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 talents under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[2]

Liu Fan
刘帆
Personal information
CountrySingapore
Born (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 40)
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

Career

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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.[3] She retired from her playing career in 2011 and in 2014, became Singapore national badminton (singles) coach.[4]

Achievements

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IBF Grand Prix

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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   Hendra Wijaya   Hendri Saputra
  Li Yujia
11–21, 12–21   Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2001 Malaysia Satellite   Woon Sze Mei 7–0, 7–4, 6–8   Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Iran Fajr International   Shinta Mulia Sari   Golnaz Faezi
  Behnaz Perzamanbin
15–8, 15–0   Winner
2005 Croatian International   Shinta Mulia Sari   Zhang Beiwen
  Fu Mingtian
Walkover   Winner
2007 Ballarat International   Yao Lei   Shinta Mulia Sari
  Vanessa Neo
21–14, 17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2007 Waikato International   Yao Lei   Shinta Mulia Sari
  Vanessa Neo
21–11, 18–21, 21–17   Winner
2008 Vietnam International   Vanessa Neo   Shinta Mulia Sari
  Yao Lei
21–15, 18–21, 21–16   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Mauritius International   Denny Setiawan   Kendrick Lee
  Li Yujia
6–15, 5–15   Runner-up
2005 Croatian International   Hendra Wijaya   Andrej Pohar
  Maja Pohar
15–11, 13–15, 15–7   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Fan Frances Liu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Coaching revamp for S'pore badminton". TODAY. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "22nd SEA Games Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, 2013". Readbag.com. p. 49. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Stop trying, start winning". AsiaOne. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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