Liu Fan Frances

Frances Liu Fan (born 1 April 1984) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player. 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.

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

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