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#29
Ann Li
Ann Li plays on the WTA tour from United States, currently ranked #29. View Ann's player profile — the latest news and daily updates, 2026 season stats, recent match results, win-loss record, and head-to-head history on The Drop Shot.
1,596WTA Pts
13-17Record
43%Win %
Form
WTA#29
Summary
Li serves for a set against Gauff and still exits Cincinnati at 17-20
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Wins have come one at a time all summer, each answered by a defeat, and the Cincinnati Open held the pattern: an opening win, then a that puts the season at 17-20.
She served for the second set at 5-3 after breaking in game 8, was broken back in game 9 and saved two match points, and still finished with 44 percent of the points.
The flat, early ball-striking has at a career-high WTA No. 29, up from 69 a year ago, but the elite ledger holds: this year.
2026 Season
2026 Tournaments
17| Tournament | Level | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Open | Masters | R32 |
| Canadian Open | Masters | R32 |
| Washington Open | 500 | R32 |
| Wimbledon | Slam | R128 |
| Bad Homburg Open | 500 | R32 |
| French Open | Slam | R64 |
| Internationaux de Strasbourg | 500 | SF |
| Italian Open | Masters | R64 |
Ranking · Last 6 Months
Currently ranked No. 29 — a high of No. 29 and a low of No. 236 across the last 297 ranking points on record.
About Ann Li
Ann Li: the King of Prussia flat-hitter who finally stuck at No. 29
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is a right-handed American from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, born in June 2000 to Chinese parents. She turned pro in 2016 and made her name as a junior — a Wimbledon girls' singles runner-up in 2017 — then spent years grinding the ITF and Challenger circuit. She reached the top 100 at world No. 97 on 9 November 2020. The breakthrough to a permanent tour foothold took nearly five more years.
Li's game is built on clean, flat ball-striking off both wings. She takes the ball early and redirects pace rather than spinning the court open, and she's leaned harder on the serve lately — 4.5 aces per match over the last 52 weeks, up from a 3.1 career average. The flip side is the margin: against the very top she's still hunting wins, 2-10 against top-10 opponents and 6-16 against the top 20 over her career.
The career has two title spikes, both on hard. She won her maiden WTA title at the 2021 Tenerife Ladies Open over Camila Osorio, then her second at Guangzhou in 2025. The Guangzhou run pushed her to a then-career-high. Her best Slam result came at the US Open, where she made a Grand Slam fourth round for the first time, falling to . Along the way she's tested the elite — a French Open debut loss to and an Australian Open third round against .
This season Li broke fresh ground, reaching a career-high world No. 29. The next step is converting that ranking into a deep run at a 1000 or a Slam — the ceiling her ball-striking has always promised.
Attributes
Recent Matches
- R32Lvs Coco Gauff6-1 7(7)-6(3)
- R64Wvs Shuai Zhang5-7 3-6
- R32Lvs Elena Rybakina2-6 5-7
- R64Wvs Kayla Cross7(7)-6(2) 6-3
- R32Lvs Magdalena Frech6-4 6-3
Top Rivals
Player Info
- Country
- USA
- Born
- 2000-06-26
- Height
- 5'7" (1.7 m)
- Plays
- right-handed
- Birthplace
- King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
2026#29 Peak#29 Latest
