Chen Li (陳 莉)

Country (sports)	China
Born	(1971-03-13)13 March 1971 (age 54) Xiangtan,Hunan
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
Medal record Women'stennis Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's doubles 1990 Beijing Women's singles 1994 Hiroshima Women's doubles 1998 Bangkok Women's team 1990 Beijing Women's team 1994 Hiroshima Women's singles 1994 Hiroshima Women's team

Chen Li (born 13 March 1971) is a former professionaltennis player from China.^[1]

Chen, who comes from the city ofXiangtan inHunan, played on theWTA Tour in the 1990s and won one title, the doubles at the1994 China Open, withLi Fang as her partner. In 1996 she was runner-up in the singles at theNokia Open in Beijing. En route to the final, which she lost toWang Shi-ting, she accounted for three seeded players,Francesca Lubiani,Yayuk Basuki andSandrine Testud.^[2] She competed as a wildcard at the1997 Australian Open and was beaten in the first round byNatalia Medvedeva.^[3]

A two-time Olympian, Chen represented China at the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. At the Barcelona Olympics she lost in the first round to eventual bronze medalistMary Joe Fernández. In Atlanta she competed in both the singles and doubles draws. She lost to top seedMonica Seles in the singles but her andYi Jing-Qian made the second round of the doubles competition.^[4] They progressed in a walkover after fifth seeded Australian pairing had to withdraw whenRennae 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 theAsian Games. This includes a gold medal in the women's doubles with Li Fang at the1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.

InFed Cup competition, Chen featured in 17 ties for a record 7–14 overall. One of these ties was against theUnited States in the second round of the World Group in the1993 Federation Cup.

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Oct 1996	China Open, Beijing	Tier IV	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	3–6, 4–6

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Feb 1994	China Open, Beijing	Tier IV	Hard	Li Fang	Kerry-Anne Guse Valda Lake	6–0, 6–2

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	31 October 1988	Saga, Japan	Grass	Maya Kidowaki	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	2.	7 May 1990	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Tang Min	6–7, 0–6
Win	3.	30 September 1991	Sekisho, Japan	Hard	Park Sung-hee	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4.	7 October 1991	Matsuyama, Japan	Hard	Li Fang	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	10 February 1992	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Yi Jingqian	7–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	6.	17 February 1992	Bandung, Indonesia	Hard	Irawati Iskandar	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	24 February 1992	Solo, Indonesia	Hard	Yi Jingqian	3–6, 4–6
Win	8.	21 June 1993	Tianjin, China	Hard	Yi Jingqian	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Win	9.	12 December 1994	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Choi Ju-yeon	6–1, 6–4
Win	10.	31 July 1995	Austin, United States	Hard	Yi Jingqian	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Win	11.	2 September 1996	Beijing, China	Hard	Chen Jingjing	7–6, 4–6, 6–1
Win	12.	9 March 1997	Blenheim, New Zealand	Hard	Benjamas Sangaram	6–2, 6–2
Loss	13.	23 April 2000	Dalian, China	Hard	Li Na	4–6, 4–6

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	7 May 1990	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Li Fang	Lin Ning Tang Min	6–3, 6–0
Win	2.	17 February 1992	Bandung, Indonesia	Hard	Yi Jingqian	Mami Donoshiro Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	24 February 1992	Solo, Indonesia	Hard	Yi Jingqian	Mimma Chernovita Natalia Soetrisno	6–2, 6–2
Win	4.	6 July 1992	Erlangen, Germany	Clay	Miki Yokobori	Caroline Schneider Angie Woolcock	6–4, 6–2
Win	5.	14 June 1993	Beijing, China	Hard	Yi Jingqian	Kim Yeon-sook Kim Ih-sook	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6.	21 June 1993	Tianjin, China	Hard	Yi Jingqian	Kim Hye-jeong Seo Hye-jin	2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	19 December 1994	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Yi Jingqian	Keiko Ishida Park In-sook	6–2, 7–5
Win	8.	4 September 1995	Tianjin, China	Hard	Li Fang	Kirstin Freye Tessa Price	6–2, 6–3
Loss	9.	2 September 1996	Beijing, China	Hard	Yi Jingqian	Chen Jingjing Li Li	6–2, 5–7, ret.

• Chen Li at theWomen's Tennis Association
• Chen Li at theInternational Tennis Federation
• Chen Li at theBillie Jean King Cup (archived)
• Chen Li at theChinese Olympic Committee (archived)
• Chen Li atOlympics.com
• Chen Li atOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

• 1971 births
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• 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
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• Asian Games silver medalists for China
• Asian Games bronze medalists for China
• Asian Games gold medalists in tennis
• Asian Games silver medalists in tennis
• Asian Games bronze 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
• Sportspeople from Xiangtan
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• Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade

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