Hsieh Yu-chieh (, born 23 July 1993), formerly known as Hsieh Shu-ying (), is a Taiwanese professional tennis and pickleball player. She is the younger sister of tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Cheng-peng.'Hsieh Shu-ying profile on tennisexplorer'
On 6 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 Hsieh 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.
Teaming up with her sister, she won her first WTA 125 title at the 2017 Hawaii Open, defeating Eri Hozumi and Asia Muhammad in the final.
Her first WTA Tour final was at the 2018 Korea Open, where she and Hsieh Su-wei were defeated by Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae. They also reached the final at the 2019 Pan Pacific Open, but lost to fellow Taiwanese sister team Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching.
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 500 (0–1)WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2018 Korea Open, South Korea International Hard Hsieh Su-wei Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Sep 2019Pan Pacific Open, Japan Premier Hard Hsieh Su-wei Latisha Chan Chan Hao-ching 5–7, 5–7
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2017Hawaii Open, United States Hard Hsieh Su-wei Eri Hozumi Asia Muhammad 6–1, 7–6(3)Loss 1–1 Aug 2021Chicago Challenger, US Hard Mona Barthel Eri Hozumi Peangtarn Plipuech 5–7, 2–6
ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner-ups) Legend$75,000 tournaments (0–1)$50/60,000 tournaments (3–3)$25/35,000 tournaments (5–4)$10/15,000 tournaments (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (4–8)Clay (5–2)Grass (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2007ITF Taoyuan, Taiwan50,000 Hard Hsieh Su-wei Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 1–6, 6–2, [12–14]Loss 0–2 Jun 2011ITF Taipei, Taiwan10,000 Hard Juan Ting-fei Chan Chin-wei Kao Shao-yuan 1–6, 5–7Loss 0–3 Feb 2012Launceston International, Australia25,000 Hard Zheng Saisai Kotomi Takahata Shuko Aoyama 4–6, 4–6Win 1–3 Apr 2012ITF Wenshan, China50,000 Hard Hsieh Su-wei Liu Wanting Xu Yifan 6–3, 6–2Win 2–3 May 2012ITF Karuizawa, Japan25,000 Grass Kumiko Iijima Samantha Murray Emily Webley-Smith 3–6, 7–6, [10–1]Loss 2–4 Dec 2013ITF Hong Kong, China SAR10,000 Hard Yang Chia-hsien Hong Seung-yeon Lee Hye-min 1–6, 6–7(2)Win 3–4 Mar 2014Osprey Challenger, US50,000 Clay Rika Fujiwara Irina Falconi Eva Hrdinová 6–3, 6–7(5), [10–4]Loss 3–5 Apr 2014Kangaroo Cup, Japan75,000 Hard Misaki Doi Jarmila Gajdošová Arina Rodionova 3–6, 3–6Win 4–5 Oct 2016ITF Porto, Portugal10,000 Clay Hsieh Su-wei Francisca Jorge Rita Vilaça 6–3, 6–4Win 5–5 Jun 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000 Clay Wu Fang-hsien Fernanda Brito Noelia Zeballos 5–7, 6–3, [11–9]Loss 5–6 Aug 2018Jinan Open, China60,000 Hard Lu Jingjing Wang Xinyu You Xiaodi 3–6, 7–6(5), [2–10]Win 6–6 Jan 2019ITF Plantation, US25,000 Clay Lee Pei-chi Olga Govortsova Jada Robinson 6–1, 6–4Win 7–6 Jun 2019ITF Daegu, South Korea25,000 Hard Lee Pei-chi Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae 6–3, 7–6(5)Loss 7–7 Feb 2020Indoor Championships, Japan60,000 Hard (i) Minori Yonehara Erina Hayashi Moyuka Uchijima 5–7, 7–5, [6–10]Win 8–7 Nov 2021ITF Funchal, Portugal25,000 Hard Alicia Barnett Inês Murta Daniela Vismane 6–1, 3–6, [10–8]Loss 8–8 April 2022ITF Orlando, US25,000 Clay Hsu Chieh-yu Catherine Harrison Maegan Manasse 1–6, 0–6Win 9–8 May 2022ITF Daytona Beach, US25,000 Clay Hsu Chieh-yu Chelsea Fontenel Hina Inoue 7–5, 6–0Loss 9–9 May 2022ITF Sarasota, US25,000 Clay Hsu Chieh-yu Ma Yexin Akvilė Paražinskaitė 2–6, 5–7Win 10–9 Nov 2022Tokyo Open, JapanW60 Hard (i) Jessy Rompies Mai Hontama Junri Namigata 6–4, 6–3Loss 10–10 Jun 2024ITF Taipei, TaiwanW35 Hard Lin Fang-an Cho Yi-tsen Cho I-hsuan 2–6, 6–1, [5–10]
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