Lara Bitter

Lara Bitter

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1975-04-24) 24 April 1975 (age 51)
Prize money	$17,811
Singles
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 297 (27 February 1995)
Doubles
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 181 (31 October 1994)

Lara Bitter (born 24 April 1975) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.

Bitter was a junior doubles finalist at the 1993 French Open, partnering countrywoman Maaike Koutstaal. They were beaten in three sets by the Belgian pairing of Laurence Courtois and Nancy Feber.

On the professional circuit, Bitter reached a best singles ranking of 297 in the world and won an ITF tournament in Le Havre in 1994. As a doubles player she won a further six ITF titles, including four $25,000 events.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	30 August 1992	Gryfino, Poland	Clay	Zuzana Nemšáková	4–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	22 February 1993	Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Linda Niemantsverdriet	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Win	1.	28 November 1994	Le Havre, France	Clay	Kira Nagy	6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	15 February 1993	Amadora, Portugal	Hard	Maaike Koutstaal	Virág Csurgó Teodora Nedeva	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	1.	22 February 1993	Lisbon, Portugal	Hard	Kim de Weille	Maaike Koutstaal Linda Niemantsverdriet	4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1 March 1993	Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Amy van Buuren	Pavlína Rajzlová Helena Vildová	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Win	3.	24 May 1993	Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Petra Kamstra	Angela Kerek Irina Spîrlea	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win	4.	13 March 1994	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard	Maaike Koutstaal	Květa Peschke Jana Pospíšilová	7–5, 6–3
Win	5.	28 March 1994	Alicante, Spain	Hard	Ximena Rodríguez	Maria-Farnes Capistrano Aafje Evers	6–1, 6–4
Win	6.	3 July 1994	Vaihingen, Germany	Hard	Maaike Koutstaal	Nicole Pratt Kirrily Sharpe	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2.	19 September 1994	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Teodora Nedeva	Natalia Bondarenko Aafje Evers	1–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Lara Bitter at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lara Bitter at World Tennis