Li Na

Li Na is a Chinese former professional tennis player who reached a career high of world number two in women's singles in February 2014. She won nine WTA Tour level singles titles, including the 2011 French Open and the 2014 Australian Open, which made her the first major singles champion born in Asia. She was also runner-up at the 2011 and 2013 Australian Open and at the 2013 WTA Tour Championships. A trailblazer for tennis in China, she was the first Chinese player to win a WTA Tour title, to reach a major singles quarterfinal and final, and to break into the world top ten, and Time named her among its 100 most influential people in 2013. She retired in September 2014 and became the first Asian player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.