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TENNIS PLAYERS from Taiwan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Taiwanese Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,148 Tennis Players, 7 of which were born in Taiwan. This makes Taiwan the birth place of the 34th most number of Tennis Players behind Bulgaria and Georgia.

Top 7

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Taiwanese Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Taiwanese Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Hsieh Su-wei (1986 - )

With an HPI of 39.72, Hsieh Su-wei is the most famous Taiwanese Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 35 different languages on wikipedia.

Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese: 謝淑薇; pinyin: Xiè Shúwéi; pronounced [ɕjê sǔ wěɪ]; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On 25 February 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23, and on 12 May 2014, she reached world No. 1 in the doubles rankings. Hsieh has won three singles and 34 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 doubles title, 27 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, seven medals at the Asian Games (2 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), one gold and one bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and has amassed over $10 million in prize money. She has spent a total of 47 weeks with the top doubles ranking, the longest tenure by a tennis player from East Asia. Hsieh is the highest-ranked Taiwanese player in history, in both singles and doubles. Known for playing with two hands on both sides, flat and quick groundstrokes, crafty gameplay, aggressive volleys, and unorthodox variety of shots, Hsieh is regarded as one of the more successful and versatile doubles players in history. She has won eight Grand Slam titles in doubles, claiming the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and the 2014 French Open with Peng Shuai (with whom she also won the 2013 WTA Championships), the 2019 and 2023 Wimbledon Championships with Barbora Strýcová, the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and the 2024 Australian Open with Elise Mertens, and the 2023 French Open with Wang Xinyu. Hsieh and Strýcová also were the runners-up at both the 2019 WTA Finals and the 2020 Australian Open. She also reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the 2012 London Olympics with compatriot Chuang Chia-jung. While primarily known for her doubles prowess, Hsieh also found success on the singles tour. Most of her singles success came on hardcourts, where she won all three of her WTA Tour titles, as well as reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2021, a Premier 5 semifinal at Dubai in 2019, and a Premier Mandatory quarterfinal at the Miami Open in 2019 (defeating world No. 1, Naomi Osaka, in the third round). She has also been successful on other surfaces, including reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2018 (defeating world No. 1, Simona Halep, in the third round) and the third round of the French Open in 2017. Hsieh has recorded singles victories over several top 15, top 10 and top 5 players. Hsieh is the first Taiwanese woman to reach a major singles quarterfinal, which she achieved at the 2021 Australian Open. At 35, she became the oldest debutant Grand Slam quarterfinalist.Upon her retirement from singles in 2024, commentators reflected on Hsieh's time in the sport as "a killer on the court [who] can produce shots that defy geometry and the laws of physics" while also being deeply respected by her colleagues and a charming presence on the tour.

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2. Lu Yen-hsun (1983 - )

With an HPI of 33.99, Lu Yen-hsun is the 2nd most famous Taiwanese Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Lu Yen-hsun (Chinese: 盧彥勳; born 14 August 1983) is a Taiwanese former tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu. He won the most titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in tennis history. His favorite surface is hardcourt, though several of his ATP Tour career highlights came on grass, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

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3. Latisha Chan (1989 - )

With an HPI of 31.83, Latisha Chan is the 3rd most famous Taiwanese Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (Chinese: 詹詠然; pinyin: Zhān Yǒngrán; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tsán jʊ̀ŋ zǎn, -lǎn]), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 US Open alongside Martina Hingis, as well as nine at WTA 1000-level. Chan also finished runner-up at three other Grand Slam events, the 2007 and 2015 Australian Open, and the 2007 US Open. In mixed doubles, she has won three Grand Slam titles: the 2018 French Open, 2019 French Open, and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, all with Ivan Dodig. Highlights of her singles career include reaching the semifinals at the 2006 Japan Open and the final at the Bangkok Open in 2007. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 on 11 June 2007, and became world No. 1 in doubles on 23 October 2017, the second Taiwanese player to do so, after Hsieh Su-wei. She again topped the doubles rankings on 13 August 2018, and has spent a total of 34 weeks as world No. 1.

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4. Chuang Chia-jung (1985 - )

With an HPI of 28.32, Chuang Chia-jung is the 4th most famous Taiwanese Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

Chuang Chia-jung (Chinese: 莊佳容; pinyin: Zhuāng Jiāróng; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tswáŋ.tɕjá zʊ̌ŋ]; born 10 January 1985) is a Taiwanese former tennis player. In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles titles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 November 2006, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 177. On 18 August 2008, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 28 October 2018, Chuang announced her retirement from professional tennis and her marriage via Instagram.

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5. Chan Hao-ching (1993 - )

With an HPI of 27.05, Chan Hao-ching is the 5th most famous Taiwanese Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

Chan Hao-ching (Chinese: 詹皓晴; pinyin: Zhān Hàoqíng; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tsán.xâu.tɕʰǐŋ]; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won twenty WTA Tour, two WTA Challenger and six ITF titles in that discipline. Chan reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition at Wimbledon with Max Mirnyi in 2014, her first major final. She reached two more finals in 2017, the Wimbledon women's doubles with Monica Niculescu, and the US Open mixed doubles with Michael Venus.

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6. Chan Chin-wei (1985 - )

With an HPI of 25.06, Chan Chin-wei is the 6th most famous Taiwanese Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Chan Chin-wei (Chinese: 詹謹瑋, born 8 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Taiwan. She won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with six singles and 49 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 152 in October 2006. On 3 August 2015, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings.

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7. Chang Kai-chen (1991 - )

With an HPI of 24.95, Chang Kai-chen is the 7th most famous Taiwanese Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Chang Kai-chen (Chinese: 張凱貞; pinyin: Zhāng Kǎizhēn; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tsáŋ kʰài tsə́n]; born January 13, 1991), also known as Kelly Chang, is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player.

Pantheon has 7 people classified as tennis players born between 1983 and 1993. Of these 7, 7 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living tennis players include Hsieh Su-wei, Lu Yen-hsun, and Latisha Chan.

Living Tennis Players

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