Eva Pfaff

Eva Pfaff
Eva Pfaff (1983)
Country (sports) Germany[1]
Born (1961-02-10) 10 February 1961
Königstein, West Germany
Turned pro1980
Retired1993
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$767,709
Singles
Career record186– 216
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 17 (21 November 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1982)
French Open3R (1981, 1984)
Wimbledon4R (1983)
US Open2R (1986)
Doubles
Career record278–194
Career titles9 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 16 (4 July 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1982)
French OpenQF (1983, 1985, 1987)
WimbledonQF (1983, 1988)
US Open3R (1985, 1986, 1989)

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

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

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 runner–up

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

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

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 1–0 Jul 1980 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková
Renáta Tomanová 		w/o
Win 2–0 Jul 1981 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Elizabeth Little
Yvonne Vermaak 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Nov 1982 Brisbane, Australia Grass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Billie Jean King
Anne Smith 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 1982 Sydney, Australia Grass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver 		2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Loss 2–3 Nov 1982 Australian Open Grass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver 		4–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Feb 1983 Oakland, US Carpet (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Rosie Casals
Wendy Turnbull 		6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Mar 1983 VS Championships, US Carpet (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver 		5–7, 2–6
Loss 3–5 May 1983 Berlin, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jo Durie
Anne Hobbs 		4–6, 6–7
Win 4–5 Jul 1983 Freiburg, West Germany Clay Bettina Bunge Ivanna Madruga
Emilse Raponi-Longo 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–6 Oct 1984 Los Angeles, LA Hard Bettina Bunge Chris Evert-Lloyd
Wendy Turnbull 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 4–7 Oct 1984 Filderstadt, West Germany Hard (i) Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková 		2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 4–8 Nov 1984 Brisbane, Australia Grass Bettina Bunge Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 4–9 May 1985 Lugano, Switzerland Clay Bettina Bunge Bonnie Gadusek
Helena Suková 		2–6, 4–6
Win 5–9 Apr 1987 Hilton Head Island, US Clay Mercedes Paz Zina Garrison
Lori McNeil 		7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss 5–10 Nov 1987 Worcester, UK Carpet (i) Bettina Bunge Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank 		4–6, 4–6
Win 6–10 Feb 1988 Dallas, US Carpet (i) Lori McNeil Gigi Fernández
Zina Garrison 		2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win 7–10 Apr 1988 Amelia Island, US Clay Zina Garrison Katrina Adams
Penny Barg 		4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 8–10 Jun 1988 Eastbourne, UK Grass Elizabeth Smylie Belinda Cordwell
Dianne Van Rensburg 		6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 9–10 Oct 1990 Zürich, Switzerland 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
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 17 August 1980 Dachau, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Cathy Drury
Florența Mihai 		6–2, 6–0
Win 2. 24 August 1980 Bayreuth, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Anliot
Iris Riedel-Kühn 		2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 3. 31 August 1980 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Elly Appel-Vessies
Sabina Simmonds 		6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 13 December 1981 Neumünster, West Germany Clay (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Heidi Eisterlehner
Gabriela Dinu 		7–6, 7–6
Win 5. 9 July 1990 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Réka Szikszay Agnese Blumberga
Eugenia Maniokova 		6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. 17 September 1990 Chiba, Japan Hard Julie Richardson Michelle Jaggard-Lai
Marianne Werdel 		4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 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.
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

References

  1. ^ before German reunification, she played for West Germany
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