Hsieh Yu-chieh (, born 23 July 1993), formerly known as Hsieh Shu-ying (), is a

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professional

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. She is the younger sister of tennis players

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Tennis career

Yu-chieh started to play tennis at the age of six. Her favourite surface is

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. On 13 April 2012, she won her first doubles title at an $50k tournament in

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, China. She and sister Hsieh Su-wei defeated the home team of Liu Wanting and

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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

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of Japan, beating

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in three sets. On 24 March 2014, she won her third ITF doubles title, at a $50k event in

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. She played with

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of Japan, beating

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in three sets. She made her first

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quarterfinal at the International-level tournament in

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, partnering with her sister Su-wei. Her first WTA final followed in September 2018; in Seoul, she and her sister were beaten by Korean pair

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WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hsieh, Yu-chieh 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Kaohsiung Taiwanese female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Taiwanese people of Hakka descent Hakka sportspeople Universiade gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Universiade silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Olympic tennis players of Taiwan Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics