Ann Li (tennis)


Ann Li is an American tennis player. She was the runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Junior Championships.

Tennis career

Li reached her first junior singles Grand Slam final in 2017 at Wimbledon. In the first all-American girls final since 1979, the unseeded Li lost to second seed Claire Liu in three sets. Two weeks later, Li won her first professional title on the ITF Women's Circuit, a $15,000 tournament in Evansville, Indiana.

2018

Li entered the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships where she defeated Renata Zarazúa, Julia Glushko, Anastasia Nefedova, Jessica Pegula before losing to Asia Muhammad in straight sets.
She participated at the Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge where she defeated former British No. 1 Heather Watson and Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki but lost to Madison Brengle in the quarterfinals. In the Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, she eliminated fellow wild card Sophia Whittle but lost to Sofya Zhuk. She tried to qualify for the US Open but lost to Marie Bouzkova. She then entered an ITF event in Texas where she lost to Naomi Broady. Her best result after the US Open was at Stockton where she beat Jovana Jaksic, Lauren Davis before yet again falling to Madison Brengle. In Templeton, she won against Nicole Gibbs before losing to Hailey Baptiste.

Personal life

Both of Li's parents are Chinese. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the ukulele.

Singles performance timeline

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2017ITF Evansville, United States15,000Hard Marcela Zacarias4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss1–12018 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles|ITF Lexington, United States60,000Hard Asia Muhammad5–7, 1–6
Loss1–2Apr 2019ITF Jackson, United States25,000Clay Katarzyna Kawa3–6, 2–6
Win2–2Apr 2019ITF Osprey, United States25,000Clay Usue Maitane Arconada6–3, 7–5
Loss2–32019 FineMark Women's Pro Tennis Championship – Singles|ITF Bonita Springs, United States100,000Clay Lauren Davis5–7, 5–7
Loss2–42019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles|ITF Lexington, United States60,000Hard Kim Da-bin1–6, 3–6
Loss2–52019 Thoreau Tennis Open – Singles|ITF Concord, United States60,000Hard Caroline Dolehide3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12019 Dow Tennis Classic – Doubles|ITF Midland, United States100,000Hard Coco Gauff Olga Govortsova
Valeria Savinykh
4–6, 0–6
Loss0–22019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles|ITF Lexington, United States60,000Hard Jamie Loeb Robin Anderson
Jessika Ponchet
6–7, 7–6,

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)