Bianka Lamade (born 30 August 1982) is a former tennis player from Germany.

Bianka Lamade
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1982-08-30) 30 August 1982 (age 41)
Leonberg, West Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$314,804
Singles
Career record92–87
Career titles1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 59 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2002)
French Open1R (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon2R (2001)
US Open1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record66–60
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 60 (23 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2001, 2002)
French Open2R (2001–2003)
Wimbledon2R (2001)
US Open1R (2001, 2003)

She turned professional in January 2000 at the age of 17. After just one year of playing on the tour, she had gone up to No. 127 in the world. As the world No. 534 in her main-draw debut, she upset world No. 26 Sabine Appelmans. In 2001, she won her first and only WTA Tour title at the Tashkent Open, where she defeated Seda Noorlander in the final. Her ranking rose to No. 59 with these results, which is her career-high ranking. She also reached two doubles finals, at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2002 and Luxembourg in 2001 with Magdalena Maleeva and Patty Schnyder.

She was a member of the German Fed Cup team in both 2001 and 2002. She played six matches in these ties, winning only one against Alicia Molik of Australia.

WTA career finals edit

Singles (1–0) edit

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV / V (1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win Jun 2001 Tashkent Open Hard   Seda Noorlander 6–3, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles (0–2) edit

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Oct 2001 Luxembourg Open Hard (i)   Patty Schnyder   Elena Bovina
  Daniela Hantuchová
3–6, 3–6
Loss Jun 2002 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass   Magdalena Maleeva   Catherine Barclay
  Martina Müller
4–6, 5–7

ITF finals edit

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

Singles (3–1) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 17 July 2000 Le Touquet, France Clay   Selima Sfar 7–5, 6–4
Winner 2. 24 July 2000 Les Contamines, France Hard   Dally Randriantefy 6–2, 6–1
Winner 3. 9 February 2003 Midland, United States Hard (i)   Laura Granville 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 28 July 2003 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay   Angelika Bachmann 4–6, 6–7(7–9)

Doubles (6–1) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 12 June 2000 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay   Mia Buric   Yvette Basting
  Andrea van den Hurk
7–5, 6–3
Winner 2. 17 July 2000 Le Touquet, France Clay   Jasmin Wöhr   Eugenia Chialvo
  Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–3, 7–5
Winner 3. 30 July 2000 Les Contamines, France Hard   Caroline Dhenin   Carine Bornu
  Kim de Weille
6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4
Winner 4. 27 July 2003 Les Contamines, France Hard   Caroline Dhenin   Kildine Chevalier
  Alexandra Kravets
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 28 July 2003 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay   Nicole Ludwig   Iveta Gerlová
  Andrea Masaryková
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(1)
Winner 6. 12 October 2003 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i)   Līga Dekmeijere   Leslie Butkiewicz
  Caroline Maes
6–1, 6–2
Winner 7. 2 November 2003 Poitiers, France Hard (i)   Caroline Dhenin   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Tatiana Poutchek
7–5, 6–2

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