Li Na blev født den [[26. februar]] [[1982]] i [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], [[Folkerepublikken Kina|Kina]]. Hendes far, [[Li Shengpeng]] (李盛鹏), var professional [[badminton]]spiller og arbejdede senere for sælges for et firma i [[Wuhan]]. Han [[død]]e af en sjælden hjerte-kar-sygdom, da Li Na var 14 [[år]] gammel.<ref name="qnb0">{{cite news | url=http://sports.163.com/11/0131/09/6RNE178U00051CDG.html | work=青年报 | title=她最爱吃妈妈煮的面 | date=31. januar 2011 | access-date=3. juni 2011 | archive-date= 8. juni 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608161447/http://sports.163.com/11/0131/09/6RNE178U00051CDG.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=nyt2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/magazine/li-na-chinas-tennis-rebel.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=Li Na, China’s Tennis Rebel |publisher=The New York Times |date=22. august 2013 |first=Brook |last=Larmer |access-date=19. september 2014 }}</ref> Hende mor er Li Yanping (李豔萍).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130125000080&cid=1104 |title=Stop playing tennis and have a baby, says Li Na's mother |publisher=Wantchinatimes.com |date=25. januar 2013 |access-date=22. september 2014 |archive-date= 6. oktober 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093240/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130125000080&cid=1104 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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