Su-wei Hsieh

• Residence: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
• DOB: January 4, 1986
• Birthplace: Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
• Height: 5' 7" (1.69 m)
• Weight: 126 lbs. (57 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed (two-handed both sides)

Biography

As of 9 February 2009, Su-wei Hsieh is ranked 131 in the WTA Tour singles rankings and is the second-highest ranked Taiwanese women's singles player. Hsieh won the women's gold in tennis at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

In 2006, Hsieh entered Wimbledon for the first time and lost in the first round in both Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles. 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 January 2009 at the Australian Open, unseeded Hsieh lost to unseeded countrywoman Chan Yung-jan, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of women's singles. In women's doubles, she partnered with Peng Shuai of China and as the number 16 seeds defeated the number two seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the third round and made it to the quarterfinals before losing to the eventual champions, tenth-seeded Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the USA, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

Career History