Liu Fangzhou

Liu Fangzhou
刘方舟

Full name	Liu Fangzhou
Country (sports)	China
Born	(1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 China
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$39,255
Singles
Career record	72–40
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	137 (30 January 2017)
Current ranking	137 (30 January 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2015)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	3–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	919 (16 June 2014)
Current ranking	1227 (8 September 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2017)
Fed Cup	1–3
Last updated on: 8 September 2014.

Liu Fangzhou (Chinese: 刘方舟; born 12 December 1995) is a Chinese tennis player.

On 4 August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 263. On 16 June 2014, she peaked at world number 919 in the doubles rankings.

Liu made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, having been awarded a wildcard into the main draw, but lost to Peng Shuai in the first round. Six months later, Liu advanced to the final of the WTA 125K inaugural Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, where she again faced Peng, losing in a tough three-set match.

Playing for China at the Fed Cup, Liu has a win-loss record of 1–3.^[1]

WTA and WTA 125 Series finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 July 2014	Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, Nanchang, China	Hard	Peng Shuai	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

ITF finals (2–11)

Singles (2–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 March 2012	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	4–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up	2.	26 May 2013	Goyang, South Korea	Hard	Duan Yingying	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	22 February 2014	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Zhang Ling	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	24 March 2014	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	16 November 2014	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Risa Ozaki	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	13 March 2016	Nanjing, China	Hard	Tian Ran	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	27 March 2016	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Wang Qiang	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	24 April 2016	Nanning, China	Hard	Zhang Kailin	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	17 July 2016	Qujing, China	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	14 August 2016	Naiman, China	Hard (i)	Han Xinyun	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	2 April 2017	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	4 June 2017	Wuhan, China	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	0–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 October 2016	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Julia Glushko	Naiktha Bains Abigail Tere-Apisah	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [3–10]

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2014 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I	R/R	5 February 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	Hard (i)	Sabina Sharipova	L	4–6, 2–6
		6 February 2014		South Korea		Han Na-lae	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	P/O	8 February 2014		Kazakhstan		Sesil Karatantcheva	L	6–4, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2014 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I	R/R	5 February 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	Hard (i)	Zhang Shuai	Nigina Abduraimova Sabina Sharipova	L	1–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Liu Fangzhou at the Women's Tennis Association
• Liu Fangzhou at the International Tennis Federation
• Liu Fangzhou at the Fed Cup