Eva Pfaff

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Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former professional tennis player.

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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.

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Major finals

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Doubles: 1 runner–up

4–6, 2–6

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Year-end championships

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Doubles: 1 runner–up

5–7, 2–6

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WTA Tour career finals

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

{ class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" !Winner — Legend

Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

WTA Tour Championships (0–0)

Virginia Slims, Avon, other (1–2)

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Carpet (1–1)

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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	WTA Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Andrea Temesvári	4–6, 2–6

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

{ class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" !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)

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Hard (1–2)

Grass (1–4)

Clay (5–2)

Carpet (2–2)

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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	Stanford Classic, 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 Open, West Germany	Clay	Bettina Bunge	Ivanna Madruga Emilse 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	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Catherine Suire Dianne Van Rensburg	7–5, 6–4

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ITF finals

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Doubles (6–1)

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

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

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Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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

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Year-end ranking

101

70

35

21

31

31

58

44

74

103

153

201

421

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