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Fang Li

CHN Age 53 166 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1992–2001

Fang Li represented China on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 36. In TennisDB's records, Fang Li finished with a career record of 67–90 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

36 (Jun 8, 1998)

Elo peak

1707 (60th percentile)

Singles record

67–90 (42.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$535,067

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Fang Li's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Iroda Tulyaganova #70	0-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 2001*	R128	Miami Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Rita Grande #53	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	R128	Indian Wells Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Jana Nejedly #77	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 2001*	R32	Oklahoma City	WTA 250	Carpet
Vanessa Webb #116	4-6 6-0 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 2000*	R32	Pattaya	WTA 250	Hard
Sandra Kleinova #127	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 7, 2000*	R32	Kuala Lumpur	WTA 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Fang Li's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rita Grande	1	4	5	Mar 8, 2001	H2H
Julie Halard-Decugis	1	3	4	Sep 2, 1999	H2H
Alexia Dechaume Balleret	3	0	3	Mar 19, 1999	H2H
Tamarine Tanasugarn	2	1	3	Nov 21, 1998	H2H
Emanuela Zardo	2	1	3	Jun 22, 1994	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Fang Li Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy #30 def. Fang Li #109 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Fang Li career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	19	5	8	13	38.5%	154	119
1993	20	6	12	18	33.3%	120	132
1994	21	13	13	26	50.0%	132	67
1995	22	9	8	17	52.9%	66	93
1996	23	3	5	8	37.5%	108	199
1997	24	2	3	5	40.0%	473	69
1998	25	23	24	47	48.9%	66	40
1999	26	6	12	18	33.3%	40	86
2000	27	0	2	2	0.0%	86	503
2001	28	0	3	3	0.0%	503	488
Career		67	90	157	42.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Fang Li career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	19	5	5	10	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	8	13	38.5%
1993	20	4	7	11	36.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	12	18	33.3%
1994	21	7	8	15	46.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	13	13	26	50.0%
1995	22	9	8	17	52.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	8	17	52.9%
1996	23	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%
1997	24	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1998	25	12	12	24	50.0%	10	9	19	52.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	23	24	47	48.9%
1999	26	4	5	9	44.4%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	12	18	33.3%
2000	27	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2001	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	46	55	101	45.5%	17	21	38	44.7%	1	7	8	12.5%	3	7	10	30.0%	67	90	157	42.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Fang Li career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1993	20	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	3	2	5	60.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1994	21	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	4	5	9	44.4%	11	13	24	45.8%
1995	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	8	15	46.7%
1996	23	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%
1997	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1998	25	0	8	8	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	12	8	20	60.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	20	24	44	45.5%
1999	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	11	15	26.7%
2000	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2001	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		0	16	16	0.0%	2	17	19	10.5%	31	34	65	47.7%	23	19	42	54.8%	56	86	142	39.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 142/157 (90.4%) of Fang Li's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Fang Li advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1992	19	1544	119.3	—	—	—	—	+55	—	—	39.3%	-0.68	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.13
1993	20	1529	112.6	—	—	—	—	+30	+31	—	33.3%	-1.36	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.54
1994	21	1609	120.8	—	—	—	—	-10	+8	—	49.2%	-0.22	4–5 (44%)	2–1 (67%)	101.0	+0.90
1995	22	1623	122.6	—	—	—	—	-4	—	—	55.3%	+0.32	3–3 (50%)	1–1	—	+0.34
1996	23	1592	112.9	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	38.1%	-0.48	3–2 (60%)	1–4 (20%)	97.6	+0.31
1997	24	1600	118.4	—	—	—	—	+20	—	—	45.5%	0.00	0–1	0–2	—	+0.54
1998	25	1676	134.1	—	—	—	—	+38	-58	—	49.0%	-0.06	6–4 (60%)	6–2 (75%)	107.9	+1.15
1999	26	1586	117.9	—	—	—	—	+101	-16	—	37.8%	-0.59	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	97.9	-0.13
2000	27	1542	89.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.40	0–1	—	—	+0.39
2001	28	1500	92.6	—	—	—	—	+80	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	0.00
Career		1707	127.8	—	—	—	—	+28	-30	—	44.1%	-0.42	22–21 (51%)	14–15 (48%)	100.5	+1.98

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Fang Li Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1992	19	R32	R128	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1993	20	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1994	21	R128	R64	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1995	22	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1996	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	24	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1998	25	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
1999	26	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
W-L		3–7 (30%)	1–4 (20%)	1–5 (17%)	2–7 (22%)	7–23 (23%)

WTA 1000

Fang Li WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	TKY	BER	CAN	HIL	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1994	21	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	23	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	25	R32	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R64	R32	R16	7–7 (50%)
1999	26	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
2001	28	R128	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	9–13 (41%)

WTA 500

Fang Li WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	TKY	AME	MAN	PHI	STA	TOY	W-L Win %
1993	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1996	23	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	2–2 (50%)
1998	25	R32	—	R64	R32	—	R16	R16	2–5 (29%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	4–10 (29%)

WTA 250

Fang Li WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	BRI	LIB	KIT	MEL	TKY	BOG	BOL	BUD	HOB	KUA	MAK	OKL	OKL	JAP	PAL	PAT	POR	SAP	SIN	STR	SUR	W-L Win %
1992	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1993	20	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	6–8 (43%)
1994	21	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	10–8 (56%)
1995	22	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	9–5 (64%)
1996	23	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1998	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	QF	—	F	R32	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	14–8 (64%)
1999	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	3–6 (33%)
2000	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2001	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	7–4 (64%)	2–2 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	5–6 (45%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	47–43 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 8, 1998

First Top 100

May 18, 1992

First Top 50

Jan 16, 1995

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Fang Li ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	17	—	—	466	436	406	406	335	334	353	353	349	359
1991	18	362	384	358	307	296	304	354	212	186	186	153	153
1992	19	137	135	116	108	100	103	109	114	99	105	118	119
1993	20	78	112	107	108	110	107	96	103	120	130	132	132
1994	21	138	99	97	92	91	91	76	77	72	67	66	67
1995	22	51	64	66	76	78	89	128	127	118	93	95	93
1996	23	122	141	131	124	130	125	120	121	150	192	194	199
1997	24	495	511	469	165	155	150	129	99	72	71	68	69
1998	25	56	50	43	43	37	36	39	43	45	43	40	40
1999	26	41	42	49	66	90	92	97	94	88	70	86	86
2000	27	103	111	115	111	117	115	128	154	224	519	506	503
2001	28	500	479	418	488	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Fang Li's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Laurence Courtois	BEL	37	1,701	0	169	75	94	44.4%	1993–2001	Match log
Alexandra Fusai	FRA	37	1,765	0	236	89	147	37.7%	1990–2002	Match log
Karin Kschwendt	AUT	37	1,712	0	195	79	116	40.5%	1989–2000	Match log
Angelica Gavaldon	MEX	34	1,735	0	186	75	111	40.3%	1988–2000	Match log
Nicole Pratt	AUS	35	1,764	1	378	159	219	42.1%	1990–2008	Match log
Katarina Studenikova	SVK	31	1,746	0	157	64	93	40.8%	1993–1999	Match log
Adriana Serra Zanetti	ITA	38	1,632	0	174	57	117	32.8%	1991–2005	Match log
Sandra Cacic	USA	39	1,730	1	154	58	96	37.7%	1991–2003	Match log
Marlene Weingartner	GER	36	1,679	0	218	84	134	38.5%	1995–2005	Match log
Janette Husarova	SVK	31	1,737	0	188	79	109	42.0%	1993–2005	Match log
Kristie Boogert	NED	29	1,770	0	245	105	140	42.9%	1991–2003	Match log
Els Callens	BEL	43	1,715	0	211	83	128	39.3%	1991–2005	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Fang Li?: Fang Li is 53 years old, born on January 1, 1973.
Which country does Fang Li represent?: Fang Li represents China in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Fang Li?: Fang Li is 166 cm / 5'5".
Is Fang Li left-handed or right-handed?: Fang Li plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Fang Li won?: Fang Li has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Fang Li won?: TennisDB does not group any of Fang Li's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Fang Li's highest WTA ranking?: Fang Li's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 36, first achieved on June 8, 1998.
What is Fang Li's career win-loss record?: Fang Li has a career WTA singles record of 67 wins and 90 losses (42.7%).
How much career prize money has Fang Li earned?: Fang Li has earned at least $535,067 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Fang Li's career appear in TennisDB?: Fang Li appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1992 through 2001.
On which surface does Fang Li have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Fang Li's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 45.5% (46–55).
Who has Fang Li faced most often?: Fang Li's most frequent opponent is Rita Grande, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.