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]

Hsieh Yu-chieh
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
Born (1993-07-23) 23 July 1993
Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
Turned proMarch 2012
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed both sides)
CoachHsieh Cheng-yin
Prize moneyUS$ 81,325
Singles
Career record46–84
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 830 (20 February 2012)
Doubles
Career record149–147
Career titles1 WTA 125K, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 129 (21 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 138 (17 August 2020)
Last updated on: 28 August 2020.
Hsieh Yu-chieh
Traditional Chinese謝語倢
Simplified Chinese谢语倢

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)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 23 September 2018 Korea Open, South Korea Hard Hsieh Su-wei Choi Ji-hee
Han Na-lae
3–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 21 September 2019 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Hard Hsieh Su-wei Latisha Chan
Chan Hao-ching
5–7, 5–7

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 25 November 2017 Hawaii Open, United States Hard Hsieh Su-wei Eri Hozumi
Asia Muhammad
6–1, 7–6(7–3)

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 29 October 2007 ITF Taoyuan, Taiwan Hard Hsieh Su-wei Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
1–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Runner-up 2. 13 June 2011 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Juan Ting-fei Chan Chin-wei
Kao Shao-yuan
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 6 February 2012 ITF Launceston, Australia Hard Zheng Saisai Kotomi Takahata
Shuko Aoyama
4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 9 April 2012 ITF Wenshan, China Hard Hsieh Su-wei Liu Wanting
Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 21 May 2012 Karuizawa, Japan Grass Kumiko Iijima Samantha Murray
Emily Webley-Smith
3–6, 7–6, [10–1]
Runner-up 4. 2 December 2013 Hong Kong, China Hard Yang Chia-hsien Hong Seung-yeon
Lee Hye-min
1–6, 6–7
Winner 3. 24 March 2014 Osprey, United States Clay Rika Fujiwara Irina Falconi
Eva Hrdinová
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–4]
Runner-up 5. 28 April 2014 Gifu, Japan Hard Misaki Doi Jarmila Gajdošová
Arina Rodionova
3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 8 October 2016 Porto, Portugal Clay Hsieh Su-wei Francisca Jorge
Rita Vilaça
6–3, 6–4
Winner 5. 10 June 2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Wu Fang-hsien Fernanda Brito
Noelia Zeballos
5–7, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up 6. 10 August 2018 Jinan, Japan Hard Lu Jingjing Wang Xinyu
You Xiaodi
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [2–10]
Winner 6. 26 January 2019 Plantation, United States Clay Lee Pei-chi Olga Govortsova
Jada Robinson
6–1, 6–4
Winner 7. 9 June 2019 Daegu, South Korea Hard Lee Pei-chi Choi Ji-hee
Han Na-lae
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 7. 23 February 2020 Jinan, Japan Hard Minori Yonehara Erina Hayashi
Moyuka Uchijima
5–7, 7–5, [6–10]

References

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