Nora Blom (born 22 February 1951) is a Dutch former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. While touring in the 1970s she was known by her married name Nora Lauteslager. Blom is a descendant of tennis players

Otto Blom Otto Blom (19 March 1887 – 22 July 1972) was a Dutch tennis player. He competed for the Netherlands in the tennis event at the 1912 Summer Olympics where he took part in the men's singles competition. He lost in the first round to the Swede ...

and

Arthur Diemer Kool Arthur Diemer Kool (30 January 1896 – 3 October 1959) was a Dutch tennis player. He won the singles title at the Dutch Tennis Championships in 1912 aged 16 and won the title again in 1915, 1916 and 1917. With Gerard Scheurleer he became doubl ...

. A left-handed player, Blom was youth champion of the Netherlands in 1967 for the 17s and youth champion for the 20s in 1970. She made her only grand slam singles main draw appearance at the

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and was beaten in the first round by seventh-seed

Pam Teeguarden Pam Teeguarden (born April 17, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player in the 1970s and 1980s, ranked in the top 20 from 1970–1975. She won two Grand Slam Doubles Titles and was a quarter finalist in singles at the U.S. Open and ...

. In 1974 and 1975 she was a member of the

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, playing one singles and two doubles rubbers. She won the Dutch national doubles championships in 1977.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blom, Nora 1951 births Living people Dutch female tennis players 20th-century Dutch sportswomen

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