Caroline Stoll
Country (sports) United States
Born (1960-11-04) November 4, 1960 (age 63)
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Turned pro1977
Retired1981
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 15 (1979)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1980)
Wimbledon2R (1978)
US Open3R (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.[2] Stoll won five singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 15 in 1979. She retired in 1981.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1977 Port Washington, U.S. Carpet United States Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–1
Win 1–1 Jan 1978 Ogden, U.S. Hard (i) United States Carrie Meyer 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Feb 1978 Fort Lauderdale, U.S. Clay Australia Lesley Hunt 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 Sep 1978 Montreal, Canada Hard (i) France Françoise Dürr 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–1 Oct 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Emilse Raponi 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–2 May 1979 Vienna, Austria Clay United States Chris Evert 6–1, 6–1
Win 5–2 May 1979 Berlin, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková 7–6(7–4), 6–0

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 343–344. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
  2. ^ Friedman, Charles (November 29, 1981). "Why a rising star, now at Rutgers, gave up tennis". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

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