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Silke Frankl
Country (sports)	West Germany; Germany
Born	29 May 1970 (age 54); Mannheim, West Germany
Retired	1998
Prize money	$286,468
Singles
Career record	157–144
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 67 (15 August 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1992)
French Open	3R (1993)
Wimbledon	3R (1994)
US Open	1R (1988, 91, 92, 93, 94)
Doubles
Career record	29–56
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 127 (2 March 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1990, 1992)
French Open	1R (1989)

Silke Frankl (born 29 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography

Born in Mannheim, Frankl began competing on the WTA Tour in 1988.

Her only WTA Tour final came in doubles, at the 1988 Athens Trophy.^[1]

Frankl broke into the top 100 of the singles rankings for the first time in 1993 and made the third round of the 1993 French Open.

In 1994 she reached her best ranking of 67, with her performances including making the semi-finals at the Prague Open, a win over 14th seed Zina Garrison at the French Open and a third round appearance at Wimbledon.^[2]^[3]

She retired from professional tennis in 1998 but continued to play in the Bundesliga for several years with TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	August, 1988	Athens, Greece	Category 1	Clay	Sabine Hack	Sabrina Goleš Judith Wiesner	5–7, 0–6

ITF finals

Singles (2–6)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	20 April 1987	Queens, United Kingdom	Hard	Katie Rickett	6–3, 7–5
Loss	2.	21 March 1988	Reims, France	Clay	Catherine Bonnet	4–6, 6–7
Loss	3.	3 July 1989	Vaihingen, West Germany	Clay	Isabel Cueto	1–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	20 August 1989	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Elena Pampoulova	4–6, 7–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	6 August 1990	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Anna Földényi	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	6.	1 July 1991	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Katja Oeljeklaus	6–0, 7–5
Loss	7.	13 May 1996	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Angela Bürgis	1–6, 1–6
Loss	8.	11 August 1996	Paderborn, Germany	Clay	Maja Palaveršić	1–6, 7–6, 3–6

Doubles (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	14 August 1989	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Nanne Dahlman	Hana Fukárková Denisa Krajčovičová	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	17 June 1996	Klosters, Switzerland	Clay	Ursula Svetlik	Debby Haak Patty Van Acker	3–6, 6–7
Win	3.	9 February 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Eva Belbl	Alice Canepa Conchita Martínez Granados	6–3, 6–3