Career
A doubles specialist on the world circuit, Xie has regularly partnered Guo Zhendong in men"s doubles and Zhang Yawen in mixed doubles over the past several years. They were quarter-finalists at 2007 BWF World Championships, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics narrowly lost to the eventual gold medalists, Indonesia"s Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan, in the round of sixteen. Xie has had greater success in mixed doubles.
He and Zhang have captured eight titles internationally since the beginning of 2005.
They were silver medalists at the 2005 IBF World Championships, losing the gold to Indonesia"s Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir, and were bronze medalists at the 2007 edition of the tournament. At 1.88 meters and solidly built, he is one of the biggest men currently playing the game at the world level