Li Yu-yun

Li Yu-yun
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
Born (2004-05-31) 31 May 2004
Taiwan
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$23,050
Singles
Career record28–47
Highest rankingNo. 1035 (27 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1181 (3 March 2025)
Doubles
Career record101–42
Career titles16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 243 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 273 (3 March 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3–1
Last updated on: 3 March 2025.

Li Yu-yun (Chinese: 李羽芸; born 31 May 2004) is a Taiwanese tennis player who specialises in doubles.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 1035 in singles, achieved on 27 May 2024, and 243 in doubles, set on 20 May 2024.[1]

Playing for Chinese Taipei, Li has a win–loss record of 3–1.[2]

Partnering Haley Giavara, she won her first W50 tournament in May 2024 at the Kunming Open in China.[3]

Junior career

She reached a career-high combined junior ranking of 37 on 31 October 2022. In the doubles final of the J1 College Park tournament in August 2022, she and her Japanese partner Sara Saito defeated Anastasiia Gureva from Russia and Carolina Kuhl from Germany, 6–4, 6–2.[4] The season's latest Grade A event in October, the Osaka Mayor's Cup, concluded on Sunday partnering with Sara Saito as girls’ doubles champions, respectively.[5]

Career

Li achieved better results in doubles tennis. She won five championships in total in 2022, four of which were in Antalya.[6][7]

In 2023, she won the championship in tournaments in Malaysia and Japan. In June 2023, she won the title with her Belgian partner Sofia Costoulas in the Tainan tournament held in her home country.[8]

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 21 (16 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 ITF Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia W15 Clay Anna Zyryanova Bianca Behúlová
Katarina Kuzmová
6–4, 7–5
Win 2–0 Nov 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Aruzhan Sagandikova Anastasia Zolotareva
Rada Zolotareva
7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 3–0 Nov 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Koharu Niimi Mayuka Aikawa
Amelie van Impe
6–1, 6–2
Win 4–0 Nov 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Amelie Van Impe Daria Lodikova
Melis Ayda Uyar
6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Win 5–0 Dec 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Anna Zyryanova Ksenia Laskutova
Aleksandra Pospelova
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 6–0 Feb 2023 ITF Ipoh, Malaysia W15 Hard Anastasiia Poplavska Feng Shuo
Guo Hanyu
7–5, 6–2
Win 7–0 Feb 2023 ITF Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia W15 Hard Guo Hanyu Anchisa Chanta
Ayaka Okuno
6–0, 2–6, [10–2]
Win 8–0 Mar 2023 ITF Kuching, Malaysia W15 Hard Guo Hanyu Feng Shuo
Guo Meiqi
6–2, 6–3
Loss 8–1 Mar 2023 ITF Hinode, Japan W15 Hard Rinon Okuwaki Akari Inoue
Tsao Chia-yi
4–6, 7–6(5), [5–10]
Win 9–1 Apr 2023 ITF Fukui, Japan W15 Hard Rinon Okuwaki Erina Hayashi
Kisa Yoshioka
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 9–2 May 2023 ITF Incheon, South Korea W25 Hard Tang Qianhui Choi Ji-hee
Ku Yeon-woo
1–6, 1–6
Win 10–2 Jun 2023 ITF Luzhou, China W25 Hard Tang Qianhui Feng Shuo
Zheng Wushuang
7–6(4), 6–2
Win 11–2 Jun 2023 ITF Tainan, Taiwan W25 Clay Sofia Costoulas Lee Ya-hsin
Lee Ya-hsuan
6–4, 6–4
Loss 11–3 Jan 2024 ITF Bangalore, India W50 Hard Eri Shimizu Camilla Rosatello
Darja Semeņistaja
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Win 12–3 May 2024 Kunming Open, China W50 Clay Haley Giavara Feng Shuo
Park So-hyun
6–3, 6–1
Loss 12–4 Aug 2024 ITF Kunshan, China W35 Hard Yao Xinxin Lee Ya-hsin
Cody Wong
5–7, 4–6
Win 13–4 Jan 2025 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Li Zongyu Astrid Brune Olsen
Ena Koike
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 14–4 Feb 2025 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Li Zongyu Punnin Kovapitukted
Yuki Naito
6–3, 6–3
Win 15–4 Feb 2025 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Li Zongyu Nicole Fossa Huergo
Zhibek Kulambayeva
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Win 16–4 Feb 2025 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Li Zongyu Amina Anshba
Yuki Naito
6–3, 6–4
Loss 16–5 Jun 2025 ITF Taipei, Taiwan W35 Hard Eri Shimizu Park So-hyun
Janice Tjen
1–6, 5–7

References

  1. ^ "Li Yu-yun | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ "Li Yu-yun Billie Jean King Cup team". Billie Jean King Cup.
  3. ^ "ITF W50 Anning Main Draws". itftennis.com.
  4. ^ "Top Seed Midon Takes ITF College Park J1 Singles Title; Saito Sweeps Girls Championships Saturday at Junior Tennis Champions Center". tenniskalamazoo.
  5. ^ "OSAKA MAYOR'S CUP: KEY LEARNINGS FROM THE LATEST JUNIOR GRADE A EVENT". itftennis.com.
  6. ^ "新見 小晴 & Yu-Yun Li ITF W15 ダブルス優勝". tennistribe.jp.
  7. ^ "17 year-old young Kazakhstani tennis player became the champion of the tournament in Turkey". turanews.kz. 7 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Sofia Costoulas gagne un troisième tournoi en double". rtl.be. 17 June 2023.