Frances Liu

Liu Fan
Personal information
Birth name 刘帆
Country  Singapore
Born (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984
Liaoning, China
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Handedness Right

Frances Liu Fan (born 1 April 1984) is a Singaporean badminton player.[1] Together with Li Li, Xiao Luxi and Rong Muxi, they were Singapore badminton's pioneer batch of foreign talent. She won Singapore first ever women's badminton team gold at the 2003 SEA Games that was held in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City.[2] She retired in 2011 and is currently Singapore national badminton (singles) coach.

Achievements

World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 New Zealand Open Singapore Hendra Wijaya Singapore Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Singapore Li Yujia
11–21, 12–21 2nd, 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, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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