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

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player. She is the younger sister of tennis players

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Tennis career

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

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. 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

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in the final. On 26 May 2012, Yu-chieh won her second ITF doubles title, at a $25k event at

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, Japan. 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 2012 Guangzhou, China, partnering with her sister Su-wei. 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. Her first WTA Tour final was in September 2018 in Seoul, where she and her sister were beaten by Korean pair

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WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

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