Liu Fan
刘帆
Personal information
CountrySingapore
Born (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984
Liaoning, China
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
HandednessRight
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Women's team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Ho Chi Minh Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Manila Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vientiane Women's team
BWF profile

Frances Liu Fan (born 1 April 1984) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player.[1] Together with Li Li, Xiao Luxi and Rong Muxi, they were Singapore badminton's pioneer batch of foreign talent.

Career

Liu won Singapore first ever women's badminton team gold at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games that was held in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City.[2] She retired from her playing career in 2011 and in 2014, became Singapore national badminton (singles) coach.[3]

Achievements

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 New Zealand Open Singapore Hendra Wijaya Singapore Hendri Saputra
Singapore Li Yujia
11–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2001 Malaysia Satellite Malaysia Woon Sze Mei 7–0, 7–4, 6–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Iran Fajr International Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari Iran Golnaz Faezi
Iran Behnaz Perzamanbin
15–8, 15–0 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Croatian International Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari Singapore Zhang Beiwen
Singapore Fu Mingtian
Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Ballarat International Singapore Yao Lei Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Vanessa Neo
21–14, 17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Waikato International Singapore Yao Lei Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Vanessa Neo
21–11, 18–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Vietnam International Singapore Vanessa Neo Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei
21–15, 18–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Mauritius International Singapore Denny Setiawan Singapore Kendrick Lee
Singapore Li Yujia
6–15, 5–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Croatian International Singapore Hendra Wijaya Slovenia Andrej Pohar
Slovenia Maja Pohar
15–11, 13–15, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Fan Frances Liu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. "22nd SEA Games Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, 2013". Readbag.com. p. 49. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. "Stop trying, start winning". AsiaOne. 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
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