Li Na (tennis)
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Li Na
李娜 | Li Na at the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prixin Stuttgart, Germany | Country | China | Residence | Wuhan, Hubei, China | Born | February 26, 1982(age 31)
Wuhan, Hubei, China | Height | none什么意思1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Turned pro | 1999 | Plays | Right handed (two-handed backhand) | Prize money | $13,299,189 | Singles | Career record | 475–181 (72.41%) | Career titles | 7 WTA, 19 ITF | Highest ranking | No. 3 (October 28, 2013) | Current ranking | No. 3 (October 28, 2013) | Grand Slam Singles results | Australian Open | F (2011, 2013) | French Open | W (2011) | Wimbledon | QF (2006, 2010, 2013) | US Open | SF (2013) | Other tournaments | Championships | F (2013) | Olympic Games | SF – 4th (2008) | Doubles | Career record | 121–50 | Career titles | 2 WTA, 16 ITF | theladyHighest ranking | No. 54 (August 28, 2006) | Grand Slam Doubles results | Australian Open | 2R (2006, 2007) | French Open | 2R (2006, 2007matin) | Wimbledon | 2R (2006) | US Open | 3R (2005) pirate是什么意思 | Other Doubles tournaments | Olympic Games | 2R (2012) | Medal record[show] | Last updated on: June 17, 2013. | | |
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Li Na vgr(Chine:泛滥的意思 李娜; pinyin: Lǐ Nà; born February 26, 1982) is aChine professional tennis player. As of September 2013, Li has won 7WTA and 19 ITF singles titles. Li ro to prominence after she won the2011 French Open singles title, making her the first and only Grand Slam singles champion from an Asian country. Prior to this Li had already become the first player reprenting an Asian country to appear in a Grand Slam singles final, a milestone she achieved at the2011 Australian Open. She was also the runner-up at the 2013 Australian Open, three times a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon and a mi-finalist at the 2013 US Open. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 3 (achieved on October 28, 2013) and is currently the World No. 3 and Chine No. 1 (out of 4 in the top-100).[1]
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∙ 1 Personal life
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∙ 2 Career summary
inaccordanceo 2.1 1999–2002: Dominance on the ITF Circuit
o 2.2 2004: Successful return to professional tennis
o 2.3 2005
o 2.4 2006: First Chine Grand Slam quarterfinalist
o 2.5 2007
o 2.6 2008
o 2.7 2009
o 2.8 2010: First Grand Slam mifinal appearance and ascent to world's top ten
o 2.9 2011: Historic victory at Roland Garros followed by inconsistent results
o 2.10 2012
o 2.11 2013: Return to top form
∙ 3 Rivalries
o 3.1 Li vs. Sharapova
o 3.2 Li vs. Radwańska
o 3.3 Li vs. Clijsters
o 3.4 Li vs. Azarenka
∙ 4 Playing Style
∙ 5 Career statistics
o 5.1 Grand Slam finals
▪ 5.1.1 Singles: 3 (1–2)
o 5.2 Olympic games
▪ 5.2.1 Singles: 1 Bronze Medal match
o 5.3 Grand Slam Singles performance timeline
o 5.4 Grand Slam Doubles performance timeline
∙ 6 Popularity and endorments
∙ 7 See also
∙ 8 References
∙ 9 External links
Personal life[edit]
Li Na was born on February 26, 1982, in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Her father Li Shengpeng (李盛鹏) was a professional badminton player and later worked as a sales rep for a Wuhan bad company. He died from a rare cardiovascular dia when Li Na was 14.[2]
At age six, Li Na started playing badminton, following her father's footsteps. Just before she turned eight, Li made the transition from badminton to tennis when she and her parents were convinced by coach Xia Xiyao of the Wuhan youth tennis club that this would be the right career move for her.[3] Li joined China's National Tennis Team in 1997. In the following year, Li, sponsored by Nike, went to John Newcombe Academy in Texas to study tennis.[4] She studied there for 10 months and returned to China. Li turned professional in 1999 at age sixteen.
At the end of 2002, Li left the national tennis team to study part-time at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where she completed her bachelor's degree in journalism in 2009. The Chine media cited various reasons for this. Some reported that the relationship between her and her teammate, future husband Jiang Shan (姜山), was oppod by the national team's management,[5] some reported that her coach Yu Liqiao (余丽桥) was too strict and demanding,[6]while other reports claimed that her request for a personal coach did not go through.[7]
However, Li returned to the national team in 2004. Jiang Shan married Li on January 27, 2006 and became her personal coach. Li quit the national team[8] as well as the state-run sports system in 2008 under an experimental reform policy for tennis players. This change was called "Fly Alone" (单飞) by Chine media.[9] As a result, Li had the freedom to pick her own coaching staff but she would be responsible for the cost of travel, training and coaching. She could keep more of her winnings,[10] with only 8 to 12 percent of her winnings go to the Chine Tennis Association as oppod to 65 percent previously.[11]
Li Na has a tattoo on her chest, and hid it for many years since tattoos are not widely accepted in China, especially on women.[12][13]
Career summary[edit]
1999–2002: Dominance on the ITF Circuit[edit]
Li turned professional in 1999, and that year won three of the very first four singles tourna
ments she entered on the ITF Circuit, two at Shenzhen and one at Westende, Belgium. She also won all of her first ven ITF doubles tournaments she entered.
In 2000, she won a total of 52 singles matches on the ITF circuit, more than any other player, notching another eight tournament titles including one at $50,000 level, two at $25,000, and an unbroken run of four successive $10,000 tournament wins in March and April.
Notable individual victories in the cour of the year included wins over Flavia Pennetta, Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Maria Elena Camerin, Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yayuk Basuki.
