| Lan Bale | |
| Residence: | Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Birth Date: | 1969 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| Turnedpro: | 1991 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $514,265 |
| Singlesrecord: | 2–3 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 177 (8 November 1993) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1993) |
| Doublesrecord: | 104–111 |
| Doublestitles: | 4 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 27 (9 May 1995) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1999, 2000) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1996) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | QF (1994) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 3R (1994, 1998) |
| Mixed: | yes |
| Australianopenmixedresult: | 2R (1995) |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | QF (1994) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (1994) |
| Usopenmixedresult: | 1R (1994) |
Lan Bale (born 7 September 1969) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional four times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27 in 1995.[1]
| width=60 | Result | width=40 | W/L | width=75 | Date | width=180 | Tournament | width=55 | Surface | width=170 | Partner | width=170 | Opponent | width=120 | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1993 | Durban, South Africa | Hard | Byron Black | Johan de Beer Marcos Ondruska | 7–6, 6–2 | ||||||||
| Win | 2–0 | May 1994 | Coral Springs, United States | Clay |  Brett Steven |  Ken Flach  Stephane Simian | 6–3, 7–5 | ||||||||
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 1994 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | John-Laffnie de Jager | Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer | 3–6, 6–7 | ||||||||
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 1994 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | John-Laffnie de Jager |  Jan Apell Jonas Björkman | 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 | ||||||||
| Win | 4–1 | May 1996 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Stephen Noteboom | Olivier Delaître  Diego Nargiso | 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 | ||||||||
| Loss | 4–2 | Jul 1998 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Piet Norval | Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson | 4–6, 2–6 | ||||||||
| Loss | 4–3 | Oct 1999 | Palermo, Italy | Clay |  Alberto Martín |  Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto | 3–6, 1–6 | ||||||||
| Loss | 4–4 | Mar 2000 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Piet Norval |  Gustavo Kuerten Antonio Prieto | 2–6, 4–6 |