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Li Na
Li Na is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, achieved in February 2014. Li won nine WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two majors at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open. She is the first major singles champion born in Asia, male or female. Li was also the runner-up at the 2011 Australian Open,…
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Born 26 February 1982 · Q180446
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded International Tennis Hall of Fame (2019).
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Peter Chan directed a biopic about Li Na's life, based on her autobiography, with a release date yet unknown
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Was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, becoming the first Asian player to receive this honor
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2013· 2 entries
Li appeared on the cover of Time magazine, which named her in its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World; Li being one of only four athletes to be named on the list
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Both won the first tournament they entered
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2012· 2 entries
Li and Radwańska met 4 times, with Li taking 3 victories
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Li and Sharapova met three times, with Sharapova winning all three of their matches, the most notable being the final of the clay-court tournament in Rome
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2011· 1 entry
Two of which were at Grand Slams, with Li winning on both occasions, before Azarenka won their third meeting at the 2011 WTA Tour Championships, en route to reaching the final
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2010· 1 entry
This time in the final, and in the semifinals of the 2011 French Open, on her way to winning her maiden Grand Slam
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2009· 1 entry
And 2010 the head-to-head was even at 2–2
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2008· 1 entry
Under an experimental reform policy for tennis players
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2006· 2 entries
Li married Jiang Shan who then became her personal coach
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In which she was defeated by the second-seeded Clijsters in straight sets
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2004· 1 entry
To "give back" for their help during her earlier career
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2002· 1 entry
Came through qualifying to win her first $75k singles tournament at Midland, United States in February, defeating Laura Granville, Tatiana Perebiynis, and Mashona Washington en route to the title, the 14th of her car
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2000· 1 entry
Won 52 singles matches on the ITF Circuit, more than any other player, notching another eight tournament titles, including one at the $50k level, two at $25k, and a run of four $10k tournament wins in March and April
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1999· 2 entries
And won three of the first four singles tournaments she entered on the ITF Circuit, two at Shenzhen and one at Westende, Belgium
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Played for China Billie Jean King Cup team (1999).
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1982· 1 entry
Born 1982-02-26.
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