Eva Pfaff

Eva Pfaff

Country (sports)	Germany[1]
Born	(1961-02-10) 10 February 1961 Königstein, West Germany
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1993
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$767,709
Singles
Career record	186– 216
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 17 (21 November 1983)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1982)
French Open	3R (1981, 1984)
Wimbledon	4R (1983)
US Open	2R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	278–194
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 16 (4 July 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1982)
French Open	QF (1983, 1985, 1987)
Wimbledon	QF (1983, 1988)
US Open	3R (1985, 1986, 1989)

Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former tennis player.

Career

During her career she won 1 singles title and 9 doubles WTA titles. 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 7–6 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 finals

Women's doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner–up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1982	Australian Open	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–2

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 final (0 titles, 1 runner–up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1983	New York City	Carpet	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–2

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 January 1982	Pittsburgh	Carpet	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–4, 6–0
Winner	1.	15 February 1982	Nashville	Carpet	Leigh-Anne Thompson	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	4 July 1983	Hittfeld	Clay	Andrea Temesvári	6–4, 6–2

Doubles 19: (9–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 July 1980	Kitzbühel	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Hana Mandlíková Renáta Tomanová	w/o
Winner	2.	13 July 1981	Kitzbühel	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Elizabeth Little Yvonne Vermaak	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	15 November 1982	Brisbane	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Billie Jean King Anne Smith	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	22 November 1982	Sydney	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 2–6, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	29 November 1982	Australian Open	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	21 February 1983	Oakland	Carpet	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	23 March 1983	Virginia Slims Championships	Carpet	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	16 May 1983	Berlin	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Jo Durie Anne Hobbs	4–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	11 July 1983	Freiburg	Clay	Bettina Bunge	Ivanna Madruga Emilse Raponi-Longo	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	1 October 1984	Los Angeles	Hard	Bettina Bunge	Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	15 October 1984	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Bettina Bunge	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	12 November 1984	Brisbane	Grass	Bettina Bunge	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	20 May 1985	Lugano	Clay	Bettina Bunge	Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	6 April 1987	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Runner-up	10.	2 November 1987	Worcester	Carpet	Bettina Bunge	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	8 February 1988	Dallas	Carpet	Lori McNeil	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	7.	11 April 1988	Amelia Island	Clay	Zina Garrison	Katrina Adams Penny Barg	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	8.	13 June 1988	Eastbourne	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Belinda Cordwell Dianne Van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	9.	8 October 1990	Zürich	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Catherine Suire Dianne Van Rensburg	7–5, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

• NH = tournament not held.
• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

References

External links

• Official website
• Eva Pfaff at the Women's Tennis Association
• Eva Pfaff at the International Tennis Federation
• Eva Pfaff at the Fed Cup