Lan Bale

Lan Bale (born September 7, 1969, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa), is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 4 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 27 in 1995.

Doubles titles (4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1993 Durban, South Africa Hard Byron Black Johan De Beer
Marcos Ondruska
7–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 1994 Coral Springs, U.S. Clay Brett Steven Ken Flach
Stephane Simian
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 1994 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) John-Laffnie de Jager Patrick McEnroe
Jared Palmer
3–6, 6–7
Winner 3. 1994 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard John-Laffnie de Jager Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Winner 4. 1996 Munich, Germany Clay Stephen Noteboom Olivier Delaître
Diego Nargiso
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 1998 Båstad, Sweden Clay Piet Norval Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Larsson
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Alberto Martín Mariano Hood
Sebastián Prieto
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 2000 Santiago, Chile Clay Piet Norval Gustavo Kuerten
Antonio Prieto
2–6, 4–6

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