South African tennis player
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
|
W/L
|
Date
|
Tournament
|
Surface
|
Partner
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
| Win
|
1–0
|
Apr 1993
|
Durban, South Africa
|
Hard
|
 Byron Black
|
 Johan de Beer
Marcos Ondruska
|
7–6, 6–2
|
| Win
|
2–0
|
May 1994
|
Coral Springs, United States
|
Clay
|
 Brett Steven
|
 Ken Flach
 Stephane Simian
|
6–3, 7–5
|
| Loss
|
2–1
|
Oct 1994
|
Basel, Switzerland
|
Hard (i)
|
 John-Laffnie de Jager
|
Patrick McEnroe
Jared Palmer
|
3–6, 6–7
|
| Win
|
3–1
|
Oct 1994
|
Tel Aviv, Israel
|
Hard
|
John-Laffnie de Jager
|
 Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
|
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
|
| Win
|
4–1
|
May 1996
|
Munich, Germany
|
Clay
|
 Stephen Noteboom
|
Olivier Delaître
 Diego Nargiso
|
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
|
| Loss
|
4–2
|
Jul 1998
|
Båstad, Sweden
|
Clay
|
Piet Norval
|
Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Larsson
|
4–6, 2–6
|
| Loss
|
4–3
|
Oct 1999
|
Palermo, Italy
|
Clay
|
 Alberto Martín
|
 Mariano Hood
Sebastián Prieto
|
3–6, 1–6
|
| Loss
|
4–4
|
Mar 2000
|
Santiago, Chile
|
Clay
|
Piet Norval
|
 Gustavo Kuerten
Antonio Prieto
|
2–6, 4–6
|
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