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    Home / News / Sports News / Su-Wei Hsieh scripts history with Australian Open double: Stats
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    Su-Wei Hsieh scripts history with Australian Open double: Stats
    Hsieh won the Australian Open women's doubles title with Elise Mertens (Photo credit: X/@AustralianOpen)

    Su-Wei Hsieh scripts history with Australian Open double: Stats

    By Atrayo Bhattacharya
    Jan 28, 2024
    06:13 pm

    What's the story

    Taiwanese tennis star Hsieh Su-Wei wrote history when she won the women's doubles title at the Australian Open on Sunday.

    She along with her partner Elise Mertens defeated Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-1, 7-5.

    Hsieh became the second oldest woman to ever win a Grand Slam title behind Lisa Raymond.

    The Taiwanese also won the 2024 Australian Open mixed doubles crown.

    Grand Slams

    Seven women's doubles majors, maiden mixed doubles Grand Slam 

    After faltering at the Australian Open qualifiers this year, Hsieh decided to call time on her singles career.

    However, she played some exceptional tennis and won the women's doubles and the mixed doubles with Mertens and Jan Zielinski respectively.

    The 38-year-old has won seven women's doubles majors while bagging his maiden mixed doubles Grand Slam with Zielinski.

    She won the 2021 Wimbledon with Mertens.

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    Second player to win the Australian Open double

    Hsieh won the Australian Open women's doubles and mixed doubles crown. As per Opta, the Taiwanese veteran is the first player to win both Women's and Mixed doubles titles at the Australian Open since Rennae Stubbs in 2000.

    Notably, this is her second Australian Open women's doubles final. She lost the last final in 2020 with her partner Barbora Strycova.

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    Hsieh won two Grand Slams in 2023

    Hsieh had a brilliant 2023 in Women's Doubles as she bagged two Grand Slam titles. She won the Roland Garros with Wang Zingyu before clinching the Wimbledon crown with Strycova.

    She didn't feature in the Australian Open last year and reached the semi-final of the US Open with her partner Wang.

    They were beaten by eventual champions Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.

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    Titles

    Eight Grand Slam titles for Hsieh

    Overall, Hsieh has now raced to eight Grand Slam crowns.

    Her first major came in 2013 Wimbledon with Peng Shuai. A 2014, she won the French Open title with Shuai.

    Hsieh bagged three more Wimbledon titles in 2019, 2021 and 2023. Two with Strycova and one with Mertens (2021).

    She also won the 2023 French Open and her maiden mixed doubles crown in Australia.

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    Retirement

    Hsieh called time on her singles career

    Hsieh decided to retire from singles tennis after she failed to clear the qualifiers at the 2024 Australian Open.

    The Taiwanese who was known for her quirky playing style reached the quarter-final of the Australian Open in 2021, which was also her best outing in a Grand Slam (singles).

    She reached a career-high ranking of 23 in February 2013, while clinching three career titles.

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    History!

    The AO Double 🏆🏆 @SuweiHsieh pic.twitter.com/UyQc9lFL3R

    — #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 28, 2024
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