Yu Liqiao (born 26 November 1957) is a Chinese

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

coach and former player. She was an early coach of

Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand Sl ...

. Yu played for the China Federation Cup team from 1981 to 1983, winning five singles rubbers. She also represented China at the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

and was a singles bronze medalist in 1982. Her performances on the

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 ...

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 Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Career Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open. In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in th ...

en route.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (1–1)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Liqiao 1957 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women