovakia Janette Husárová
Argentina Paola Suárez 
6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 18 February 2007 Bangalore Open, Bangalore, India Hard Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-Jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-Jung
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Winner 1.  23 September 2007 China Open, Beijing, China Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-Jung China Han Xinyun
China Xu Yi-Fan
7–6(2–7), 6–3
Winner 2.  30 September 2007 Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-Jung Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 10 February 2008 Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya, Thailand Hard United States Vania King Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-Jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-Jung
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 5.  17 Augustus 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati, United States Hard Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Nadia Petrova
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner 3.  14 September 2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Bali, Indonesia Hard China Peng Shuai Poland Marta Domachowska
Russia Nadia Petrova
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–7]
Winner 4. 28 September 2008 Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-Jung Russia Vera Dushevina
Russia Maria Kirilenko
6–3, 6–0
Winner 5. 16 January 2009 Medibank International Sydney, Sydney, Australia Hard China Peng Shuai France Nathalie Dechy
Australia Casey Dellacqua
6–0, 6–1
Winner 6. 9 May 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy Clay China Peng Shuai Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 7. 11 October 2009 China Open, Beijing, China Hard China Peng Shuai Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–3, 6–1
Winner 8. 24 September 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China Hard China Zheng Saisai Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-Wei
China Han Xinyun
6–2, 6–1
Winner 9. 18 June 2012 AEGON Classic, Birmingham, England Grass Hungary Timea Babos United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Winner 10. 19 May 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy Clay China Peng Shuai Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
4-6, 6-3, [10–8]

Singles performance timeline [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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

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