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Caroline Billingham

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Caroline Billingham
Full nameCaroline Billingham-Jones
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1967-07-12) 12 July 1967 (age 57)
Prize money$25,884
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 359 (9 November 1992)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 237 (20 November 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1987)

Caroline Billingham-Jones (born 12 July 1967) is a British former professional tennis player.

Biography

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Billingham is a daughter of Labour politician Angela Billingham, Baroness of Banbury.[1]

Educated at Banbury School, Billingham joined the international tennis circuit in the late 1980s. She competed regularly in Wimbledon qualifying during her career and made a main draw appearance in the women's doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. Her four ITF doubles titles included one $25,000 tournament, in Nigeria in 1991. As a singles player she reached a best ranking of 359 in the world and was the joint winner of the 1992 Scottish Championships.[2]

She is a former captain of the Oxfordshire women's county side, holding the position for 12 years.[3]

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles (4–5)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 11 January 1988 Moulins, France Clay United Kingdom Anne Simpkin France Karine Quentrec
France Nathalie Herreman
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 17 October 1988 Azores, Portugal Hard United Kingdom Alexandra Niepel Sweden Helena Dahlström
Finland Anne Aallonen
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 27 February 1989 Jaffa, Israel Hard Poland Sylvia Czopek Netherlands Marianne van der Torre
Netherlands Caroline Vis
6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 7 May 1989 Bournemouth, UK Clay Hungary Andrea Noszály Sweden Catarina Bernstein
Argentina Federica Haumüller
0–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 5. 21 January 1990 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard United Kingdom Alexandra Niepel Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Indonesia Suzanna Wibowo
w/o
Win 1. 29 April 1991 Basingstoke, UK Hard Republic of Ireland Lesley O'Halloran United Kingdom Virginia Humphreys-Davies
United Kingdom Valda Lake
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 2. 21 July 1991 Frinton, UK Grass United Kingdom Virginia Humphreys-Davies United Kingdom Alison Smith
United Kingdom Katie Rickett
6–3, 6–1
Win 3. 24 November 1991 Benin City, Nigeria Hard United Kingdom Virginia Humphreys-Davies United Kingdom Amanda Evans
United States Aurora Gima
1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 4. 19 July 1992 Frinton, UK Grass Australia Danielle Thomas Australia Robyn Mawdsley
Namibia Elizma Nortje
6–2, 4–6, 7–6

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis: Angela, 60, to Oxon's rescue". Oxford Mail. 7 December 2001.
  2. ^ "Wash-out leaves honours even". Herald Scotland. 10 August 1992.
  3. ^ "Tennis: Captain Jones calls it a day". Oxford Mail. 29 July 2005.
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