Lan Bale

Lan Bale (born 7 September 1969 in Pietermaritzburg) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional four times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27 in 1995.[1]

Lan Bale
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceQueenstown, New Zealand
Born (1969-09-07) 7 September 1969
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1991
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$514,265
Singles
Career record2–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (8 November 1993)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open2R (1993)
Doubles
Career record104–111
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 27 (9 May 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (1999, 2000)
French Open3R (1996)
WimbledonQF (1994)
US Open3R (1994, 1998)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (1995)
French OpenQF (1994)
Wimbledon3R (1994)
US Open1R (1994)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1. 1993 Durban, South Africa Hard Byron Black Johan de Beer
Marcos Ondruska
7–6, 6–2
Win 2. 1994 Coral Springs, United States Clay Brett Steven Ken Flach
Stephane Simian
6–3, 7–5
Loss 1. 1994 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) John-Laffnie de Jager Patrick McEnroe
Jared Palmer
3–6, 6–7
Win 3. 1994 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard John-Laffnie de Jager Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win 4. 1996 Munich, Germany Clay Stephen Noteboom Olivier Delaître
Diego Nargiso
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 2. 1998 Båstad, Sweden Clay Piet Norval Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Larsson
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Alberto Martín Mariano Hood
Sebastián Prieto
3–6, 1–6
Loss 4. 2000 Santiago, Chile Clay Piet Norval Gustavo Kuerten
Antonio Prieto
2–6, 4–6
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gollark: What's the title?
gollark: But understanding maths *good*.
gollark: 3 has basically zero features, and 5 was one of the server-rendered iterations which had a few useful things.
gollark: It was much slower to develop.

References

  1. "Lan Bale | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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