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Caroline Billingham
Full nameCaroline Billingham-Jones
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1967-07-12) 12 July 1967 (age 57)
Prize money$25,884
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 359 (9 November 1992)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 237 (20 November 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1987)

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

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]

References

  1. ^ "Tennis: Angela, 60, to Oxon's rescue". Oxford Mail. 7 December 2001.
  2. ^ "Wash-out leaves honours even". Herald Scotland. 10 August 1992.
  3. ^ "Tennis: Captain Jones calls it a day". Oxford Mail. 29 July 2005.