Liu Fangzhou (; ; born 12 December 1995) is a Chinese
tennis
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player.
On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 127. On 16 June 2014, she peaked at No. 919 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Liu made her
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tourna ...
debut at the
2014 Shenzhen Open, having been awarded a wildcard into the main draw, but lost to
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...
in the first round. Six months later, Liu advanced to the final of the inaugural WTA 125
Jiangxi International Open, where she again faced Peng, losing in a tough three-set match.
Playing for the
China Fed Cup team
The China women's national tennis team represents China in Fed Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Chinese Tennis Association.
History
China competed in its first Fed Cup in 1981.
China competed at the World Group level in 2007 through ...
, Liu has a win–loss record of 1–3.
WTA 125 tournament finals
Singles: 1 (runner–up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 19 (4 titles, 15 runner–ups)
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)
Fed Cup participation
Singles (1–2)
Doubles (0–1)
Notes
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Chinese female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
Tennis players from Tianjin
Asian Games competitors for China
21st-century Chinese women
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