Merete Balling-Stockmann

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Merete Balling-Stockmann
Country (sports)Flag of Denmark.svg  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.

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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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.5 November 1989 Meknes, MoroccoClay Flag of Denmark.svg Pernilla Sorensen Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Maja Palaveršić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nadin Ercegović 		6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Winner2.19 February 1990 Hørsholm, DenmarkCarpet Flag of Denmark.svg Pernilla Sorensen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amy van Buuren
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gaby Coorengel 		6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up1.27 January 1991 Bergen, NorwayCarpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Natalie Tschan Flag of Poland.svg Magdalena Feistel
Flag of Norway.svg Amy Jönsson Raaholt 		2–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.3 February 1991 Danderyd, SwedenCarpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Natalie Tschan Flag of Germany.svg Anke Marchl
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dorien Wamelink 		4–6, 4–6
Winner3.17 February 1991 Lisbon, PortugalClay Flag of Denmark.svg Sofie Albinus Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Bláhová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Monika Kratochvílová 		6–4, 6–4
Winner4.24 March 1991 Bol, YugoslaviaClay Flag of Denmark.svg Sofie Albinus Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ivona Horvat
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Martincová 		6–2, 6–3
Runner-up3.28 April 1991 Bracknell, United KingdomHard Flag of the United States.svg Lynn Nabors Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barbara Griffiths
Flag of Namibia.svg Elizma Nortje 		3–6, 2–6

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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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