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Eva Pfaff
	Eva Pfaff (1983)
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	10 February 1961 (age 63); 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.

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

Women's doubles: 1 runner–up

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1982	Australian Open	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 2–6

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 runner–up

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 January 1982	Pittsburgh	Carpet (i)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	4–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	15 February 1982	Nashville	Carpet (i)	Leigh-Anne Thompson	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	4 July 1983	Hittfeld	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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 July 1980	Kitzbühel	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Hana Mandlíková Renáta Tomanová	w/o
Winner	2.	13 July 1981	Kitzbühel	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Elizabeth Little Yvonne Vermaak	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	15 November 1982	Brisbane	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Billie Jean King Anne Smith	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	22 November 1982	Sydney	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	29 November 1982	Australian Open	Grass	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	21 February 1983	Oakland	Carpet (i)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	23 March 1983	Virginia Slims Championships	Carpet (i)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	16 May 1983	Berlin	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Jo Durie Anne Hobbs	4–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	11 July 1983	Freiburg	Clay	Bettina Bunge	Ivanna Madruga Emilse Raponi-Longo	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	1 October 1984	Los Angeles	Hard	Bettina Bunge	Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	15 October 1984	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Bettina Bunge	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	12 November 1984	Brisbane	Grass	Bettina Bunge	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	20 May 1985	Lugano	Clay	Bettina Bunge	Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková	2–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	6 April 1987	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	7–6^(8–6), 7–5
Runner-up	10.	2 November 1987	Worcester	Carpet (i)	Bettina Bunge	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	8 February 1988	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Lori McNeil	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	7.	11 April 1988	Amelia Island	Clay	Zina Garrison	Katrina Adams Penny Barg	4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	8.	13 June 1988	Eastbourne	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Belinda Cordwell Dianne Van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	9.	8 October 1990	Zürich	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

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

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