Kirsten Pia Balling (born 20 June 1940) is a Danish former professional tennis player. A native of

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, Balling started playing tennis at the age of 14 and received tutoring from Kurt Nielsen. Balling was an 11-time Danish national singles champion in the 1960s, winning five indoor and six outdoor titles. She featured in doubles main draws at

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during her career and in 1962 reached the singles third round of the U.S. National Championships. Between 1963 and 1967 she represented Denmark in the

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Personal life

Balling studied at

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in New York. As of 2003 she was running a cafe in Carefree, Arizona. She is the mother of professional tennis player

Merete Balling-Stockmann Merete Balling-Stockmann (born 10 December 1970) is a Danish former professional tennis player. Balling-Stockmann is the daughter of tennis player Pia Balling, who was a five-time Danish national singles champion in the 1960s. A Danish national ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Balling, Pia 1940 births Living people Danish female tennis players Danish emigrants to the United States People from Rudersdal Municipality Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish women