Eva Pfaff

German tennis player

Eva Pfaff
Singles
Eva Pfaff (1983)
Country (sports)	Germany ^[1]
Born	(1961年02月10日) 10 February 1961 (age 63) Königstein, West Germany
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1993
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	767,709ドル
Career record	186– 216
Career titles	1 WTA
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 WTA, 6 ITF
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 professional tennis player.

Career

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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

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Doubles: 1 runner–up

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	1982	Australian Open	Grass	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	4–6, 2–6

Year-end championships

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Doubles: 1 runner–up

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	1983	New York	Carpet (i)	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	5–7, 2–6

WTA Tour career finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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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)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1982	Pittsburgh	Carpet (i)	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Feb 1982	Nashville	Carpet (i)	United States Leigh-Anne Thompson	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Jul 1983	Hittfeld	Clay	Hungary Andrea Temesvári	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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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	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová	w/o
Win	2.	Jul 1981	Kitzbühel	Clay	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Australia Elizabeth Little South Africa Yvonne Vermaak	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1.	Nov 1982	Brisbane	Grass	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United States Billie Jean King United States Anne Smith	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Nov 1982	Sydney	Grass	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Loss	3.	Nov 1982	Australian Open	Grass	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	4–6, 2–6
Win	3.	Feb 1983	Oakland	Carpet (i)	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United States Rosie Casals Australia Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	Mar 1983	Virginia Slims Championships	Carpet (i)	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	5–7, 2–6
Loss	5.	May 1983	Berlin	Clay	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United Kingdom Jo Durie United Kingdom Anne Hobbs	4–6, 6–7
Win	4.	Jul 1983	Freiburg	Clay	West Germany Bettina Bunge	Argentina Ivanna Madruga Argentina Emilse Raponi-Longo	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6.	Oct 1984	Los Angeles	Hard	West Germany Bettina Bunge	United States Chris Evert-Lloyd Australia Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	Oct 1984	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	West Germany Bettina Bunge	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Czechoslovakia Helena Suková	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	8.	Nov 1984	Brisbane	Grass	West Germany Bettina Bunge	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	May 1985	Lugano	Clay	West Germany Bettina Bunge	United States Bonnie Gadusek Czechoslovakia Helena Suková	2–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Apr 1987	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Argentina Mercedes Paz	United States Zina Garrison United States Lori McNeil	7–6^(8–6), 7–5
Loss	10.	Nov 1987	Worcester	Carpet (i)	West Germany Bettina Bunge	United States Elise Burgin South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank	4–6, 4–6
Win	6.	Feb 1988	Dallas	Carpet (i)	United States Lori McNeil	United States Gigi Fernández United States Zina Garrison	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	7.	Apr 1988	Amelia Island	Clay	United States Zina Garrison	United States Katrina Adams United States Penny Barg	4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	8.	Jun 1988	Eastbourne	Grass	Australia Elizabeth Smylie	New Zealand Belinda Cordwell South Africa Dianne Van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	9.	Oct 1990	Zürich	Hard (i)	Netherlands Manon Bollegraf	France Catherine Suire South Africa Dianne Van Rensburg	7–5, 6–4

ITF finals

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Doubles (6–1)

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Legend
50,000ドル tournaments
25,000ドル tournaments
10,000ドル tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	17 August 1980	Dachau, West Germany	Clay	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	United Kingdom Cathy Drury Romania Florența Mihai	6–2, 6–0
Winner	2.	24 August 1980	Bayreuth, West Germany	Clay	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Sweden Helena Anliot West Germany Iris Riedel-Kühn	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	31 August 1980	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Netherlands Elly Appel-Vessies Italy Sabina Simmonds	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	13 December 1981	Neumünster, West Germany	Clay (i)	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	West Germany Heidi Eisterlehner West Germany Gabriela Dinu	7–6, 7–6
Winner	5.	9 July 1990	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Hungary Réka Szikszay	Soviet Union Agnese Blumberga Soviet Union Eugenia Maniokova	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	17 September 1990	Chiba, Japan	Hard	New Zealand Julie Richardson	Australia Michelle Jaggard-Lai United States Marianne Werdel	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	7.	9 December 1991	Val-d'Oise, France	Hard (i)	France Catherine Suire	France Pascale Paradis-Mangon France Sandrine Testud	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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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.

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR
Australian Open	A	2R	QF	3R	1R	A	NH	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q1	0 / 9
French Open	A	3R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 9
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	4R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	Q1	0 / 10
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	1R	A	0 / 9
SR	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 37
Year-end ranking	101	70	35	21	31	31	58	44	74	103	153	201	421