Caroline Billingham

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

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

Biography

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

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles (4–5)

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

References

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