Hsieh Su-Wei

Hsieh Su-wei is honestly one of my favorite stories in professional tennis — a player from Kaohsiung, Taiwan who turned what some people called an "unconventional" style into an absolute weapon. Her backhand slice and unorthodox ball-striking drove opponents crazy for years, and rather than iron it out to fit some textbook mold, she just leaned in and made it work on the biggest stages in the world. Nine Grand Slam doubles titles and a former world No. 1 ranking in doubles speaks for itself, but what I love is that she also kept battling in singles well into her mid-30s, never coasting on her doubles prestige. She's the highest-ranked Taiwanese player ever in both disciplines, which is a legacy that deserves way more mainstream attention than it gets.

Name (English)

Hsieh Su-Wei

Name (Japanese)

謝淑薇

Reading

しえ・すーうぇい

Born

January 4, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Origin

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Height

169 cm

Occupation

tennis player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sw.hsieh/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsieh%20Su-wei
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AC%9D%E6%B7%91%E8%96%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232566

Tags

• tennis player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.