Lan Bale

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Lan Bale

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Queenstown, New Zealand
Born	(1969-09-07) 7 September 1969 (age 52) Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1991
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$514,265
Singles
Career record	2–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 177 (8 November 1993)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	2R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	104–111
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 27 (9 May 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1999, 2000)
French Open	3R (1996)
Wimbledon	QF (1994)
US Open	3R (1994, 1998)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1995)
French Open	QF (1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1994)
US Open	1R (1994)

Lan Bale (born 7 September 1969) 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]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Lan Bale at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lan Bale at the International Tennis Federation