Hsu Chieh-yu ( zh, t=許絜瑜, p=Xǔ Jié-yú; also known as Connie Hsu; born 14 January 1992) is a Taiwanese-American

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player. Hsu has won six singles and twenty-seven doubles titles on the

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. On 21 April 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 224. On 23 February 2015, she peaked at No. 114 in the WTA doubles rankings. She represented Chinese Taipei to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (women’s doubles).

Career

Hsu, born in Taiwan, moved to the United States in 2001 and represented the U.S. in her junior and college tennis career. In 2007, she debuted on the

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at the

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. In 2010, she studied at the

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, before turning professional in the summer of 2011. However, at the Melbourne Pro Classic in April 2014, she started competing under the flag of

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 54 (27 titles, 27 runner–ups)

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* 1992 births Living people Taiwanese female tennis players American female tennis players Penn Quakers women's tennis players American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent American tennis players of Taiwanese descent Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Sportspeople from New Taipei Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Olympic tennis players for Taiwan Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century American sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Taiwan-tennis-bio-stub