Famous Tennis Player Li Na

Li Na is one of China’s most recognizable faces. She is a retired Chinese tennis player who has won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2011 French Open (110 million people tuned in from China to watch that final), and the 2014 Australian Open. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014.

There are no Chinese men or women in the current top 30 in the world and she remains the country’s only player to win a Grand Slam singles champion.

Interesting fact: the name “Li Na (李娜)”, meaning “Graceful Li” is reportedly the most common full name for Chinese women, with 273,074 bearers across China.