Yu Liqiao

Yu Liqiao
Country (sports)	China
Born	26 November 1957 (age 66)
Singles
Career record	5–4 (Federation Cup)
Doubles
Career record	0–3 (Federation Cup)
Career titles	1 WTA
Medal record
Asian Games

Yu Liqiao (born 26 November 1957) is a Chinese tennis coach and former player. She was an early coach of Li Na.^[1]

Yu played for the China Federation Cup team from 1981 to 1983, winning five singles rubbers. She also represented China at the Asian Games and was a singles bronze medalist in 1982.^{[citation needed]}

Her performances on the WTA Tour include a doubles title at the 1979 Borden Classic and a run to the singles quarter-finals of the Japan Open in 1980, beating fifth seed Renáta Tomanová en route.^[2]

WTA Tour finals[edit]

Doubles (1–1)[edit]

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	October, 1979	Borden Classic, Japan	Colgate Series	Carpet	Chen Chuan	Sue Saliba Mary Sawyer	6–0, 7–6
Loss	October, 1979	Japan Open, Japan	Colgate Series	Carpet	Chen Chuan	Betsy Nagelsen Penny Johnson	6–3, 4–6, 6–7

References[edit]

^ Beech, Hannah (15 May 2014). The Meaning of Li Na (Vol 183, No 20, Asia South Pacific ed.). Time Magazine. and Qinwen Zheng
^ "Tokyo 1980 Tennis Tournament". itftennis.com.

External links[edit]

Yu Liqiao at the Women's Tennis Association
Yu Liqiao at the Billie Jean King Cup
Yu Liqiao at the International Tennis Federation

[1] Beech, Hannah (15 May 2014). The Meaning of Li Na (Vol 183, No 20, Asia South Pacific ed.). Time Magazine. and Qinwen Zheng

[2] "Tokyo 1980 Tennis Tournament". itftennis.com.

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