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Taiwanese tennis player
Li Yu-yun
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
Born (2004-05-31) 31 May 2004 (age 20)
Taiwan
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$17,815
Singles
Career record23–35
Highest rankingNo. 1035 (27 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1156 (29 July 2024)
Doubles
Career record80–32
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 243 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 298 (29 July 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3–1
Last updated on: 30 July 2024.

Li Yu-yun (Chinese: 李羽芸; born 31 May 2004) is a Taiwanese tennis player who specialises in doubles.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 1035 in singles, achieved on 27 May 2024, and 243 in doubles, set on 20 May 2024.

Playing for Chinese Taipei, Li has a win–loss record of 3–1.

Partnering Haley Giavara, she won her first W50 tournament in May 2024 at the Kunming Open in China.

Junior career

She reached a career-high combined junior ranking of 37 on 31 October 2022. In the doubles final of the J1 College Park tournament in August 2022, she and her Japanese partner Sara Saito defeated Anastasiia Gureva from Russia and Carolina Kuhl from Germany, 6–4, 6–2. The season's latest Grade A event in October, the Osaka Mayor's Cup, concluded on Sunday partnering with Sara Saito as girls’ doubles champions, respectively.

Career

Li achieved better results in doubles tennis. She won five championships in total in 2022, four of which were in Antalya.

In 2023, she won the championship in tournaments in Malaysia and Japan. In June 2023, she won the title with her Belgian partner Sofia Costoulas in the Tainan tournament held in her home country.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 ITF Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia W15 Clay Russia Anna Zyryanova Slovakia Bianca Behúlová
Slovakia Katarina Kuzmová
6–4, 7–5
Win 2–0 Nov 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Kazakhstan Aruzhan Sagandikova Russia Anastasia Zolotareva
Russia Rada Zolotareva
7–5, 3–6,
Win 3–0 Nov 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Japan Koharu Niimi Japan Mayuka Aikawa
Belgium Amelie van Impe
6–1, 6–2
Win 4–0 Nov 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Belgium Amelie Van Impe Russia Daria Lodikova
Turkey Melis Ayda Uyar
6–2, 5–7,
Win 5–0 Dec 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Russia Anna Zyryanova Russia Ksenia Laskutova
Russia Aleksandra Pospelova
3–6, 6–4,
Win 6–0 Feb 2023 ITF Ipoh, Malaysia W15 Hard Ukraine Anastasiia Poplavska China Feng Shuo
China Guo Hanyu
7–5, 6–2
Win 7–0 Feb 2023 ITF Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia W15 Hard China Guo Hanyu Thailand Anchisa Chanta
Japan Ayaka Okuno
6–0, 2–6,
Win 8–0 Mar 2023 ITF Kuching, Malaysia W15 Hard China Guo Hanyu China Feng Shuo
China Guo Meiqi
6–2, 6–3
Loss 8–1 Mar 2023 ITF Hinode, Japan W15 Hard Japan Rinon Okuwaki Japan Akari Inoue
Chinese Taipei Tsao Chia-yi
4–6, 7–6,
Win 9–1 Apr 2023 ITF Fukui, Japan W15 Hard Japan Rinon Okuwaki Japan Erina Hayashi
Japan Kisa Yoshioka
3–6, 6–4,
Loss 9–2 May 2023 ITF Incheon, South Korea W25 Hard China Tang Qianhui South Korea Choi Ji-hee
South Korea Ku Yeon-woo
1–6, 1–6
Win 10–2 Jun 2023 ITF Luzhou, China W25 Hard China Tang Qianhui China Feng Shuo
China Zheng Wushuang
7–6, 6–2
Win 11–2 Jun 2023 ITF Tainan, Taiwan W25 Clay Belgium Sofia Costoulas Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsin
Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
6–4, 6–4
Loss 11–3 Jan 2024 ITF Bangalore, India W50 Hard Japan Eri Shimizu Italy Camilla Rosatello
Latvia Darja Semeņistaja
6–3, 2–6,
Win 12–3 May 2024 Kunming Open, China W50 Clay United States Haley Giavara China Feng Shuo
South Korea Park So-hyun
6–3, 6–1
Loss 12–4 Aug 2024 ITF Kunshan, China W35 Hard China Yao Xinxin Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsin
Hong Kong Cody Wong
5–7, 4–6

References

  1. "Li Yu-yun | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. "Li Yu-yun Billie Jean King Cup team". Billie Jean King Cup.
  3. "ITF W50 Anning Main Draws". www.itftennis.com.
  4. "Top Seed Midon Takes ITF College Park J1 Singles Title; Saito Sweeps Girls Championships Saturday at Junior Tennis Champions Center". tenniskalamazoo.
  5. "OSAKA MAYOR'S CUP: KEY LEARNINGS FROM THE LATEST JUNIOR GRADE A EVENT". www.itftennis.com.
  6. "新見 小晴 & Yu-Yun Li ITF W15 ダブルス優勝". www.tennistribe.jp.
  7. "17 year-old young Kazakhstani tennis player became the champion of the tournament in Turkey". turanews.kz. 7 November 2022.
  8. "Sofia Costoulas gagne un troisième tournoi en double". www.rtl.be. 17 June 2023.

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Chinese Taipei Top Taiwanese female doubles tennis players
as of 29 January 2024


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