Li Na is a former professional tennis player, born on 26 February 1982 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. During her career she was ranked world No.2 on the WTA Tour, won nine WTA singles titles and two Grand Slam singles. She was the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal at the 2006 Wimbledon championships, win a WTA tour title at the Guangzhou International Women’s Open in 2004, and the first to break into the world’s top 10.
Have you ever wondered how rich Li Na is? According to sources, it has been estimated that Li Na’s overall net worth is $50 million, acquired by becoming one of the most successful Asian female tennis players. The numerous accolades and awards she received have only helped add to her net worth.
Li Na Net Worth $50 Million
Li’s father, who was a professional badminton player, died when she was fourteen and she continued living with her mother. She followed her father’s footsteps and began playing badminton when she was only six, but soon switched to tennis. By 1997 she had entered China’s National Tennis Team and the following year she was sponsored by Nike to go the to John Newcombe Academy in Texas where she continued developing her tennis. Li started her professional career at the age of sixteen, but a couple of years later she left the national tennis team to study at Huazhong University of Science and Technology part-time, eventually graduating with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2009.
Upon re-starting her professional tennis career in 2004, Li entered the ITF Circuit, and won all of her first seven ITF doubles tournaments. In year 2000 she won four WTA singles titles and therefore brought her ITF singles titles to 11. It was in October 2004 that she broke into the WTA top 100 for the first time and reached no.30 two years later which made her the holder of the highest ranking ever achieved by a Chinese woman. After a career break of a year caused by an injury, Li took part in the 2008 Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts in Australia where she defeated Victoria Azarenka and scored her second WTA singles title. Following this event, she rose back to world No.24. She also defeated no.1 ranked Serena Williams at Porsche Grand Prix, the same year, becoming the second Chinese player to defeat a world No.1 player. Having played against Alize Cornet, Vera Dushevina, Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Jankovic, Li finished her 2009 season as world no.15.
In 2010 she was seeded first at the Aegon Classic and defeated Sharapova in the final, in that way returning to the top 10 in the WTA rankings. Once again, Li managed to defeat world No.1, at the Australian Open in 2011, this time Caroline Wozniacki, and in June the same year she won her first major title at the French Open becoming the first tennis player from an Asian country to win a Grand Slam singles event. Her second Grand Slam title didn’t come until three years later, at the Australian 2014 Open.
After winning 184 singles matches, 34 doubles matches, nine titles including two Grand Slam singles, and two doubles titles and competing in 33 Grand Slams, Li announced her retirement in September 2014, due to a serious knee injury, ending her career ranked world No.6 by the Women’s Tennis Association. She was listed No.85 in the “Forbes Celebrity List” and listed among “100 Most Influential People in the World” by “Time” magazine. In April 2015, Laureus World Sports presented Li with the “Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement” award.
When it comes to her private life, Li married Jiang Shan in 2006, and the couple welcomed their first child in June 2015.
Laureus World Sports Award for Exceptional Achievement
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Lion, Grand Jury Prize, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Best Screenplay Award, Silver Lion
A truly creative new director? Well, the whole world is waiting. And here (the U.S.), the directors with real genius seem to have become so enamored of success that they've become seduced by the chance to make big money by turning out a flashy product for young people. When I was young, I ran to see Astaire and Rogers, Huston, Lubitsch - they were formative for me. I also read Flash Gordon when I was 6, but if I were still reading it when I was 16, I'd have been an imbecile. So what I'm saying is that these directors who are so in love with success, no matter how great their talent, are ultimately disappointing. This is all part of the crisis. Now, when it comes to the better exponents of this kind of film, I admit I run to see them too. I adore the work of Lucas and Spielberg. I'm certainly not trying to minimize their talents, but I'd love to see what they could do when they aren't leading us from reality.
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Fact
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Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Giancarlo Giannini in Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)_.
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Lina and her husband Enrico have a daughter Maria Zulima Job, born in 1991.
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Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1988.
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The first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Direction.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano
2014
Documentary short written by
Mannaggia alla miseria!
2009
TV Movie screenplay - as Lina Job Wertmuller / story - as Lina Job Wertmuller
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
2004
Swept Away
2002
1974 screenplay Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto, uncredited
Francesca e Nunziata
2001
TV Movie
Ferdinando e Carolina
1999
writer
The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
1996
screenplay / story
The Nymph
1996
Ciao, Professore!
1992
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
1990
screenplay
Up to Date
1989
writer
Il decimo clandestino
1989
TV Movie screenplay
Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico
1986
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1985
Sotto... sotto
1984
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
1983
Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici
1978
writer
A Night Full of Rain
1978
writer
Which Way Is Up?
1977
as Lina Wertmuller, 1972 screenplay Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore
Seven Beauties
1975
written by
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
1974
All Screwed Up
1974
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza...'
1973
writer
Cari genitori
1973
writer
Nessuno deve sapere
1972
TV Mini-Series story - 1971
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
When Women Lost Their Tails
1972
idea
The Seduction of Mimi
1972
screenplay / story
When Women Had Tails
1970
screenplay - as Lina Wertmüller Job
The Family
1970
screenplay - as Lina Wertmuller
Il mio corpo per un poker
1968
as George Brown
Non stuzzicate la zanzara
1967
Rita la zanzara
1966
Let's Talk About Men
1965
screenplay / story
I basilischi
1963
screenplay / story
Studio Uno
1961
TV Series 1966
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano
2014
Documentary short
Mannaggia alla miseria!
2009
TV Movie as Lina Job Wertmuller
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
2004
Francesca e Nunziata
2001
TV Movie
Ferdinando e Carolina
1999
The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
1996
The Nymph
1996
L'encyclopédie audio-visuelle
1993
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Ciao, Professore!
1992
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
1990
12 registi per 12 città
1989
Documentary segment "Bari"
Up to Date
1989
Il decimo clandestino
1989
TV Movie
Imago urbis
1987
Documentary
Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico
1986
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1985
Sotto... sotto
1984
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
1983
E una domenica sera di novembre
1981
TV Movie documentary
Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici
1978
A Night Full of Rain
1978
Seven Beauties
1975
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
1974
All Screwed Up
1974
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza...'
1973
The Seduction of Mimi
1972
Il mio corpo per un poker
1968
as Nathan Wich
Non stuzzicate la zanzara
1967
Rita la zanzara
1966
as George H. Brown
Let's Talk About Men
1965
Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca
1964-1965
TV Series 8 episodes
I basilischi
1963
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2005-2007
TV Series music - 3 episodes
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza...'
1973
writer: "Canzone arrabbiata", "Antoni Soffiantini detto Tunin"
Rita, la figlia americana
1965
writer: "Solo tu", "Stasera con te" - as Wertmuller
Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca
1964
TV Series writer: "Viva la pappa col pomodoro"
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
8½
1963
third assistant director - uncredited
...e Napoli canta!
1953
assistant director
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Benvenuto Presidente!
2013
Potere Forte
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Seven Beauties
1975
producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
Documentary short support
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Noch' Naprolyot
2011
Short acknowledgment
Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea
1997
acknowledgment
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lo sguardo della musica
Documentary filming
Herself
Roma Kaputt Mundi
Documentary filming
Herself
Così parlò De Crescenzo
2016
Documentary
Herself
Behind the White Glasses
2015
Documentary
Herself
Registe
2014
Documentary
Herself
Tutte le storie di Piera
2013
Documentary
Herself
Giuliano Gemma: Un italiano nel mondo
2013
Documentary
Herself
Becoming Sophia
2012
Documentary
Herself
Case chiuse
2011
Documentary
Noi c'eravamo
2011
Documentary
Herself
L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
Documentary
Herself
L'uomo dalla bocca storta
2009
Documentary
Herself
Vittorio D.
2009
Documentary
Herself
Venezia '68
2008
Documentary short
Herself
Come diventai Alida Valli
2008
Documentary
Herself
Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani
2007
Documentary
Herself
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
Documentary
Herself
Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio
2004
Documentary
Herself
L'ultima sequenza
2003
Documentary
Herself (as Lina Wertmuller)
Isa 9000
2001
Documentary short
Herself
Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota
1999
Documentary
Herself
Gianni Di Venanzo, un grande autore della fotografia
1996
Documentary short
Herself
A Film és... I.-XIV
1995
TV Series documentary
Herself (1995)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1994
TV Series
Herself
Zwischen Kino und Konzert - Der Komponist Nino Rota
1993
Documentary
Herself
The 49th Annual Academy Awards
1977
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Original Screenplay
Lina Wertmuller
1977
Documentary short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Documentary post-production
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989
2013
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968-1979
2011
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Magic of Fellini
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Luchino Visconti
1999
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
Career David
David di Donatello Awards
2009
Career Golden Globe
Golden Globes, Italy
2008
Career Award
Flaiano International Prizes
Cinema
1986
Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award
Berlin International Film Festival
Competition
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti (1985)
1986
Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
Berlin International Film Festival
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti (1985)
1985
Crystal Award
Women in Film Crystal Awards
1975
Alitalia Award
Golden Globes, Italy
1975
Golden Ibex
Tehran International Film Festival
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (1974)
1964
Plate
Golden Goblets, Italy
I basilischi (1963)
1963
Silver Sail
Locarno International Film Festival
Feature Film
I basilischi (1963)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
Best Film
Mar del Plata Film Festival
International Competition
Ferdinando e Carolina (1999)
1990
Gold Hugo
Chicago International Film Festival
Best Feature
Sabato, domenica e lunedì (1990)
1989
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
In una notte di chiaro di luna (1989)
1986
Golden Berlin Bear
Berlin International Film Festival
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti (1985)
1986
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film)
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti (1985)
1986
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti (1985)
1985
Golden Prize
Moscow International Film Festival
Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada (1983)
1978
Golden Berlin Bear
Berlin International Film Festival
La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia (1978)
1977
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Director
Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)
1977
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)
1977
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)
1974
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto)
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza...' (1973)
1973
Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza...' (1973)
1972
Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore (1972)
2nd Place Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1975
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Screenplay
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (1974)
3rd Place Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1977
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Director
Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)
1977
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Screenplay
Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)
1975
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Director
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (1974)
Known for movies
The Seduction of Mimi (1972) as Writer
Seven Beauties (1975) as Writer
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (1974) as Writer
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza...' (1973) as Writer