Hsieh Yu-chieh
Hsieh Yu-chieh (Chinese: 謝語倢, born 23 July 1993), formerly known as Hsieh Shu-ying (Chinese: 謝淑映), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is the younger sister of tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Cheng-peng.[1]
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Born | Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei | 23 July 1993
Turned pro | March 2012 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
Coach | Hsieh Cheng-yin |
Prize money | US$ 81,325 |
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Career record | 46–84 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 830 (20 February 2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 149–147 |
Career titles | 1 WTA 125K, 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 129 (21 October 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 138 (17 August 2020) |
Last updated on: 28 August 2020. |
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Traditional Chinese | 謝語倢 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 谢语倢 | ||||||
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On 20 February 2012, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 830. On 12 November 2018, she peaked at No. 133 in the doubles rankings. Hsieh has won one WTA 125K doubles title and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Tennis career
Yu-chieh started to play tennis at the age of six. Her favourite surface is hard court.
On 13 April 2012, she won her first doubles title at an $50,000 tournament in Wenshan City, China. She and sister Hsieh Su-wei defeated the home team of Liu Wanting and Xu Yifan in the final.
On 26 May 2012, Yu-chieh won her second ITF doubles title, at a $25,000 event at Karuizawa, Japan. She played with Kumiko Iijima of Japan, beating Samantha Murray and Emily Webley-Smith in three sets.
On 24 March 2014, she won her third ITF doubles title, at a $50,000 event in Osprey, Florida. She played with Rika Fujiwara of Japan, beating Irina Falconi and Eva Hrdinová in three sets.
She made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the International-level tournament in Guangzhou, China, partnering with her sister Su-wei. Her first WTA final followed in September 2018; in Seoul, she and her sister were beaten by Korean pair Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 23 September 2018 | Korea Open, South Korea | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2. | 21 September 2019 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
WTA 125K series finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 25 November 2017 | Hawaii Open, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
ITF Circuit finals
Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 29 October 2007 | ITF Taoyuan, Taiwan | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–2, [12–14] |
Runner-up | 2. | 13 June 2011 | ITF Taipei, Taiwan | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 February 2012 | ITF Launceston, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 9 April 2012 | ITF Wenshan, China | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 21 May 2012 | Karuizawa, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6, [10–1] |
Runner-up | 4. | 2 December 2013 | Hong Kong, China | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 3. | 24 March 2014 | Osprey, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–4] |
Runner-up | 5. | 28 April 2014 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 8 October 2016 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 10 June 2017 | Hammamet, Tunisia | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, [11–9] |
Runner-up | 6. | 10 August 2018 | Jinan, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(7–5), [2–10] |
Winner | 6. | 26 January 2019 | Plantation, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 9 June 2019 | Daegu, South Korea | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 February 2020 | Jinan, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–5, [6–10] |