Laura Bao (born 6 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.
A right-handed player from
Geneva
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, Bao competed in top international events as a junior, including Wimbledon. She made the girls' doubles semi-finals at the
1998 US Open, partnering
Caecilia Charbonnier
Caecilia Charbonnier (born 7 December 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. She is the co-founder and CIO of Dreamscape Immersive, and the co-founder, president, and research director of Artanim.
Biography
Charbonnier, ...
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In 1999 she represented Switzerland in a
Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
World Group tie against
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. Her only appearance came in the doubles rubber, which she and Charbonnier lost to
Karina Habšudová
Karina Habšudová (; born 2 August 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world (1997). Together with Karol Kučera, she won the Hopman Cup in 1998. Her best performance at a Grand Slam to ...
and
Henrieta Nagyová
Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia.
She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ...
.
ITF finals
Singles (2–3)
Doubles (1–4)
See also
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List of Switzerland Fed Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Swiss female tennis players
Tennis players from Geneva