Caroline Stoll

Caroline Stoll
Singles
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1960-11-04) November 4, 1960 Livingston, New Jersey, USA
Turned pro	1977
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 15 (1979)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	2R (1980)
Wimbledon	2R (1978)
US Open	3R (1978, 1979)

Caroline Stoll (born November 4, 1960) is a retired American professional tennis player.

Career

Stoll won the 1976 Easter Bowl Girls' 16s Championships and the 1977 Easter Bowl Girls' 18s Championships as a junior. She turned professional in 1977 at the age of 16. She had career wins over Wendy Turnbull, Virginia Ruzici, Dianne Fromholtz, and Regina Maršíková.^[1] She won five singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in 1979. She retired in 1981.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 8 (5–3)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–3)

Titles by Surface
Hard (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (3–2)
Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	April 11, 1977	Port Washington	Carpet	Billie Jean King	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	September 19, 1977	Pensacola	Clay	Renée Richards	6–4, 6–1
Winner	1.	January 30, 1978	Ogden	Hard (i)	Carrie Meyer	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	February 27, 1978	Fort Lauderdale	Clay	Lesley Hunt	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	September 18, 1978	Montreal	Hard (i)	Françoise Dürr	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	October 30, 1978	Buenos Aires	Clay	Emilse Raponi	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	May 14, 1979	Vienna	Clay	Chris Evert	6–1, 6–1
Winner	5.	May 21, 1979	Berlin	Clay	Regina Maršíková	7–6^(7–4), 6–0

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Open	A	A		1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 3
Wimbledon	A	A		2R	A	A	A	0 / 1
US Open	A	1R		3R	3R	1R	A	0 / 4
SR	0 / 0	0 / 1		0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 8
Year End Ranking	NR	60		26	18	43	NR

A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

References

↑ Friedman, Charles (November 29, 1981). "Why a rising star, now at Rutgers, gave up tennis". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

External links

Caroline Stoll at the Women's Tennis Association
Caroline Stoll at the International Tennis Federation

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