Li Fang (tennis)
Encyclopedia
Li Fang is a retired female professional tennis
player from China
. Li turned pro in 1990, and won 2 WTA Tour doubles titles in her career. She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics
. Li played 7 years on the China Fed Cup team
. She retired in 2001.
in China
to father Li Jianmin and mother Zhou Shanglian.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. Li turned pro in 1990, and won 2 WTA Tour doubles titles in her career. She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
. Li played 7 years on the China Fed Cup team
China Fed Cup team
The China Fed Cup team represents China in Fed Cup tennis competition is are governed by the Chinese Tennis Association.China currently competes in the World Group II.-Current Team, 2010:* Xinyun Han * Zhang Shuai...
. She retired in 2001.
Biography
Li Fang was born in HunanHunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
in China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
to father Li Jianmin and mother Zhou Shanglian.
Doubles (2)
Legend |
Grand Slam (0) |
WTA Championships (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (0) |
Tier III (1) |
Tier IV (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
1. | July 18, 1993 | Kitzbühel Kitzbühel -Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
Clay | Dominique Monami Dominique Monami Dominique Monami is a former Belgian professional female tennis player.In 1995, she married her coach Bart Van Roost, with whom she has a daughter, and played under the name Dominique Van Roost until their divorce in 2003.Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where... |
Maja Murić Pavlína Rajzlová |
6–2, 6–1 |
2. | February 20, 1994 | Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
Hard (i) | Chen Li Ling | Kerry-Anne Guse Kerry-Anne Guse Kerry-Anne Guse is an Australian tennis player. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and turned pro at the age of 15.-Doubles 13 :-References:... Valda Lake |
6–0, 6–2 |