Merete Balling-Stockmann

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Merete Balling-Stockmann
Country (sports) Denmark
Born (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 51)
Singles
Career record15–31
Highest rankingNo. 440 (11 March 1991)
Doubles
Career record33–28
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 273 (23 September 1991)

Merete Balling-Stockmann (born 10 December 1970) is a Danish former professional tennis player.

Balling-Stockmann is the daughter of tennis player Pia Balling, who was a five-time Danish national singles champion in the 1960s.[1]

A Danish national title winner herself in 1990, Balling-Stockmann competed briefly on the professional tennis tour and won four ITF doubles tournaments. In 1990 she also represented the Denmark Federation Cup team in a tie against Luxembourg in Atlanta, where she and Sofie Albinus lost a dead rubber doubles match to Marie-Christine Goy and Karin Kschwendt.[2]

In the early 1990s she played college tennis for Pepperdine University.[3]

ITF finals[]

Doubles: 7 (4–3)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 5 November 1989 Meknes, Morocco Clay Denmark Pernilla Sorensen Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maja Palaveršić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nadin Ercegović 		6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Winner 2. 19 February 1990 Hørsholm, Denmark Carpet Denmark Pernilla Sorensen Netherlands Amy van Buuren
Netherlands Gaby Coorengel 		6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 27 January 1991 Bergen, Norway Carpet Switzerland Natalie Tschan Poland Magdalena Feistel
Norway Amy Jönsson Raaholt 		2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 3 February 1991 Danderyd, Sweden Carpet Switzerland Natalie Tschan Germany Anke Marchl
Netherlands Dorien Wamelink 		4–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 17 February 1991 Lisbon, Portugal Clay Denmark Sofie Albinus Czechoslovakia Klára Bláhová
Czechoslovakia Monika Kratochvílová 		6–4, 6–4
Winner 4. 24 March 1991 Bol, Yugoslavia Clay Denmark Sofie Albinus Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivona Horvat
Czechoslovakia Eva Martincová 		6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 28 April 1991 Bracknell, United Kingdom Hard United States Lynn Nabors United Kingdom Barbara Griffiths
Namibia Elizma Nortje 		3–6, 2–6

References[]

  1. ^ Jørgensen, Hanne B. (5 September 1988). "Tennis dengang og nu : 17-årige Merete Balling Stockmann blev dansk mester tyve år efter sin moder". Politiken (in Danish).
  2. ^ "Scoreboard". The Indianapolis Star. 26 July 1990.
  3. ^ "Women's Tennis / NCAA Championships : Pepperdine and USC Are Eliminated". Los Angeles Times. 13 May 1993.

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