Karoline Borgersen
{{short description|Norwegian tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Karoline Borgersen
| image =
| country_represented = {{NOR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.73 m
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $14,221
| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=52|lost=38}}
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 389 (12 June 2006)
| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=33|lost=20}}
| doublestitles = 3 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 408 (19 June 2006)
| Team = yes
| FedCupresult = 21–18
}}
Karoline Borgersen (born 1 July 1976) is a Norwegian former professional tennis player.
Biography
A right-handed player from Oslo, Borgersen debuted for the Norway Fed Cup team in 1994, but didn't tour professionally until 2004, having spent many of the previous years playing college tennis in California.{{cite news |title=Hun er nr. 953 i verden |url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/WLlPpL/hun-er-nr-953-i-verden |work=Verdens Gang |date=18 November 2004 |language=Norwegian}} She started at Pepperdine, then transferred to UC Berkeley, where she was a doubles All-American in 1999-2000.{{cite web |title=Karoline Borgersen Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site |url=https://calbears.com/sports/2013/4/17/208181665.aspx |website=University of California Golden Bears Athletics |language=en |access-date=2019-08-22 |archive-date=2019-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822004340/https://calbears.com/sports/2013/4/17/208181665.aspx |url-status=live }}
Borgersen reached a best singles ranking of 389 on the professional circuit and won three ITF titles in doubles. A former Norwegian number one, she twice featured in the singles qualifying draw for the Nordic Light Open, a WTA Tour tournament held in Stockholm.
In 2006, she made her last Fed Cup appearance, having featured in a total of 26 ties, for 12 singles and nine doubles wins.{{cite web |title=Key Statistics |url=https://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800188078 |website=fedcup.com |access-date=2019-08-22}}
ITF finals
=Singles (0–1)=
| class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
!Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 1. | 28 November 2004 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA}} Chanelle Scheepers | 1–6, 3–6 |
=Doubles (3–4)=
| class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
!Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 27 June 2004 | ITF Tlemcen, Algeria | Clay | {{flagicon|AUT}} Anna-Maria Miller | {{flagicon|NZL}} Shelley Stephens | 1–6, 0–6 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 22 November 2004 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|NED}} Leonie Mekel | {{flagicon|SUI}} Karin Schlapbach | 6–2, 6–4 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 3 December 2004 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|NED}} Leonie Mekel | {{flagicon|RSA}} Chanelle Scheepers | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 3. | 25 June 2005 | ITF Oslo, Norway | Clay | {{flagicon|SWE}} Kristina Andlovic | {{flagicon|SWE}} Nadja Roma | 4–6, 4–6 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 2. | 23 May 2006 | ITF Balș, Romania | Clay | {{flagicon|SWE}} Mari Andersson | {{flagicon|ROU}} Raluca Ciulei | 6–0, 6–1 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 3. | 4 June 2006 | ITF Rousse, Bulgaria | Clay | {{flagicon|BUL}} Dia Evtimova | {{flagicon|BUL}} Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova | 6–0, 6–0 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 4. | 29 July 2006 | ITF Gausdal, Norway | Hard | {{flagicon|SWE}} Michaela Johansson | {{flagicon|SWE}} Mari Andersson | 4–6, 0–6 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
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Category:California Golden Bears women's tennis players
Category:Norwegian expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:Norwegian female tennis players