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 $25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Doubles (4–5) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 1. 11 January 1988 Moulins, France Clay Anne Simpkin Karine Quentrec Nathalie Herreman 3–6, 3–6Loss 2. 17 October 1988 Azores, Portugal Hard Alexandra Niepel Helena Dahlström Anne Aallonen 3–6, 3–6Loss 3. 27 February 1989 Jaffa, Israel Hard Sylvia Czopek Marianne van der Torre Caroline Vis 6–3, 1–6, 3–6Loss 4. 7 May 1989 Bournemouth, UK Clay Andrea Noszály Catarina Bernstein Federica Haumüller 0–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss 5. 21 January 1990 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Alexandra Niepel Yayuk Basuki Suzanna Wibowo w/oWin 1. Basingstoke, UK Hard Lesley O'Halloran Virginia Humphreys-Davies Valda Lake 7–5, 3–6, 6–4Win 2. 21 July 1991 Frinton, UK Grass Virginia Humphreys-Davies Alison Smith Katie Rickett 6–3, 6–1Win 3. 24 November 1991 Benin City, Nigeria Hard Virginia Humphreys-Davies Amanda Evans Aurora Gima 1–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 4. 19 July 1992 Frinton, UK Grass Danielle Thomas Robyn Mawdsley Elizma Nortje 6–2, 4–6, 7–6
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