Chen Li (tennis)
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Xiangtan, Hunan | 13 March 1971
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Prize money | $92,814 |
Singles | |
Career record | 145–88 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 112 (21 October 1996) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1997) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 62–47 |
Career titles | 1 WTA |
Highest ranking | No. 135 (13 February 1995) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (1994) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 7–14 |
Chen Li (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from China.[1]
Career
[edit]Chen, who comes from the city of Xiangtan in Hunan, played on the WTA Tour in the 1990s and won one title, the doubles at the 1994 China Open, with Li Fang as her partner. In 1996 she was runner-up in the singles at the Nokia Open in Beijing. En route to the final, which she lost to Wang Shi-ting, she accounted for three seeded players, Francesca Lubiani, Yayuk Basuki and Sandrine Testud.[2] She competed as a wildcard at the 1997 Australian Open and was beaten in the first round by Natalia Medvedeva.[3]
A two-time Olympian, Chen represented China at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. At the Barcelona Olympics she lost in the first round to eventual bronze medalist Mary Joe Fernández. In Atlanta she competed in both the singles and doubles draws. She lost to top seed Monica Seles in the singles but her and Yi Jing-Qian made the second round of the doubles competition.[4] They progressed in a walkover after fifth seeded Australian pairing had to withdraw when Rennae Stubbs was taken ill to hospital.[5] In the second round the Chinese pair were beaten in three sets by the team from Thailand.
Chen won a total of seven medals for China at the Asian Games. This includes a gold medal in the women's doubles with Li Fang at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.
In Fed Cup competition, Chen featured in 17 ties for a record 7–14 overall. One of these ties was against the United States in the second round of the World Group in the 1993 Federation Cup.
WTA Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (runner-up)
[edit]Outcome | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | Oct 1996 | China Open, Beijing | Tier IV | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 1 (title)
[edit]Outcome | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | Feb 1994 | China Open, Beijing | Tier IV | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–2 |
ITF finals
[edit]$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (6–7)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 31 October 1988 | Saga, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 2. | 7 May 1990 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | ![]() |
6–7, 0–6 |
Win | 3. | 30 September 1991 | Sekisho, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 4. | 7 October 1991 | Matsuyama, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5. | 10 February 1992 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
7–6, 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 6. | 17 February 1992 | Bandung, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 7. | 24 February 1992 | Solo, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 8. | 21 June 1993 | Tianjin, China | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 2–6, 7–5 |
Win | 9. | 12 December 1994 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 10. | 31 July 1995 | Austin, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 11. | 2 September 1996 | Beijing, China | Hard | ![]() |
7–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
Win | 12. | 9 March 1997 | Blenheim, New Zealand | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 13. | 23 April 2000 | Dalian, China | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (7–2)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 7 May 1990 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 2. | 17 February 1992 | Bandung, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3. | 24 February 1992 | Solo, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4. | 6 July 1992 | Erlangen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 5. | 14 June 1993 | Beijing, China | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 6. | 21 June 1993 | Tianjin, China | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7. | 19 December 1994 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 8. | 4 September 1995 | Tianjin, China | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 9. | 2 September 1996 | Beijing, China | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, ret. |
References
[edit]- ^ "运动员资料库 陈莉". data.star.sports.cn. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Beijing - 14 October - 20 October 1996". ITF. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Scoreboard". Arizona Republic. 13 January 1997. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Agassi, Seles Win Openers in Style". Los Angeles Times. 24 July 1996. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ Wright, Gerard (27 July 1996). "Stubbs ill, forfeits in doubles". The Age. p. 30. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
External links
[edit]- Chen Li at the Women's Tennis Association
- Chen Li at the International Tennis Federation
- Chen Li at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Chen Li at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
- Chen Li at Olympics.com
- Chen Li at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Chinese female tennis players
- Olympic tennis players for China
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Asian Games bronze medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
- People from Xiangtan
- Tennis players from Hunan
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade