Hsieh Su-Wei
Country	Republic of China
Residence	Taipei, Taiwan
Date of birth	January 4, 1986 (1986-01-04) (age 22)
Place of birth	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	right-handed; two-handed both sides
Career prize money	US $527,575
Singles
Career record:	200–100
Career titles:	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 78 (November 3, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2008)
French Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record:	173–74
Career titles:	4 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 38 (May 19, 2008)
Infobox last updated on: September 29, 2008.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hsieh (謝).

Hsieh Su-Wei (traditional Chinese: 謝淑薇, born January 4, 1986 in Kaohsiung) is a Chinese Taipei professional female tennis player. As of November 3, 2008, she is ranked 78 in the WTA Tour Singles Rankings and is the second-highest ranked Chinese Taipei women's singles player.^[1] Hsieh won the women's gold in tennis at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

[edit] Career

[edit] 2006–2007

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.

[edit] 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 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 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.

[edit] WTA Tour Titles (4)

[edit] Doubles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1.	September 23, 2007	Beijing, China	II	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Han Xinyun Xu Yi-Fan	7-6(2), 6-3
2.	September 30, 2007	Seoul, Korea	IV	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Woehr	6-2, 6-2
3.	September 14, 2008	Bali, Indonesia	III	Hard	Peng Shuai	Marta Domachowska Nadia Petrova	6–7(4), 7-6(3), 10–7
4.	September 28, 2008	Seoul, Korea	IV	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Vera Dushevina Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 6–0

v • d • e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female Asian singles tennis players as of 17 November 2008 1. Li Na (23 ▬) 2. Zheng Jie (25 ▬) 3. Ai Sugiyama (31 ▬) 4. Tamarine Tanasugarn (35 ▬) 5. Peng Shuai (40 ▬) 6. Chan Yung Jan (67 ▲) 7. Hsieh Su Wei (80 ▼) 8. Akgul Amanmuradova (82 ▼) 9. Sania Mirza (99 ▬) 10. Ayumi Morita (118 ▬)

[edit] External links

• Su-wei, Hsieh profile on the WTA Tour's official website

[edit] References