Eva Pfaff

Eva Pfaff

Eva Pfaff (1983)
Country (sports)	Germany[1]
Born	(1961-02-10) 10 February 1961 (age 64) Königstein, West Germany
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1993
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$767,709
Singles
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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

• Official website
• Eva Pfaff at the Women's Tennis Association
• Eva Pfaff at the International Tennis Federation
• Eva Pfaff at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
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