Lan Bale

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)

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

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