Lan Bale

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title: "Lan Bale" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["south-african-male-tennis-players", "living-people", "1969-births", "alumni-of-maritzburg-college", "20th-century-south-african-sportsmen"] description: "South African tennis player" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lan_Bale" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary South African tennis player ::

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Field	Value
name	Lan Bale
country	RSA South Africa
residence	Queenstown, New Zealand
birth_date
birth_place	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
height
turnedpro	1991
plays	Right-handed
careerprizemoney	$514,265
singlesrecord	2–3
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 177 (8 November 1993)
USOpenresult	2R (1993)
doublesrecord	104–111
doublestitles	4
highestdoublesranking	No. 27 (9 May 1995)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	2R (1999, 2000)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	3R (1996)
WimbledonDoublesresult	QF (1994)
USOpenDoublesresult	3R (1994, 1998)
Mixed	yes
AustralianOpenMixedresult	2R (1995)
FrenchOpenMixedresult	QF (1994)
WimbledonMixedresult	3R (1994)
USOpenMixedresult	1R (1994)
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| name = Lan Bale | image = | caption = | country = RSA South Africa | residence = Queenstown, New Zealand | birth_date = | birth_place = Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | height = | turnedpro = 1991 | retired = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $514,265 | singlesrecord = 2–3 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 177 (8 November 1993) | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = 2R (1993) | doublesrecord = 104–111 | doublestitles = 4 | highestdoublesranking = No. 27 (9 May 1995) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1999, 2000) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1996) | WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1994) | USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1994, 1998) | Mixed = yes | mixedtitles = | mixedrecord = | AustralianOpenMixedresult = 2R (1995) | FrenchOpenMixedresult = QF (1994) | WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1994) | USOpenMixedresult = 1R (1994)

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.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

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

References

1. "Lan Bale {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis".

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