Hsieh Yu-chieh

Hsieh Yu-chieh

Hsieh at the 2021 Open Angers Arena Loire
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Born	(1993-07-23) 23 July 1993 (age 28) Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Turned pro	March 2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Coach	Hsieh Cheng-yin
Prize money	$81,717
Singles
Career record	47–85
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 830 (20 February 2012)
Doubles
Career record	149–147
Career titles	1 WTA 125, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 129 (21 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 157 (1 March 2021)
Last updated on: 4 March 2021.

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]

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 eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Tennis career[]

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, she and her sister were beaten by Korean pair Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[]

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 125 tournament finals[]

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Result	No.	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[]

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	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	ITF Karuizawa, Japan		Grass	Kumiko Iijima	Samantha Murray Emily Webley-Smith	3–6, 7–6, [10–1]
Runner-up	4.	2 December 2013	ITF Hong Kong, China		Hard		Hong Seung-yeon Lee Hye-min	1–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	24 March 2014	ITF Osprey, United States		Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Irina Falconi Eva Hrdinová	6–3, 6–7(5), [10–4]
Runner-up	5.	28 April 2014	ITF Gifu, Japan		Hard	Misaki Doi	Jarmila Gajdošová Arina Rodionova	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	8 October 2016	ITF Porto, Portugal		Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	Francisca Jorge Rita Vilaça	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	10 June 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia		Clay	Wu Fang-hsien	Fernanda Brito Noelia Zeballos	5–7, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	6.	10 August 2018	ITF Jinan, Japan		Hard	Lu Jingjing	Wang Xinyu You Xiaodi	3–6, 7–6(5), [2–10]
Winner	6.	26 January 2019	ITF Plantation, United States		Clay	Lee Pei-chi	Olga Govortsova	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	9 June 2019	ITF Daegu, South Korea		Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae	6–3, 7–6(5)
Runner-up	7.	23 February 2020	ITF Jinan, Japan		Hard		Erina Hayashi Moyuka Uchijima	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Winner	8.	Nov 2021	ITF Funchal, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Alicia Barnett	Inês Murta Daniela Vismane	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]

References[]

External links[]

• Hsieh Yu-chieh at the Women's Tennis Association
• Hsieh Yu-chieh at the International Tennis Federation