Eva Pfaff

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	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon 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)	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon 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)	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Feb 1982	Nashville, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Leigh-Anne Thompson	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Jul 1983	Hittfeld, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková Template:Flagicon Renáta Tomanová	w/o
Win	2–0	Jul 1981	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Little Template:Flagicon Yvonne Vermaak	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Nov 1982	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King Template:Flagicon Anne Smith	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Nov 1982	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Loss	2–3	Nov 1982	Australian Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Feb 1983	Oakland, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Mar 1983	VS Championships, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–5	May 1983	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Jo Durie Template:Flagicon Anne Hobbs	4–6, 6–7
Win	4–5	Jul 1983	Freiburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bettina Bunge	Template:Flagicon Ivanna Madruga Template:Flagicon Emilse Raponi-Longo	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–6	Oct 1984	Los Angeles, LA	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bettina Bunge	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert-Lloyd Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7	Oct 1984	Filderstadt, West Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Bettina Bunge	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	4–8	Nov 1984	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Bettina Bunge	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4–9	May 1985	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bettina Bunge	Template:Flagicon Bonnie Gadusek Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	2–6, 4–6
Win	5–9	Apr 1987	Hilton Head Island, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mercedes Paz	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss	5–10	Nov 1987	Worcester, UK	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Bettina Bunge	Template:Flagicon Elise Burgin Template:Flagicon Rosalyn Fairbank	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–10	Feb 1988	Dallas, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	7–10	Apr 1988	Amelia Island, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison	Template:Flagicon Katrina Adams Template:Flagicon Penny Barg	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	8–10	Jun 1988	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Smylie	Template:Flagicon Belinda Cordwell Template:Flagicon Dianne Van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	9–10	Oct 1990	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf	Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Cathy Drury Template:Flagicon Florența Mihai	6–2, 6–0
Win	2.	24 August 1980	Bayreuth, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Helena Anliot Template:Flagicon Iris Riedel-Kühn	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	3.	31 August 1980	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Elly Appel-Vessies Template:Flagicon Sabina Simmonds	6–3, 6–4
Win	4.	13 December 1981	Neumünster, West Germany	Clay (i)	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Heidi Eisterlehner Template:Flagicon Gabriela Dinu	7–6, 7–6
Win	5.	9 July 1990	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Réka Szikszay	Template:Flagicon Agnese Blumberga Template:Flagicon Eugenia Maniokova	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6.	17 September 1990	Chiba, Japan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Julie Richardson	Template:Flagicon Michelle Jaggard-Lai Template:Flagicon Marianne Werdel	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	7.	9 December 1991	Val-d'Oise, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire	Template:Flagicon Pascale Paradis-Mangon Template:Flagicon Sandrine Testud	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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

External links

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