NAME: HSIEH SU-WEI (Miss)
Date Of Birth (DOB): 04th January 1986 (age 27), Kaohsiung, Taiwan
CHINESE/PINYIN NAME: 謝淑薇, Xiè Shūwēi
POJ (PE̍H-ŌE-JĪ ) NAME: -
ANCESTRY: Minnan (Taiwanese/Hokkien) from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
COUNTRY: Taiwan (ROC)
CATEGORY: Sports - Tennis
DESCRIPTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Wimbledon Women Doubles Champion in 2013
• Su-Wei Hsieh and Peng Shuai won the “Wimbledon Ladies’ Doubles Title” on Saturday 6 July 2013
• Hsieh Su-wei is the first Taiwanese to win a Wimbledon tennis championship and a Grand Slam title.
• The win is a historical one for Hsieh who is the first player from Taiwan to win a Grand Slam title of any kind, while Peng (China) is the third Chinese player to win a doubles title.
• Second time the Minnan(Bân-lâm 闽南) ancestry player ever won the Tennis Grand Slam Title in history.
• Hsieh Su-wei turned pro in 2001
Hsieh Su-wei is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player. As of 29 April 2013 she was ranked No. 38 in the WTA Tour singles rankings and is the highest ranked Taiwanese women's singles player ever.
The eighth seeds Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) and Peng Shuai (China) defeated No.12seeds Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua to win the 2013 Wimbledon Ladies’ Doubles Title 7-6(1) 6-1. “It's very special because I don't think tennis is popular in Taiwan. Even we don't see many media during this tournament,” said Hsieh. “We're very proud that we can win this tournament together with my good friend. It's first title for us, for Taiwan, so I think it's big thing in Taiwan.”
## Tennis player Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) yesterday repeated that she is a Taiwanese national and that the “glory” of winning the nation’s first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon belonged to everyone in Taiwan. Hsieh said that she competed as a Taiwanese national at Wimbledon, and the glory of garnering the Grand Slam title belongs to everyone in Taiwan.
VIDEO CLIPS REF:
http://focustaiwan.tw/video/004317912.a ... %3d&page=1
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ ... 2008089609
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http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/ ... 10053.html
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/art ... 59891.html
http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player ... ieh-su-wei
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a ... 2003566665
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/07/0 ... wimbledon/
http://www.coretennis.net/tennis-player ... ofile.html
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=HSIEH ... CCkQsAQ4Cg
http://sports.ndtv.com/wimbledon-2013/n ... -wei-hsieh
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