Bianka Lamade

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Bianka Lamade
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1982-08-30) 30 August 1982 (age 41)
Leonberg, West Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$314,804
Singles
Career record92–87
Career titles1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 59 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2002)
French Open 1R (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon 2R (2001)
US Open 1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record66–60
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 60 (23 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2001, 2002)
French Open 2R (2001–2003)
Wimbledon 2R (2001)
US Open 1R (2001, 2003)

Bianka Lamade (born 30 August 1982) is a former tennis player from Germany.

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She turned professional in January 2000 at the age of 17. After just one year of playing on the tour, she had gone up to No. 127 in the world. As the world No. 534 in her main-draw debut, she upset world No. 26 Sabine Appelmans. In 2001, she won her first and only WTA Tour title at the Tashkent Open, where she defeated Seda Noorlander in the final. Her ranking rose to No. 59 with these results, which is her career-high ranking. She also reached two doubles finals, at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2002 and Luxembourg in 2001 with Magdalena Maleeva and Patty Schnyder.

She was a member of the German Fed Cup team in both 2001 and 2002. She played six matches in these ties, winning only one against Alicia Molik of Australia.

WTA career finals

Singles (1–0)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV / V (1)
ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
WinJun 2001 Tashkent Open Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Seda Noorlander 6–3, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles (0–2)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossOct 2001 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder Flag of Russia.svg Elena Bovina
Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová
3–6, 3–6
LossJun 2002 Rosmalen Open, NetherlandsGrass Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay
Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller
4–6, 5–7

ITF finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.17 July 2000 Le Touquet, FranceClay Flag of Tunisia.svg Selima Sfar 7–5, 6–4
Winner2.24 July 2000 Les Contamines, FranceHard Flag of Madagascar.svg Dally Randriantefy 6–2, 6–1
Winner3.9 February 2003 Midland, United StatesHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Laura Granville 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up4.28 July 2003 Pétange, LuxembourgClay Flag of Germany.svg Angelika Bachmann 4–6, 6–7(7–9)

Doubles (6–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.12 June 2000 Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Germany.svg Mia Buric Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yvette Basting
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Andrea van den Hurk
7–5, 6–3
Winner2.17 July 2000 Le Touquet, FranceClay Flag of Germany.svg Jasmin Wöhr Flag of Argentina.svg Eugenia Chialvo
Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–3, 7–5
Winner3.30 July 2000Les Contamines, FranceHard Flag of France.svg Caroline Dhenin Flag of France.svg Carine Bornu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim de Weille
6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4
Winner4.27 July 2003Les Contamines, FranceHard Flag of France.svg Caroline Dhenin Flag of France.svg Kildine Chevalier
Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandra Kravets
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up5.28 July 2003Pétange, LuxembourgClay Flag of Germany.svg Nicole Ludwig Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Gerlová
Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrea Masaryková
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(1)
Winner6.12 October 2003 Joué-lès-Tours, FranceHard (i) Flag of Latvia.svg Līga Dekmeijere Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Caroline Maes
6–1, 6–2
Winner7.2 November 2003 Poitiers, FranceHard (i) Flag of France.svg Caroline Dhenin Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Beygelzimer
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Tatiana Poutchek
7–5, 6–2


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