Hsieh Su-Wei
Country	Chinese Taipei
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 (double-handed)
Career prize money	$472,997
Singles
Career record:	191-99
Career titles:	0 (14 ITF)
Highest ranking:	90 (4 February 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (2008)
French Open	1r (2006, 2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	2r (2008)
US Open	2r (2008)
Doubles
Career record:	164-71
Career titles:	2 (18 ITF)
Highest ranking:	38 (19 May 2008)
Infobox last updated on: 25 August 2008.

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

Hsieh Su-Wei (traditional Chinese: 謝淑薇, born 4 January 1986 in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player. As of 23 June 2008, she is ranked 116 in the WTA Tour Singles Rankings. Hsieh won the women's gold in tennis at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Her career high ranking was number 90 on 4 February 2008.

Career

2006

In 2006, Hsieh entered Wimbledon for the first time and lost in the first round in both Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles.

2007

In 2007, Hsieh entered Wimbledon again and lost in the first round in both Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles.

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 Klara Zakopalova in three sets. In the second round, she beat the No.19 seed Sybille Bammer 6-2 6-0, and defeated Aravane Rezai in the third round to become first Taiwanese 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 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.

WTA Tour Titles (2)

Doubles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
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

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External links

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