Hsieh Su-wei

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Hsieh Su-Wei


nickname =
country = CHN
residence = Taipei, Taiwan
datebirth = birth date and age|1986|1|4
placebirth = Kaohsiung, Taiwan
ancestry = Hakka
height = height|m=1.69
weight = convert|57|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 2001
retired =
plays = right-handed; two-handed both sides
careerprizemoney = US $527,575
singlesrecord = 200–100
singlestitles = 0 WTA, 15 ITF
highestsinglesranking = No. 83 (15 September2008)
AustralianOpenresult = 4R (2008)
FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2006, 2007, 2008)
Wimbledonresult = 2R (2008)
USOpenresult = 2R (2008)
doublesrecord = 173–74
doublestitles = 4 WTA, 18 ITF
highestdoublesranking = No. 38 (19 May2008)
updated = 29 September2008

Hsieh Su-Wei (zh-t|t=謝淑薇, born 4 January1986 in Kaohsiung) is a Chinese Taipei professional female tennis player. As of 15 September2008, she is ranked 83 in the WTA Tour Singles Rankings and is the second-highest ranked Chinese Taipei women's singles player. [ [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/rankings/singles_numeric.asp Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings] ] Hsieh won the women's gold in tennis at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

Career

2006

In 2006, Hsieh entered Wimbledon for the first time and lost in the first round in both Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles.

2007

In 2007, Hsieh entered Wimbledon again and lost 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 Klara Zakopalova in three sets. In the second round, she beat the No.19 seed Sybille Bammer 6-2 6-0, and defeated Aravane Rezai 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 fellow Chinese 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 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France 6-3, 6-2 in the first round. It was Hsieh's third Wimbledon appearance.

WTA Tour Titles (4)

Doubles (4)

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No.
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents in the final
Score
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1.
September 23, 2007
Beijing, China
II
Hard
flagicon|TPE Chuang Chia-jung
flagicon|CHN Han Xinyun
flagicon|CHN Xu Yi-Fan
7-6(2), 6-3
- bgcolor="#66CCFF"
2.
September 30, 2007
Seoul, Korea
IV
Hard
flagicon|TPE Chuang Chia-jung
flagicon|GRE Eleni Daniilidou
flagicon|GER Jasmin Woehr
6-2, 6-2
- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
3.
September 14, 2008
Bali, Indonesia
III
Hard
flagicon|CHN Peng Shuai
flagicon|POL Marta Domachowska
flagicon|RUS Nadia Petrova
6–7(4), 7-6(3), 10–7
- bgcolor="#66CCFF"
4.
September 28, 2008
Seoul, Korea
IV
Hard
flagicon|TPE Chuang Chia-jung
flagicon|RUS Vera Dushevina
flagicon|RUS Maria Kirilenko
6–3, 6–0

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