On April 28, Beijing time, Chinese Taipei tennis veteran Xie Shuwei received the women's doubles world No. 1 trophy, which aroused strong attention from netizens.
Xie Shuwei first became the world No. 1 in women's doubles in May 2014, and she was able to reach the top again after a decade, proving that her reputation as the "queen of doubles" is not false. Entering the 2024 season, Xie Shuwei's competitive form is quite hot, especially in the Australian Open, she not only won the mixed doubles championship with Zielinski, but also won the women's doubles championship with Mertens, setting the first "mixed doubles and women's doubles" single Grand Slam double championship record at the Australian Open in nearly 24 years, and also became the second oldest player in history to win a Grand Slam women's doubles championship at the age of 38 years and 24 days.
Later, Xie Shuwei partnered with Mertens to win the women's doubles championship of the WTA Indian Wells Championship, and became the world No. 1 in women's doubles with the points of this stop. The outstanding results not only allowed Xie Shuwei to lift the world No. 1 trophy, but also brought her a huge bonus income. So far, Xie Shuwei's prize money this season has accumulated to 554653 US dollars (equivalent to about 4.02 million yuan). In other words, Xie Shuwei's monthly income this year is more than 1 million yuan, which is very incredible for a tennis player who no longer plays singles and only focuses on doubles, and it can also be seen how good her results in the doubles arena have been this year.
Xie Shuwei, who has reached the age of 38, is 1.69 meters tall, and has a foothold in the women's tennis world with her excellent ball sense and dexterous playing style, and is affectionately known as "Ghost Cutting Ball" and "Spirit Sect Master" by fans. In singles, Hsieh's best result was reaching the quarterfinals of the women's singles at the 2021 Australian Open. In the doubles field, Xie Shuwei has won 7 Grand Slam women's doubles trophies and 1 Grand Slam mixed doubles championship trophy so far, including the 2023 French Open and the Chinese Golden Flower Wang Xinyu formed the "Strait" combination to win the women's doubles championship. With Hsieh's current competitive form, the list of future champions is expected to continue to grow.