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Caroline Billingham

Full name	Caroline Billingham-Jones
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1967-07-12) 12 July 1967 (age 57)
Prize money	$25,884
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 359 (9 November 1992)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 237 (20 November 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (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.

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.

She is a former captain of the Oxfordshire women's county side, holding the position for 12 years.

ITF finals

Doubles (4–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	11 January 1988	Moulins, France	Clay	Anne Simpkin	Karine Quentrec Nathalie Herreman	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	17 October 1988	Azores, Portugal	Hard	Alexandra Niepel	Helena Dahlström Anne Aallonen	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	27 February 1989	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Sylvia Czopek	Marianne van der Torre Caroline Vis	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	7 May 1989	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Andrea Noszály	Catarina Bernstein Federica Haumüller	0–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	5.	21 January 1990	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Alexandra Niepel	Yayuk Basuki Suzanna Wibowo	w/o
Win	1.	29 April 1991	Basingstoke, UK	Hard	Lesley O'Halloran	Virginia Humphreys-Davies Valda Lake	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2.	21 July 1991	Frinton, UK	Grass	Virginia Humphreys-Davies	Alison Smith Katie Rickett	6–3, 6–1
Win	3.	24 November 1991	Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Virginia Humphreys-Davies	Amanda Evans Aurora Gima	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	19 July 1992	Frinton, UK	Grass	Danielle Thomas	Robyn Mawdsley Elizma Nortje	6–2, 4–6, 7–6

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.

External links

• Caroline Billingham at the Women's Tennis Association
• Caroline Billingham at the International Tennis Federation

• 1967 births
• Living people
• English female tennis players
• British female tennis players
• Tennis players from Oxfordshire
• 20th-century English sportswomen