In 2000, Li Na won 52 games in ITF, becoming the athlete who won the most games. In addition, she also won four WTA championships, ranking third among all professional players in the total number of wins of 56.
In 2000, Li Na participated in the WTA Tour for the first time in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and lost in the first round of women's singles, but she won the women's doubles championship with her partner Li Ting, which was the first time that China won the WTA Tour.
In 2000, Li Na defeated her compatriot Yi Jingxi at the Polo Open in Shanghai, and won her first WTA Tour title, and then lost to Thai Ta Mine Tanasugan in the second round.
200 1 At the Universiade held in Beijing, China, Li Na won the women's singles, women's doubles (with Li Ting) and mixed doubles (with Zhu Benqiang) in one fell swoop, and was regarded as the brightest star in the Universiade.
In 2002, Li Na, who ranked only 308th in the world, won the women's singles title with 13 ITF after eight games, including beating the top seed in the qualifying round and five players ranked higher than herself in the direct election.
At the end of 2002, Li Na suddenly chose to retire before the Busan Asian Games and entered Huazhong University of Science and Technology in her hometown of Wuhan.
In 2004, Li Na came back at the beginning of the year and won the ITF women's singles championship in Beijing, Tongliao and Ulanhot three times, only losing to Zheng Jie in the ITF final before the China Open.
In 2004, in the first round of women's singles in China Open, Li Na easily defeated Australian veteran Pratt, who was nearly 100 higher than her world ranking. Later, when she won two match points in the second round, she lost to kuznetsova, the champion of women's singles in the new Kemei Open, with a slight advantage of 3-6/7-6/6-7.
In 2004, Li Na won the singles title at the Guangzhou International Women's Tennis Open, becoming the first China player to win the singles title on the WTA Tour.
In 2005, Li Na reached the final in estelle, and was finally won the runner-up by Safarova of the Czech Republic, which was the first time that China entered the clay court final.
In May 2005, Li Na's world ranking rose to 33rd, surpassing the previous world ranking record of 36th held by Li Fang.
In 2005, Li Na won two singles matches in a row in the Confederations Cup World Group Play-off in July, helping China beat Slovenian 4-/Kloc-0, which was the first time that China had scored the second place in the Confederations Cup World Group.
In 2006, China Jinhua Zheng Jie and Li Na defeated their opponents in the final at the Portuguese esto Lier Championship, which was the first time that China met in the WTA Tour women's singles final. Li Na retired due to injury in the third set and finished the second set in a row.
In 2006, in the quarter-finals of the German Open, she staged a stunning reversal, beating Schneider of Switzerland, who ranked ninth in the world, and won TOP 10 for the first time in her career, which also broke the record that no top player who met TOP 10 had ever won before. It is also the first time for her to reach the quarterfinals of the first-class tournament and the first time for her to enter the quarterfinals of the first-class clay tournament in China.
In 2006, in all the competitions so far, Li Na, who is out of the top 20, only lost to Wozniak and Zheng Jie, making her the most stable player in women's singles in China. Defeated opponents include Hantuchova, Panetta, dulko and a series of players who rank in the top 30.
On June 30th, 2006, on the fifth day of the 2006 Wimbledon in London, Li Na, the first Grand Slam seed in China, challenged the former US Open champion kuznetsova for the third time, which attracted the attention of Chinese people. Although Li Na lost to her opponent in the first two encounters, this time she came to the arena with stronger determination by virtue of her easy promotion in the first two rounds. In the end, Li Na defeated Kuzwa 3-6/6-2/6-3 and advanced to the top of Wimbledon women's singles 16.
On July 3rd, London time, Li Na, the only player in China who advanced to the 16 quarter-finals, defeated 10 seed nicole vaidisova of the Czech Republic 4-6/6-3, making a record break into the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam. Li Na's entry into the Wimbledon quarter-finals also set a new record for her compatriot Zheng Jie in the French Open 16 in 2004.
In the US Open in 2006, Li Na eliminated 13 seed Pierce in the third round and advanced to the top of 16, which created her personal and China's best results in the US Open.
At the beginning of 2007, at the Sydney Open, Li Na entered the semi-finals and upgraded her world ranking to 16, creating the highest world ranking for China.
In the 2007 Australian Open, Li Na beat the ninth seed Safina in the third round and advanced by 16, which set her best results in the Australian Open and China. At the same time, he also became a defender who entered the fourth round of three consecutive Grand Slam events.
June, 5438+October, 2008 10, Li Nalike won the women's singles championship and the second WTA championship trophy in her career in the Australian Open warm-up match and WTA third-class event Gold Coast Competition.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Li Na, kuznetsova and Williams won the fourth place in the women's singles. Set the best result of tennis women's singles for China athletes.
Before Li Na 16 broke into the US Open in 2008, she tied her best result in the US Open.
WTA Porsche Open defeated Serena Williams, the world's number one, and broke into the quarter-finals.
At the beginning of 2009, Li Na withdrew from the Gold Coast Tournament and the Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slams, due to injury, resulting in a sharp drop in points. Li Na won the runner-up in the Monterrey Open in Mexico, and then reached the top eight of 16 in Indinville and Sony Ericsson Open, one of the four top events, and rose all the way. Li Na, one of the four Grand Slam Open held on May 25th, easily reached the top of the French Open 16, tying teammate Zheng Jie's best result in the French Open in 2004 16. Li Na, No.4 seed of China Jinhua in Birmingham DFS Classic, is in an abnormal state. Finally, after missing two counts in the second set, she lost two sets to the tournament 13 seed 6-7(2) in a row, and missed the first WTA singles champion this season. On June 22nd, Wimbledon, one of the four Grand Slams, Li Lan Lianke 16 reached the top. However, Li Na's injury forced her to give up a series of warm-up matches in the US Open and reach the quarterfinals of women's singles without any warm-up, which not only created China's best performance in the US Open, but also tied her best performance in the 2006 personal Grand Slam, and her ranking soared, consolidating her position as a sister in Asia. She also reached the semi-finals in another top event in Tokyo, Japan. Unfortunately, at the China Open, one of the four top events, Li Na, who was exhausted, only reached the third round (in the case of a bye in the first round). This also aggravated Li Na's knee injury, which led Li Na to withdraw from the National Games and a series of international competitions due to injury, and did not draw a satisfactory end to this season. However, Li Na's performance this season is still brilliant. She not only tied Zheng Jie's highest ranking of China 15 in the world, but also kept this ranking until the end of the year, creating the highest ranking of China's players at the end of the year, and scored at least 16 in grand slam events (except the withdrawal of the Australian Open due to injury), which is unique in the history of tennis in China! 20 10 Australian open, launched a singles semi-final competition. In a remarkable women's singles semi-final just concluded in Rodravel Center Stadium, Li Na, the No.6 seed of the tournament/KLOC-0 and China Jinhua, dragged the tournament into the tiebreak twice in the backward situation, but finally lost to Serena, the top seed and defending champion of the tournament, 6-7(4) and 6-7( 1), and ended her magical journey. However, some time after the Australian Open, Li Na's state fell into a bit of a downturn. In addition to reaching the quarterfinals in Dubai, she was eliminated in Malaysia in the first round, while Li Na, who continued to fight as a top player in 10 in Miami and Sony Ericsson, was eliminated in the second round in the case of a bye in the first round. 20 10 French Open warm-up match, Madrid Open, one of the four-time champions, Li Na reached the quarterfinals. After the game, Li Na announced that she would cash the prize money she won in Madrid before the game and donate it to Yushu earthquake-stricken area, which reflected Li Na's love. In the next top competition in Warsaw, Poland, Li Na advanced to the semi-finals and lost to the final champion (and defending champion) Romanian alexandra dulgheru. In the third round of the 20 10 French Open, Li Na, the seed of the tournament 1 1, lost two sets in a row to Schiavone, the final champion of 17. At the 20 10 Birmingham Tennis Tournament, Li Na swept Sharapova 7: 5, 6: 1 0 in the final, which was Li Na's first title in the 20 10 season and her third WTA singles title in her personal career, and her ranking also returned to the previous 10! In the 20 10 Rogers Cup, although Li Na stopped at the third round of women's singles, she did not play well with her opponent, and her ranking reached a new high again, reaching the ninth place in the world, which improved China's best ranking in WTA. At the same time, she will be the eighth seed in the upcoming US Open, one of the four Grand Slams, which is also the highest seed ranking for China players to participate in a Grand Slam.