Frances Liu

"Liu Fan" redirects here. For the nurse, see Liu Fan (nurse).

Liu Fan 刘帆
Personal information
Country	Singapore
Born	(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 41) Liaoning, China
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   Singapore Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team Southeast Asian Games 2003 Ho Chi Minh Women's team 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's team 2005 Manila Women's team 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 talents under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. ^[2]

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. ^[3] She retired from her playing career in 2011 and in 2014, became Singapore national badminton (singles) coach. ^[4] As of 2025, she has been the senior coach of the Badminton Junior Performance Programme at Singapore Sports School. ^[5]

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

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.
5. "Badminton Academy". Singapore Sports School . Retrieved 8 September 2025.

External links

• Frances Liu at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Frances Liu at m2006.thecgf.com