Chen Li (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional

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player from China.

Career

Chen, who comes from the city of Xiangtan in

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, played on the

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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,

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and Sandrine Testud. She competed as a wildcard at the

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and was beaten in the first round by Natalia Medvedeva. A two-time Olympian, Chen represented China at the

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in Barcelona and

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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

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in the singles but her and Yi Jing-Qian made the second round of the doubles competition. They progressed in a walkover after fifth seeded Australian pairing had to withdraw when

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was taken ill to hospital. 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

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. This includes a gold medal in the women's doubles with Li Fang at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. In

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competition, Chen featured in 17 ties for a record 7–14 overall. One of these ties was against the

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in the second round of the World Group in the 1993 Federation Cup.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF finals

Singles (6–7)

Doubles (7–2)

References

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Liling 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 Sportspeople from Xiangtan Tennis players from Hunan Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade