Hsieh Su-wei
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Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese: 謝淑薇; pinyin: Xiè Shúwéi; pronounced [ɕjê ʂǔ wěɪ]; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in doubles with nine Grand Slam titles, she is regarded as one of the most successful and versatile doubles players in history. She is the highest-ranked Taiwanese player in history in both singles and doubles. She is known for playing with two hands on both sides, flat and quick groundstrokes, crafty and wily gameplay, aggressive volleys, and unorthodox variety of shots. Hsieh reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 23 on 25 February 2013. On 12 May 2014, she reached No. 1 in the doubles rankings. She spent a total of 59 weeks with the top doubles ranking, the longest tenure by a tennis player from East Asia, and second-longest of any Asian player after Sania Mirza's 91 weeks. She has finished with a year-end top 10 doubles ranking eight times, including the year-end world No. 1 in 2020. Hsieh has won three singles and 35 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 doubles title, 27 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, seven medals at the Asian Games (two gold, three silver, and two bronze), and one gold and one bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She has amassed nearly $13 million in prize money. She has won seven major titles in women's doubles: at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and the 2014 French Open with Peng Shuai, the 2019 and 2023 Wimbledon Championships with Barbora Strýcová, the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and the 2024 Australian Open with Elise Mertens, and the 2023 French Open with Wang Xinyu. Hsieh has also won two major titles in mixed doubles, winning with Jan Zieliński the 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Most of her singles success came on hardcourts, where she won all three of her WTA Tour titles, reached a Premier 5 semifinal at Dubai in 2019, defeated world No. 1, Naomi Osaka, to reach a Premier Mandatory quarterfinal at the 2019 Miami Open, and made the quarterfinals at the 2021 Australian Open, where she became the first Taiwanese woman to reach a major singles quarterfinal and, at 35, the oldest debutant Grand Slam singles quarterfinalist. She has also been successful on other surfaces, reaching the third round of the French Open in 2017 and defeating world No. 1, Simona Halep, to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2018. Hsieh has beaten several top 15, top 10, and top 5 players. Upon her retirement from singles in 2024, commentators called her "a killer on the court [who] can produce shots that defy geometry and the laws of physics" while also being deeply respected by her colleagues for her shotmaking abilities and her charming presence on the tour.