Merete Balling-Stockmann

Merete Balling-Stockmann (born 10 December 1970) is a Danish former professional tennis player.

Merete Balling-Stockmann

Country (sports)	Denmark
Born	(1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 54)
Singles
Career record	15–31
Highest ranking	No. 440 (11 March 1991)
Doubles
Career record	33–28
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 273 (23 September 1991)

Balling-Stockmann is the daughter of tennis player Pia Balling, who was a five-time Danish national singles champion in the 1960s.^[1]

A Danish national title winner herself in 1990, Balling-Stockmann competed briefly on the professional tennis tour and won four ITF doubles tournaments. In 1990 she also represented the Denmark Federation Cup team in a tie against Luxembourg in Atlanta, where she and Sofie Albinus lost a dead rubber doubles match to Marie-Christine Goy and Karin Kschwendt.^[2]

In the early 1990s she played college tennis for Pepperdine University.^[3]

ITF finals

Doubles (4–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	5 November 1989	Meknes, Morocco	Clay	Pernilla Sorensen	Maja Palaveršić Nadin Ercegović	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Win	2.	19 February 1990	Hørsholm, Denmark	Carpet	Pernilla Sorensen	Amy van Buuren Gaby Coorengel	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	1.	27 January 1991	Bergen, Norway	Carpet	Natalie Tschan	Magdalena Feistel Amy Jönsson Raaholt	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	3 February 1991	Danderyd, Sweden	Carpet	Natalie Tschan	Anke Marchl Dorien Wamelink	4–6, 4–6
Win	3.	17 February 1991	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Sofie Albinus	Klára Bláhová Monika Kratochvílová	6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	24 March 1991	Bol, Yugoslavia	Clay	Sofie Albinus	Ivona Horvat Eva Martincová	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	28 April 1991	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Lynn Nabors	Barbara Griffiths Elizma Nortje	3–6, 2–6