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German tennis player
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Country (sports) Germany [1]
Born (1963年12月11日) 11 December 1963 (age 61)
Saarbrücken, West Germany
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1980
Retired1994
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money2,227,116ドル
Singles
Career record408–224
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 4 (2 September 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open SF (1985, 1987, 1988)
French Open SF (1985)
Wimbledon QF (1987)
US Open QF (1985, 1987)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (1988)
Doubles
Career record438–175
Career titles25
Highest rankingNo. 3 (17 August 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open F (1982, 1984, 1985)
French Open F (1984, 1985, 1988)
Wimbledon W (1987)
US Open W (1985)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals F (1983, 1985, 1986(Mar), 1986(Nov), 1987)
Olympic Games SF (1988)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 28–12
Medal record
Olympic Games
Representing  West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Doubles

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (née Kohde; born 11 December 1963) is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of 25 doubles titles.

Personal life

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Kohde-Kilsch was born Claudia Kohde in Saarbrücken, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jürgen Kilsch, an attorney. She has a younger sister, Katrin. She began playing tennis aged 5, and was soon a rising junior player.

Kohde-Kilsch campaigned for Oskar Lafontaine of Die Linke at the 2012 Saarland state election. With the party winning over 16% of the vote, it was announced that as of 1 May 2012 she would become the new spokesperson for the Landtag parliamentary group.[2]

She currently lives in Saarland with her partner and her son Fynn from her previous marriage with the singer Chris Bennett, from whom she divorced in 2011. Bennett died in 2018. The couple operated CeKay Music, a music publishing house and production company.

Pro tennis career

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Kohde-Kilsch turned professional on 1 January 1980, and by 1981, she had defeated Martina Navratilova in Oakland. In 1982, she captured the title at Pittsburgh, and in 1984, she triumphed at the German Open, defeating Kathleen Horvath of the United States 7–6, 6–1.

In 1985, she reached the Australian Open and French Open semifinals as well as won in Los Angeles. Later that year, she defeated Navrátilová in the quarterfinals at the Canadian Open, eventually losing to Chris Evert, 2–6, 4–6 in the final. In 1987, she again reached the finals of the German Open, where she lost to Steffi Graf 2–6, 3–6.

In women's doubles, Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková won the 1985 US Open and the 1987 Wimbledon Championships.

Between 1984 and 1987, Kohde-Kilsch and Suková, sometimes referred to as the "twin towers" for their height, won 14 doubles tournaments. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she partnered with Steffi Graf in the doubles competition, and they won the bronze medal in the event.

Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1982 Australian Open Grass West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
4–6, 2–6
Loss 1984 French Open Clay Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1984 Australian Open Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1985 French Open Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win 1985 US Open Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1985 Australian Open Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Win 1987 Wimbledon Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Betsy Nagelsen
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 7–5
Loss 1988 French Open Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
2–6, 5–7

Olympic Games

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Doubles: 1 (bronze)

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Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze 1988 Seoul Hard West Germany Steffi Graf Tied DNP

Graf and Kohde-Kilsch lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná and Helena Suková 5–7, 3–6. In 1988, there was no bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semifinal pairs received bronze medals.

Other significant finals

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Year-end championships

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Doubles: 5 (runner-ups)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1983 New York Carpet (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1985 New York Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1986(Mar) New York Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
4–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss 1986(Nov) New York Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss 1987 New York Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
1–6, 1–6

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 16 (8–8)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–0)
Tier V (1–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (6–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (3–4)
Carpet (3–3)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Jan 1981 Toronto, Canada Carpet (i) Sweden Nina Bohm 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2. Jul 1981 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay West Germany Sylvia Hanika 7–5, 7–6
Win 3. Jan 1982 Pittsburgh, US Carpet (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff 6–4, 6–0
Win 4. Mar 1982 Austin, US Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 7–6(7–0), 0–6, 6–3
Loss 1. Apr 1984 Hilton Head, US Clay United States Chris Evert-Lloyd 2–6, 3–6
Win 5. May 1984 Berlin West Germany Clay United States Kathleen Horvath 7–6(10–8), 6–1
Loss 2. Oct 1984 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) United States Zina Garrison 1–6, 6–0, 2–6
Loss 3. Dec 1984 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 6. Jul 1985 Los Angeles, US Hard United States Pam Shriver 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4. Aug 1985 Toronto, Canada Hard United States Chris Evert-Lloyd 2–6, 4–6
Loss 5. Jan 1986 Worcester, UK Carpet (i) United States Martina Navratilova 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 6. Mar 1986 Marco Island, US Clay United States Chris Evert-Lloyd 4–6, 2–6
Loss 7. Apr 1986 Amelia Island, US Clay West Germany Steffi Graf 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 8. May 1987 Berlin, West Germany Clay West Germany Steffi Graf 2–6, 3–6
Win 7. Jun 1988 Birmingham, UK Grass United States Pam Shriver 6–1, 6–2
Win 8. Sept 1990 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Australia Rachel McQuillan 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 64 (25–39)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (2–6)
WTA Tour Championships (0–5)
Tier I (1–2)
Tier II (1–3)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV (0–3)
Tier V (2–1)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (19–18)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–8)
Grass (2–9)
Clay (10–8)
Carpet (8–14)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Jul 1980 Kitzbühel Clay West Germany Eva Pfaff Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
w/o
Win 2. Jul 1981 Kitzbühel Hard West Germany Eva Pfaff Australia Elizabeth Little
South Africa Yvonne Vermaak
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1. May 1982 Berlin Clay West Germany Bettina Bunge South Africa Liz Gordon
South Africa Beverly Mould
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. Nov 1982 Brisbane Grass West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Billie Jean King
United States Anne Smith
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3. Nov 1982 Sydney Grass West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Loss 4. Nov 1982 Australian Open Grass West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
4–6, 2–6
Win 3. Feb 1983 Oakland Carpet (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Rosie Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 5. Mar 1983 Virginia Slims Championships Carpet (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
5–7, 2–6
Loss 6. May 1983 Berlin Clay West Germany Eva Pfaff United Kingdom Jo Durie
United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 4. Jul 1983 Hittfeld Clay West Germany Bettina Bunge Argentina Ivanna Madruga
France Catherine Tanvier
7–5, 6–4
Win 5. Apr 1984 Hilton Head Clay Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
United States Sharon Walsh
7–5, 6–2
Win 6. Apr 1984 Orlando Clay Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 7. May 1984 French Open Clay Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8. Aug 1984 Montreal Hard Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Sayers
1–6, 2–6
Win 7. Oct 1984 Filderstadt Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková West Germany Bettina Bunge
West Germany Eva Pfaff
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 9. Oct 1984 Zürich Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United States Andrea Leand
Hungary Andrea Temesvári
1–6, 3–6
Win 8. Nov 1984 Sydney Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Sharon Walsh
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 10. Nov 1984 Australian Open Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Win 9. Dec 1984 Tokyo Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Australia Elizabeth Smylie
France Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 6–4
Loss 11. Jan 1985 Washington Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Gigi Fernández
United States Martina Navratilova
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 12. Mar 1985 Virginia Slims Championships Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 10. May 1985 Berlin Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková West Germany Steffi Graf
France Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 6–1
Loss 13. May 1985 French Open Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win 11. Jul 1985 Los Angeles Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–2
Loss 14. Aug 1985 Mahwah Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 12. Aug 1985 US Open Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
Loss 15. Oct 1985 Zürich Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Hungary Andrea Temesvári
4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 16. Nov 1985 Brisbane Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6
Loss 17. Nov 1985 Australian Open Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Win 13. Dec 1985 Tokyo Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Netherlands Marcella Mesker
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
6–0, 6–4
Loss 18. Jan 1986 Washington Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Loss 19. Jan 1986 Worcester Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 1–6
Win 14. Mar 1986 Dallas Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 20. Mar 1986 Virginia Slims Championship Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
4–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Win 15. Apr 1986 Amelia Island Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
France Catherine Tanvier
6–2, 5–7, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 21. Jun 1986 Eastbourne Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
2–6, 4–6
Loss 22. Aug 1986 Los Angeles Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
4–6, 3–6
Loss 23. Nov 1986 Worcester Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
5–7, 3–6
Win 16. Nov 1986 Chicago Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková West Germany Steffi Graf
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 24. Nov 1986 Virginia Slims Championship Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win 17. Jan 1987 Tokyo Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Elise Burgin
United States Pam Shriver
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 25. Feb 1987 Key Biscayne Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 26. Feb 1987 Rome Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
4–6, 1–6
Win 18. May 1987 Berlin Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Sweden Catarina Lindqvist
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
6–1, 6–2
Win 19. Jun 1987 Wimbledon Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Betsy Nagelsen
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 7–5
Loss 27. Aug 1987 Toronto Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Zina Garrison
United States Lori McNeil
1–6, 2–6
Win 20. Sep 1987 Hamburg Clay Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná Soviet Union Natalia Bykova
Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6)
Win 21. Nov 1987 Chicago Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Zina Garrison
United States Lori McNeil
6–4, 6–3
Loss 28. Nov 1987 Virginia Slims Championship Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
1–6, 1–6
Loss 29. Dec 1987 Brisbane Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Betsy Nagelsen
United States Pam Shriver
6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 30. Jan 1988 Sydney Grass Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Ann Henricksson
Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss 31. Mar 1988 Boca Raton Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 32. Apr 1988 Hilton Head Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini United States Lori McNeil
United States Martina Navratilova
2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 33. May 1988 Berlin Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková France Isabelle Demongeot
France Nathalie Tauziat
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 34. May 1988 French Open Clay Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
2–6, 5–7
Loss 35. Oct 1988 Zürich Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková France Isabelle Demongeot
France Nathalie Tauziat
3–6, 3–6
Win 22. Nov 1988 Adelaide Hard West Germany Sylvia Hanika Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
United States Lori McNeil
7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
Loss 36. Jan 1989 Tokyo Carpet (i) United States Mary Joe Fernández United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 37. Aug 1989 Los Angeles Hard United States Mary Joe Fernández United States Martina Navratilova
Australia Wendy Turnbull
2–5 ret.
Win 23. Feb 1991 Oslo Carpet (i) Germany Silke Meier Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Italy Raffaella Reggi
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 24. Apr 1991 Hilton Head Clay Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva United States Mary-Lou Daniels
South Africa Lise Gregory
6–4, 6–0
Loss 38. Aug 1991 Toronto Hard Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
6–1, 5–7, 2–6
Win 25. Feb 1992 Indian Wells Hard United States Stephanie Rehe Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi
6–3, 6–3
Loss 39. Sep 1992 Bayonne Carpet (i) United States Stephanie Rehe Italy Linda Ferrando
Czechoslovakia Petra Langrová
6–1, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 3R 3R 3R SF NH SF SF QF 1R 1R 2R 0 / 12 24–12
French Open 1R 1R 2R 3R 4R SF 4R QF 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 13 21–13
Wimbledon A 2R 4R 4R 4R 2R 3R QF A 3R 3R 3R 2R 0 / 11 24–11
US Open A 1R 3R 2R 4R QF 4R QF 3R 1R A 1R A 0 / 10 19–10
Win–loss 0–2 1–4 7–4 8–4 11–4 14–4 8–3 16–4 9–3 6–4 3–3 3–4 3–3 0 / 46 88–46
Year-end championships
WTA Championships did not qualify 1R QF QF 1R 1R did not qualify 0 / 5 2–5
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 78 20 19 22 8 5 7 10 12 36 46 78 79

Doubles

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Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open QF 1R F 1R F F NH SF A 3R A 1R 3R 0 / 10 21–9
French Open 1R SF QF QF F F SF SF F 1R QF 3R 1R 0 / 13 37–13
Wimbledon A 1R SF QF QF SF 2R W A 3R 2R 3R 3R 1 / 11 26–10
US Open A QF SF A 3R W QF QF 3R A A QF A 1 / 8 26–7
Win–loss 2–2 7–4 13–4 5–2 14–4 19–3 8–3 16–3 7–2 4–3 4–2 7–4 4–3 2 / 42 110–39
Year-end championships
WTA Championships did not qualify F DNQ F F F F SF did not qualify 0 / 6 11–6
Career statistics
Year-end ranking no rankings 5 4 3 3 8 37 52 24 25

References

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  1. ^ before German reunification, she played for West Germany
  2. ^ "Lafontaine: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch wird seine Sprecherin". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 30 April 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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