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 and pickleball player. She is the younger sister of tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Cheng-peng.^[1]

Hsieh Yu-chieh

Hsieh at the 2021 Open Angers Arena Loire
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Born	(1993-07-23) 23 July 1993 (age 31) Hsinchu, Taiwan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	March 2012
Plays	Right (two-handed both sides)
Coach	Hsieh Tzu-lung
Prize money	$107,495
Singles
Career record	49–102
Highest ranking	No. 830 (20 February 2012)
Doubles
Career record	197–198
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 129 (21 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 502 (23 September 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Medal record Universiade Women's Tennis Representing  Chinese Taipei 2015 Gwangju Women's team
Last updated on: 29 September 2024.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsieh.

Hsieh Yu-chieh
Traditional Chinese	謝語倢
Simplified Chinese	谢语倢
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiè Yǔjié

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

Yu-chieh started to play tennis at the age of five. 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.

She made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the International-level tournament in 2012 Guangzhou, China, partnering with her sister Su-wei.

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.

Her first WTA Tour final was in September 2018 in Seoul, where she and her sister were beaten by Korean pair Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) 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 Challenger finals

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

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

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

Legend $75,000 tournaments (0–1) $50/60,000 tournaments (3–3) $25,000 tournaments (5–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (4–7) Clay (5–2) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2007	ITF Taoyuan, Taiwan	50,000	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, China SAR	10,000	Hard	Yang Chia-hsien	Hong Seung-yeon Lee Hye-min	1–6, 6–7(2)
Win	3–4	Mar 2014	Osprey Challenger, US	50,000	Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Irina Falconi Eva Hrdinová	6–3, 6–7(5), [10–4]
Loss	3–5	Apr 2014	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	75,000	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 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, US	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 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, US	25,000	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Catherine Harrison Maegan Manasse	1–6, 0–6
Win	9–8	May 2022	ITF Daytona Beach, US	25,000	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Chelsea Fontenel Hina Inoue	7–5, 6–0
Loss	9–9	May 2022	ITF Sarasota, US	25,000	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Ma Yexin Akvilė Paražinskaitė	2–6, 5–7
Win	10–9	Nov 2022	Tokyo Open, Japan	60,000	Hard (i)	Jessy Rompies	Mai Hontama Junri Namigata	6–4, 6–3

Notes

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.