Hsieh Yu-chieh
Hsieh Yu-chieh, formerly known as Hsieh Shu-ying, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is the younger sister of tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Cheng-peng.
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 six doubles titles on the ITF Women's 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 of the U.S. and Eva Hrdinová of the Czech Republic 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 runners-up)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 1. | 23 September 2018 | Korea Open, Seoul | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2. | 21 September 2019 | Pan Pacific Open, Osaka, Japan | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | Latisha Chan Chan Hao-ching | 5–7, 5–7 |
WTA 125 series finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF finals
Doubles: 14 (7–7)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 29 October 2007 | Taoyuan City, Taiwan | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 1–6, 6–2, |
Runner-up | 2. | 13 June 2011 | Taipei, Taiwan | Hard | Juan Ting-fei | Chan Chin-wei Kao Shao-yuan | 1–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 February 2012 | Launceston, Australia | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Kotomi Takahata Shuko Aoyama | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 9 April 2012 | 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, |
Runner-up | 4. | 2 December 2013 | Hong Kong | 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, |
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, |
Runner-up | 6. | 10 August 2018 | Jinan, Japan | Hard | Lu Jingjing | Wang Xinyu You Xiaodi | 3–6, 7–6, |
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 |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 February 2020 | Jinan, Japan | Hard | Minori Yonehara | Erina Hayashi Moyuka Uchijima | 5–7, 7–5, |