Colette Hall

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Colette Caple
Full nameColette Caple (Hall)
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1973-07-03) 3 July 1973 (age 48)
Weymouth, Dorset, England
Prize money$31,010
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 322 (21 September 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 1R (1992, 1993)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 396 (8 June 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1992)

Colette Caple (born 3 July 1973) is a British former professional tennis player. During her career she was known as Colette Hall.

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Raised in the town of Weymouth in Dorset, Hall competed on the professional tennis circuit in the early 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 322 in the world.

Hall twice competed as a wildcard in the singles main draw at Wimbledon, losing in the first round to 12th seed Katerina Maleeva in 1992, then Larisa Neiland in 1993. [1]

ITF finals

Singles (0–1)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up10 May 1992 Bath, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sara Gomer 1–6, 0–6

Doubles (0–1)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up26 April 1993 Lee-on-Solent, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Valda Lake Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Paula Iversen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michele Mair
2–6, 4–6

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