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Francesca Schiavone

Su-Wei Hsieh

Tpe
Residence: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
DOB: January 4, 1986
Birthplace: Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
Height: 5' 7" (1.69 m)
Weight: 126 lbs. (57 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Status: Pro (2001)
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2001 - Phenomenal first season as 15-year-old, winning all five ITF Circuit events played (also one doubles title) and breakthrough results in both WTA events played, reaching SF at Bali (as qualifier, l. to Widjaja) and QF at Pattaya City (also as qualifier, l. to de los RĂ­os).

2002 - Fell 1r once and in qualifying seven times (incl. all four majors); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Fell in WTA qualifying once; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Fell 1r three times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying four times; won four singles titles and seven doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Fell 1r four times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and in qualifying eight times (incl. other two majors); won one singles title and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r six times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and in qualifying eight times (incl. other two majors); won two WTA doubles titles; won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - First Top 100 season; first player from Chinese Taipei to reach a Grand Slam 4r, doing so at Australian Open (as qualifier, d. No.19 seed Bammer en route; l. to top seed Henin); made Top 100 debut afterwards on January 28 (rose from No.158 to No.95); reached 2r twice (Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Roland Garros) and in qualifying once; won two WTA doubles titles; won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2009 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r once (Australian Open) and in qualifying eight times (incl. Roland Garros, US Open); won three WTA doubles titles; made Top 10 doubles debut on October 26 (rose from No.11 to No.9); also won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2010 - Fell 1r twice and in qualifying twice.

2011 - Reached 2r once (Guangzhou - l. to Scheepers 36 76(1) 61; held mp at 63 65); fell in qualifying twice; won one WTA doubles title; won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.
SINGLES
Winner: 2011 - ITF/Mildura-AUS, ITF/Beijing-CHN, ITF/Seoul-KOR; 2009 - ITF/Makinohara-JPN; 2008 - ITF/Incheon-KOR, ITF/Tsukuba-JPN, ITF/Makinohara-JPN; 2007 - ITF/Redding-USA, ITF/Gimcheon-KOR; 2006 - ITF/Sutama-JPN; 2005 - ITF/Gunma-JPN, ITF/Seoul-KOR, ITF/Incheon-KOR, ITF/Kurume-JPN; 2003 - ITF/Saitama 1-JPN; 2001 - ITF/Wellington-NZL, ITF/Kao-Hsiung 1-TPE, ITF/Nonthaburi 1-THA, ITF/Nonthaburi 2-THA, ITF/Peachtree-USA.

DOUBLES
Winner (8): 2011 - Guangzhou (w/S.Zheng); 2009 - Sydney, Rome, Beijing (all w/Peng); 2008 - Bali (w/Peng), Seoul (w/Chuang), ITF/Saint Gaudens-FRA (w/Pelletier), ITF/Taipei-TPE (w/Chuang); 2007 - Beijing, Seoul (both w/Chuang), ITF/Orange-USA (w/Cravero), ITF/Gimcheon-KOR (w/C.Chan); 2006 - ITF/Gifu-JPN (w/C.Chan), ITF/Makinohara-JPN (w/Iijima), ITF/Hamanako-JPN (w/Chuang), ITF/Shenzhen 3-CHN (w/Kudryavtseva); 2005 - ITF/Taipei-TPE (w/Chuang), ITF/Gunma-JPN, ITF/Seoul-KOR, ITF/Incheon-KOR, ITF/Kurume-JPN, ITF/Palm Beach Gardens-USA (all w/C.Chan), ITF/Shenzhen-CHN (w/Yan); 2004 - ITF/Incheon-KOR (w/C.Chan), ITF/New Delhi 4-IND (w/Chuang); 2002 - ITF/Gunma Prefecture-JPN (w/C.Chan); 2001 - ITF/Nonthaburi 1-THA (w/C.Chan).
Finalist (5): 2008 - Pattaya City (w/King), Cincinnati (w/Shvedova); 2007 - Auckland (w/S.Uberoi), Bangalore (w/Kudryavtseva); 2004 - Seoul (w/Chuang).

ADDITIONAL
Chinese Taipei Fed Cup Team, 2003, 2006-08.
Coached by father, Hsieh Tze-Lung (also a locksmith); mother, Ho Fom-Ju, is a housewife ... Born and grew up in Kaohsiung; introduced to tennis by father at age 5 in Taipei, where she now lives and trains ... Favorite surface is hard ... Has six siblings (16-year-old brother, 14-year-old sister also play tennis) ... Favorite colors are black and white; favorite type of music is pop; also likes shopping ... Idolized Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi.