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Karoline Borgersen

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Karoline Borgersen
Country (sports) Norway
Born (1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 (age 48)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$14,221
Singles
Career record52–38
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 389 (12 June 2006)
Doubles
Career record33–20
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 408 (19 June 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup21–18

Karoline Borgersen (born 1 July 1976) is a Norwegian former professional tennis player.

Biography

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A right-handed player from Oslo, Borgersen debuted for the Norway Fed Cup team in 1994, but didn't tour professionally until 2004, having spent many of the previous years playing college tennis in California.[1] She started at Pepperdine, then transferred to UC Berkeley, where she was a doubles All-American in 1999-2000.[2]

Borgersen reached a best singles ranking of 389 on the professional circuit and won three ITF titles in doubles. A former Norwegian number one, she twice featured in the singles qualifying draw for the Nordic Light Open, a WTA Tour tournament held in Stockholm.

In 2006, she made her last Fed Cup appearance, having featured in a total of 26 ties, for 12 singles and nine doubles wins.[3]

ITF finals

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Singles (0–1)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 28 November 2004 ITF Pretoria, South Africa Hard South Africa Chanelle Scheepers 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (3–4)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 27 June 2004 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria Clay Austria Anna-Maria Miller New Zealand Shelley Stephens
France Joanne Akl
1–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 22 November 2004 ITF Pretoria, South Africa Hard Netherlands Leonie Mekel Switzerland Karin Schlapbach
Switzerland Vanessa Wellauer
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 3 December 2004 ITF Pretoria, South Africa Hard Netherlands Leonie Mekel South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
United Kingdom Melissa Berry
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 25 June 2005 ITF Oslo, Norway Clay Sweden Kristina Andlovic Sweden Nadja Roma
Sweden Johanna Larsson
4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 23 May 2006 ITF Balș, Romania Clay Sweden Mari Andersson Romania Raluca Ciulei
Romania Lenore Lazaroiu
6–0, 6–1
Winner 3. 4 June 2006 ITF Rousse, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Dia Evtimova Bulgaria Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
Bulgaria Nadejda Vassileva
6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 29 July 2006 ITF Gausdal, Norway Hard Sweden Michaela Johansson Sweden Mari Andersson
Sweden Nadja Roma
4–6, 0–6

References

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  1. ^ "Hun er nr. 953 i verden". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 18 November 2004.
  2. ^ "Karoline Borgersen Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site". University of California Golden Bears Athletics.
  3. ^ "Key Statistics". fedcup.com.
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