Eva Pfaff


Eva Pfaff 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 and 16th in doubles.
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

Women's doubles: 1 runner–up

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 runner–up

WTA Tour career finals

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

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.25 January 1982:fr:Tournoi de tennis de Pittsburgh|PittsburghCarpet Claudia Kohde-Kilsch4–6, 0–6
Winner1.15 February 1982:fr:Tournoi de tennis de Nashville|NashvilleCarpet Leigh-Anne Thompson6–3, 7–5
Runner-up2.4 July 1983HittfeldClay Andrea Temesvári4–6, 2–6

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

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.21 July 1980KitzbühelClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková
Renáta Tomanová
w/o
Winner2.13 July 1981KitzbühelClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch :fr:Elizabeth Little|Elizabeth Little
Yvonne Vermaak
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up1.15 November 1982BrisbaneGrass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Billie Jean King
Anne Smith
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.22 November 1982SydneyGrass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up3.29 November 1982Australian OpenGrass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
4–6, 2–6
Winner3.21 February 1983OaklandCarpet Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Rosie Casals
Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up4.23 March 1983Virginia Slims ChampionshipsCarpet Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up5.16 May 1983BerlinClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jo Durie
Anne Hobbs
4–6, 6–7
Winner4.11 July 1983FreiburgClay Bettina Bunge Ivanna Madruga
Emilse Raponi-Longo
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up6.1 October 1984Los AngelesHard Bettina Bunge Chris Evert-Lloyd
Wendy Turnbull
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up7.15 October 1984FilderstadtHard Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up8.12 November 1984BrisbaneGrass Bettina Bunge Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up9.20 May 1985LuganoClay Bettina Bunge Bonnie Gadusek
Helena Suková
2–6, 4–6
Winner5.6 April 1987Hilton Head IslandClay Mercedes Paz Zina Garrison
Lori McNeil
7–6, 7–5
Runner-up10.2 November 1987WorcesterCarpet Bettina Bunge Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank
4–6, 4–6
Winner6.8 February 1988DallasCarpet Lori McNeil Gigi Fernández
Zina Garrison
2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner7.11 April 1988Amelia IslandClay Zina Garrison Katrina Adams
:fr:Penny Barg|Penny Barg
4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner8.13 June 1988EastbourneGrass Elizabeth Smylie Belinda Cordwell
Dianne Van Rensburg
6–3, 7–6
Winner9.8 October 1990ZürichHard Manon Bollegraf Catherine Suire
Dianne Van Rensburg
7–5, 6–4

ITF finals

Doubles (6–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.17 August 1980Dachau, West GermanyClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Cathy Drury
Florența Mihai
6–2, 6–0
Winner2.24 August 1980Bayreuth, West GermanyClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Anliot
Iris Riedel-Kühn
2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner3.31 August 1980Stuttgart, West GermanyClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Elly Appel-Vessies
Sabina Simmonds
6–3, 6–4
Winner4.13 December 1981Neumünster, West GermanyClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Heidi Eisterlehner
Gabriela Dinu
7–6, 7–6
Winner5.9 July 1990Erlangen, West GermanyClay Réka Szikszay Agnese Blumberga
Eugenia Maniokova
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up6.17 September 1990Chiba, JapanHard Julie Richardson Michelle Jaggard-Lai
Marianne Werdel
4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner7.9 December 1991Val-d'Oise, FranceHard Catherine Suire Pascale Paradis-Mangon
Sandrine Testud
4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992Career SR
Australian OpenA2RQF3R1RANH3R1R2R1R2RQ10 / 9
French OpenA3R2R1R3R1R1R1R2R1RAAA0 / 9
WimbledonA2R2R4R1R2R1R1R1R2R2RAQ10 / 10
US OpenA1R1R1RA1R2R1R1R1RQ11RA0 / 9
SR0 / 00 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 20 / 20 / 00 / 37
Year-end ranking1017035223131584474103153201421-