Hsieh Su-wei

Hsieh Su-wei is a professional tennis player from Taiwan. She is currently ranked World No. 1 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Considered Taiwan's most successful tennis player of all time and one of the greatest tennis players Asia has ever produced, Hsieh has won three WTA singles and 28 WTA doubles titles, one WTA 125K series doubles title, 27 singles and 23 doubles titles at the ITF circuit, seven medals at the Asian Games (two gold, three silver and two bronze), a gold and bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade and amassed over $ 8.6 million in prize money.

Hsieh reached her career-high singles top ranking of world No. 23 on 25 February 2013, and a career-high of world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 12 May 2014. Known for her two-handed play on both sides, her flat, quick ground strikes, cunning gameplay, aggressive volleys and an unusual variety of shots, Hsieh is considered one of the most successful and versatile doubles players in history.

Here are some of her career major achievements

• Hsieh is the first (and to date) only Taiwanese tennis player in history to make it to the top 25 in singles rankings and the first in the world to rank number one in doubles.
• Hsieh also reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the 2012 London Olympics with compatriot Chuang Chia-jung.
• Bagged three Grand Slam doubles titles, including the 2013 Wimbledon Championship and the 2014 French Open with Peng Shuai, with whom she also won the 2013 WTA Tour Championship, and the 2019 Wimbledon Championship with Barbora Strýcová
• Most of her singles titles came from the hard courts, as she won all three of her WTA titles, a Premier 5 semi-finals at the 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships, and the Premier Mandatory quarterfinals at the Miami Open in 2019.
• On February 3, 2020, She reclaimed the world's No. 1 WTA rankings in doubles for the third time in her career, becoming only No. 1 in the world for the first time to do so. 
• At the end of the year 2020, Hsieh was the year-end No. 1 doubles player for 2020, and has spent a combined total of 39 weeks with the top ranking.
• At the age of 35, Hsieh became the first Taiwanese female tennis player to reach the singles Grand Slam quarterfinals, a feat she achieved at the 2021 Australian Open, and also became the oldest debutant in the Grand Slam quarterfinals.