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ATP Finals champion and professional tennis player
Grigor Dimitrov
Base case$32M
Estimate confidence
★★★★★
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Li Na Net Worth Estimate
Retired two-time Grand Slam singles champion and tennis Hall of FamerLi Na's independently estimated personal wealth centers on $32M with $12M and $95M alternative cases. Her official WTA career prize ledger records $16,709,074 in historical gross tournament earnings, not current assets.
Published estimateReviewed Oct 22, 2026
Research context
See what supports this page, how current it is, and where comparable or historical context is available.
- Evidence
- 3 retained sourcesReviewed through Oct 22, 2026
- Change history
- 1 tracked snapshotComparable tracking began Sep 18, 2026
- Comparison context
- 1 reviewed peer rankingPeer lists preserve the same base-case estimate and uncertainty range.
Current estimate
What we can support today
Base case
$32M
Bear case
$12M
Bull case
$95M
Estimate confidence
2 out of 5
Why this estimate
- Main wealth driver
- Estimated personally owned investments and retained career capital ($32M base case)
- Estimate confidence
- 2 out of 5
- Key evidence
- WTA currently reports $16,709,074 in cumulative gross career tournament prizes, not net after taxes, current holdings or a single 2026 payment.Sources[1]
- Biggest uncertainty
- How much gross tournament pay remained after income taxes, team compensation and travel expenses?
- Evidence reviewed through
- Oct 22, 2026
Base case is our central scenario. Bear and bull cases show how uncertainty around private holdings, retained proceeds, taxes and liabilities can move the estimate.
Celebrity rankings
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Scenario composition
Where the estimated wealth comes from
Switch scenarios to see how the total and each component move together. The bars show each positive component's share of the estimated assets in that scenario, not audited holdings.
Bear scenario net worth$12MPositive estimated assets shown: $12M
Estimated personally owned investments and retained career capital
$12M to $95M range$12M100%
Base scenario net worth$32MPositive estimated assets shown: $32M
Estimated personally owned investments and retained career capital
$12M to $95M range$32M100%
Bull scenario net worth$95MPositive estimated assets shown: $95M
Estimated personally owned investments and retained career capital
$12M to $95M range$95M100%
How Li Na Built a Fortune
Li Na made tennis history by winning the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open singles championships. She was the first Asian player to win a major singles title and reached No. 2 in the WTA rankings. Those milestones help explain a long and lucrative athletic career, but they do not show the portfolio she holds after retirement.
The WTA's official career page lists $16,709,074 in cumulative gross tournament prize money. That figure combines historical match payouts, not sponsorship earnings or assets. It does not tell us how much Li retained after team salaries, travel costs, income taxes and household spending, and it cannot be booked wholesale as current cash.
Li retired in September 2014 after knee injuries ended her playing career, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame inducted her in 2019. WTA reporting also documents her appointment as tournament director of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in September 2024. The announcement gives no salary or stake in the competition. Growth of tennis audiences and events in China cannot be counted as her personally owned business capital.
Our $32M central personal-wealth estimate spans $12M to $95M, leaving ample room for off-court commercial receipts, savings and investment performance without asserting amounts the sources do not reveal. Individual endorsements, any paid director contract, royalties, current investments and liabilities would make a stronger financial case than projecting national tennis industry growth into personal equity.
Sources[1][2][3]Observed assets and financial anchors
A reported salary, company sale or brand valuation is not automatically current personal wealth. We show the pieces that can be tied to retained evidence and keep historical flows separate.
No major component is directly observable as a precise current valueThis estimate is built from source-backed financial anchors and explicitly modeled scenario ranges rather than pretending a private balance sheet is directly observable.
Historical flow
WTA currently reports $16,709,074 in cumulative gross career tournament prizes, not net after taxes, current holdings or a single 2026 payment.
Sources[1]Context
Li Na won the 2011 Roland Garros and 2014 Australian Open singles titles, reached world No. 2, and retired in September 2014 because of persistent knee problems. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.
Sources[2]Context
The WTA describes her influence on participation in Chinese tennis and growth in the country's tournament calendar. The WTA separately named Li Na director of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in September 2024, but disclosed neither her salary nor equity in the event. Wider industry growth and the event prize pool do not establish her personal revenue or investments.
Sources[3]Scenario balance sheet
Official WTA career records list $16,709,074 of lifetime gross tournament prize money for Li Na. Li Na won the 2011 Roland Garros and 2014 Australian Open singles titles, reached world No. 2, and retired in September 2014 because of persistent knee problems. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019. The WTA describes her influence on participation in Chinese tennis and growth in the country's tournament calendar. The WTA separately named Li Na director of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in September 2024, but disclosed neither her salary nor equity in the event. Wider industry growth and the event prize pool do not establish her personal revenue or investments. The prize ledger is one source observation of historical gross pay, not a 2026 receipt or an audited current bank balance. The $32M central personal-wealth estimate, spanning $12M to $95M, allows for unknown retained earnings, investments and off-court income without inventing endorsements, equity, portfolio holdings, taxes or liabilities.
| Component | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated personally owned investments and retained career capitalSources[1][2][3] | $12M | $32M | $95M |
| Estimated net worth | $12M | $32M | $95M |
Modeled component
Estimated personally owned investments and retained career capital
Official WTA career records list $16,709,074 of lifetime gross tournament prize money for Li Na. Li Na won the 2011 Roland Garros and 2014 Australian Open singles titles, reached world No. 2, and retired in September 2014 because of persistent knee problems. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019. The WTA describes her influence on participation in Chinese tennis and growth in the country's tournament calendar. The WTA separately named Li Na director of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in September 2024, but disclosed neither her salary nor equity in the event. Wider industry growth and the event prize pool do not establish her personal revenue or investments. The prize ledger is one source observation of historical gross pay, not a 2026 receipt or an audited current bank balance. The $32M central personal-wealth estimate, spanning $12M to $95M, allows for unknown retained earnings, investments and off-court income without inventing endorsements, equity, portfolio holdings, taxes or liabilities.
Sources[1][2][3]Tracked estimates
Estimate history
We began retaining comparable estimate snapshots on Sep 18, 2026. Earlier Grizzly Bulls figures are not reconstructed unless a retained snapshot exists.
- Current tracked estimateBase case$32MBear to bull$12M to $95M
First model separates Li Na’s career prize ledger from unverified endorsements, personal investments and the wider Chinese tennis market she helped develop.
This is the first retained snapshot, so there is no earlier comparable Grizzly Bulls estimate to show yet.
What could move the estimate
- How much gross tournament pay remained after income taxes, team compensation and travel expenses?
- Which financial assets and liabilities are demonstrably owned by the player today?
- What audited amounts, if any, came from sponsors, media contracts, licensing or investments after retirement?
Wealth timeline
Li Na retires in September 2014 after two Grand Slam championships
Li Na won the 2011 Roland Garros and 2014 Australian Open singles titles, reached world No. 2, and retired in September 2014 because of persistent knee problems. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.
Sources[2]Li Na named tournament director in Hong Kong
The WTA describes her influence on participation in Chinese tennis and growth in the country's tournament calendar. The WTA separately named Li Na director of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in September 2024, but disclosed neither her salary nor equity in the event. Wider industry growth and the event prize pool do not establish her personal revenue or investments.
Sources[3]Cumulative career tournament prize ledger reviewed
The WTA's $16,709,074 figure covers historical gross professional tournament winnings, not a new 2026 pay event.
Sources[1]
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Sources
Numbered citations above link to the retained sources below. External net-worth headlines do not set our estimate.
- [1]WTAOfficial record · Oct 22, 2026Li Na official WTA career prize-money ledger
- [2]WTAOfficial record · Oct 5, 2023Li Na retires in September 2014 after two Grand Slam championships
- [3]WTAOfficial record · Sep 14, 2024Li Na named tournament director in Hong Kong
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