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 and pickleball 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 (age 30)
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned proMarch 2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed both sides)
CoachHsieh Cheng-yin
Prize money$104,471
Singles
Career record48–97 (33.1%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 830 (20 February 2012)
Doubles
Career record187–186 (50.1%)
Career titles1 WTA 125, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 129 (21 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 334 (31 July 2023)
Medal record
Universiade
Women's Tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Women's Team
Last updated on: 1 August 2023.
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 21 October 2019, she peaked at No. 129 in the doubles rankings. Hsieh has won one WTA 125 doubles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Tennis career edit

Yu-chieh started to play tennis at the age of six. Her favourite surface is hardcourt.

On 13 April 2012, she won her first doubles title at an $50k 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 $25k 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 $50k 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, where she and her sister were beaten by Korean pair Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae.

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 Korea Open,
South Korea
International[a] Hard   Hsieh Su-wei   Choi Ji-hee
  Han Na-lae
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 Pan Pacific Open,
Japan
Premier[b] Hard   Hsieh Su-wei   Latisha Chan
  Chan Hao-ching
5–7, 5–7

WTA 125 tournament finals edit

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2017 Hawaii Open, United States Hard   Hsieh Su-wei   Eri Hozumi
  Asia Muhammad
6–1, 7–6(3)
Loss 1–1 Aug 2021 Chicago Challenger, United States Hard   Mona Barthel   Eri Hozumi
  Peangtarn Plipuech
5–7, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals edit

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (3–3)
$25,000 tournaments (5–3)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2007 ITF Taoyuan, Taiwan 50,000[c] Hard   Hsieh Su-wei   Chan Hao-ching
  Chan Yung-jan
1–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss 0–2 Jun 2011 ITF Taipei, Taiwan 10,000 Hard   Juan Ting-fei   Chan Chin-wei
  Kao Shao-yuan
1–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Feb 2012 Launceston International, Australia 25,000 Hard   Zheng Saisai   Kotomi Takahata
  Shuko Aoyama
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Apr 2012 ITF Wenshan, China 50,000 Hard   Hsieh Su-wei   Liu Wanting
  Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–3 May 2012 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass   Kumiko Iijima   Samantha Murray
  Emily Webley-Smith
3–6, 7–6, [10–1]
Loss 2–4 Dec 2013 ITF Hong Kong 10,000 Hard   Yang Chia-hsien   Hong Seung-yeon
  Lee Hye-min
1–6, 6–7(2)
Win 3–4 Mar 2014 Osprey Challenger, United States 50,000 Clay   Rika Fujiwara   Irina Falconi
  Eva Hrdinová
6–3, 6–7(5), [10–4]
Loss 3–5 Apr 2014 Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan 75,000[d] Hard   Misaki Doi   Jarmila Gajdošová
  Arina Rodionova
3–6, 3–6
Win 4–5 Oct 2016 ITF Porto, Portugal 10,000 Clay   Hsieh Su-wei   Francisca Jorge
  Rita Vilaça
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–5 Jun 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Wu Fang-hsien   Fernanda Brito
  Noelia Zeballos
5–7, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 5–6 Aug 2018 Jinan International Open, China 60,000 Hard   Lu Jingjing   Wang Xinyu
  You Xiaodi
3–6, 7–6(5), [2–10]
Win 6–6 Jan 2019 ITF Plantation, United States 25,000 Clay   Lee Pei-chi   Olga Govortsova
  Jada Robinson
6–1, 6–4
Win 7–6 Jun 2019 ITF Daegu, South Korea 25,000 Hard   Lee Pei-chi   Choi Ji-hee
  Han Na-lae
6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss 7–7 Feb 2020 Indoor Tennis Championships, Japan 60,000 Hard (i)   Minori Yonehara   Erina Hayashi
  Moyuka Uchijima
5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Win 8–7 Nov 2021 ITF Funchal, Portugal 25,000 Hard   Alicia Barnett   Inês Murta
  Daniela Vismane
6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 8–8 April 2022 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Clay   Hsu Chieh-yu   Catherine Harrison
  Maegan Manasse
1–6, 0–6
Win 9–8 May 2022 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Clay   Hsu Chieh-yu   Chelsea Fontenel
  Hina Inoue
7–5, 6–0
Loss 9–9 May 2022 ITF Sarasota, United States 25,000 Clay   Hsu Chieh-yu   Ma Yexin
  Akvilė Paražinskaitė
2–6, 5–7
Win 10–9 Nov 2022 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 60,000 Hard (i)   Jessy Rompies   Mai Hontama
  Junri Namigata
6–4, 6–3

Notes edit

  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
  4. ^ The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.

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