Meike Babel

Meike Babel
Country (sports)  Germany
Born (1974-11-22) 22 November 1974
Langen, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro 1991
Retired 2000
Plays Right-handed
Prize money US$546,425
Singles
Career record 132–113
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 27
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1993)
French Open 3R (1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1994, 1995)
US Open 2R (1993, 1997)
Doubles
Career record 67–80
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 45

Meike Babel (born 22 November 1974) is a former tennis player from Langen, Germany. She was women's tennis assistant coach at Tulane University and at Vanderbilt University.[1] In her 10 years on the WTA tour she ranked 27 in singles and 45 in doubles.[2][3]

WTA Tour finals

Tournament (W–R)SinglesDoubles
Grand Slam tournaments0–00–0
WTA Championships0–00–0
Tier I0–00–0
Tier II0–00–0
Tier III0–10–2
Tier IV0–21–0
Surface (W–R)SinglesDoubles
Hard0–01–0
Clay0–20–1
Grass0–00–0
Carpet0–10–1

Singles (3 runners-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 4 May 1992 Waregem, Belgium Clay Germany Wiltrud Probst 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 12 July 1993 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 7 February 1994 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Belgium Sabine Appelmans 1–6, 6–4, 6–7

Doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 21 July 1997 Warsaw, Poland Clay Australia Catherine Barclay Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Argentina Inés Gorrochategui		 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 26 October 1997 Luxembourg Carpet (i) Belgium Laurence Courtois Latvia Larisa Neiland
Czech Republic Helena Suková		 2–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 9 August 1998 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Belgium Laurence Courtois Sweden Åsa Carlsson
Argentina Florencia Labat		 6–0, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 3 (2–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 5 August 1991 Paderborn, Germany Clay Germany Eva Maria Schuerhoff 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 16 September 1991 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Netherlands Monique Kiene 5–7, 3–6
Winner 3. 28 October 1991 Madeira, Portugal Hard Slovenia Barbara Mulej 6–0, 6–2

Doubles finals: 2 (2–0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 16 September 1991 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay United Kingdom Valda Lake Czech Republic Ivana Havrlíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Šišková		 7–5, 6–0
Winner 2. 28 October 1991 Madeira, Portugal Hard Netherlands Carin Bakkum Spain Rosa Bielsa
Spain Janet Souto		 6–3, 6–2

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Meike Babel's profile at Vanderbilt.edu. Online. 9 October 2007.
  3. ↑ Brainy History. 22 November 1974 in History. Online. 10 November 2007.


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