German tennis player
Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former professional tennis player.
Career
During her career, she won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour . Her peak world rankings in the sport were 17th in singles (in 1983) and 16th in doubles (1988).
At the 1983 Canadian Open, Pfaff held match points against Martina Navratilova in the round of 16, but lost 6–7 in the third set. She was the only player to have match points against Navratilova that year outside of Martina's loss at the French Open to Kathy Horvath .
Major finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 1 runner–up
Year-end championships
Doubles: 1 runner–up
WTA Tour career finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Championships (0–1)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (2–0)
Tier III (2–0)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (5–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (1–4)
Clay (5–2)
Carpet (2–2)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
Jul 1980
Kitzbühel
Clay
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Hana Mandlíková Renáta Tomanová
w/o
Win
2.
Jul 1981
Kitzbühel
Clay
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Elizabeth Little Yvonne Vermaak
6–4, 6–3
Loss
1.
Nov 1982
Brisbane
Grass
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Billie Jean King Anne Smith
3–6, 4–6
Loss
2.
Nov 1982
Sydney
Grass
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Loss
3.
Nov 1982
Australian Open
Grass
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
4–6, 2–6
Win
3.
Feb 1983
Oakland
Carpet (i)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss
4.
Mar 1983
Virginia Slims Championships
Carpet (i)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
5–7, 2–6
Loss
5.
May 1983
Berlin
Clay
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Jo Durie Anne Hobbs
4–6, 6–7
Win
4.
Jul 1983
Freiburg
Clay
Bettina Bunge
Ivanna Madruga Emilse Raponi-Longo
6–1, 6–2
Loss
6.
Oct 1984
Los Angeles
Hard
Bettina Bunge
Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull
2–6, 4–6
Loss
7.
Oct 1984
Filderstadt
Hard (i)
Bettina Bunge
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss
8.
Nov 1984
Brisbane
Grass
Bettina Bunge
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
3–6, 2–6
Loss
9.
May 1985
Lugano
Clay
Bettina Bunge
Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková
2–6, 4–6
Win
5.
Apr 1987
Hilton Head Island
Clay
Mercedes Paz
Zina Garrison Lori McNeil
7–6(8–6) , 7–5
Loss
10.
Nov 1987
Worcester
Carpet (i)
Bettina Bunge
Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank
4–6, 4–6
Win
6.
Feb 1988
Dallas
Carpet (i)
Lori McNeil
Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison
2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win
7.
Apr 1988
Amelia Island
Clay
Zina Garrison
Katrina Adams Penny Barg
4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win
8.
Jun 1988
Eastbourne
Grass
Elizabeth Smylie
Belinda Cordwell Dianne Van Rensburg
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win
9.
Oct 1990
Zürich
Hard (i)
Manon Bollegraf
Catherine Suire Dianne Van Rensburg
7–5, 6–4
ITF finals
Doubles (6–1)
Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner
1.
17 August 1980
Dachau , West Germany
Clay
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Cathy Drury Florența Mihai
6–2, 6–0
Winner
2.
24 August 1980
Bayreuth , West Germany
Clay
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Anliot Iris Riedel-Kühn
2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner
3.
31 August 1980
Stuttgart , West Germany
Clay
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Elly Appel-Vessies Sabina Simmonds
6–3, 6–4
Winner
4.
13 December 1981
Neumünster , West Germany
Clay (i)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Heidi Eisterlehner Gabriela Dinu
7–6, 7–6
Winner
5.
9 July 1990
Erlangen , West Germany
Clay
Réka Szikszay
Agnese Blumberga Eugenia Maniokova
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up
6.
17 September 1990
Chiba , Japan
Hard
Julie Richardson
Michelle Jaggard-Lai Marianne Werdel
4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner
7.
9 December 1991
Val-d'Oise , France
Hard (i)
Catherine Suire
Pascale Paradis-Mangon Sandrine Testud
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
References
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