Bianka Lamade (born 30 August 1982) is a former

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ...

tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in January 2000 at the age of 17. After just one year of playing on the tour, she had gone up to No. 127 in the world. As the world No. 534 in her main-draw debut, she upset world No. 26

Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans (born 22 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. She was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011. Career Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first traine ...

. In 2001, she won her first and only

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title at the

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, where she defeated Seda Noorlander in the final. Her ranking rose to No. 59 with these results, which is her career-high ranking. She also reached two doubles finals, at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2002 and Luxembourg in 2001 with Magdalena Maleeva and

Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
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. She was a member of the German Fed Cup team in both 2001 and 2002. She played six matches in these ties, winning only one against Alicia Molik of Australia.

WTA career finals

Singles (1-0)

Doubles (0–2)

ITF finals

Singles (3–1)

Doubles (6–1)

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* * * 1982 births Living people German female tennis players People from Leonberg Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub