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 ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 1982 Australian Open Grass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 4–6, 2–6

Year-end championships Doubles: 1 runner–up ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 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 — LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, other (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–1)Carpet (1–1) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jan 1982 Pittsburgh, US Carpet (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 4–6, 0–6Win 1–1 Feb 1982 Nashville, US Carpet (i) Leigh-Anne Thompson 6–3, 7–5Loss 1–2 Jul 1983 Hittfeld, West Germany Clay Andrea Temesvári 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups) Winner — LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–2)Grass (1–4)Clay (5–2)Carpet (2–2)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jul 1980 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková Renáta Tomanová w/oWin 2–0 Jul 1981 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Elizabeth Little Yvonne Vermaak 6–4, 6–3Loss 2–1 Nov 1982 Brisbane, Australia Grass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Billie Jean King Anne Smith 3–6, 4–6Loss 2–2 Nov 1982 Sydney, Australia Grass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 2–6, 6–2, 6–7Loss 2–3 Nov 1982 Australian Open Grass Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 4–6, 2–6Win 3–3 Feb 1983 Oakland, US Carpet (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss 3–4 Mar 1983 VS Championships, US Carpet (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 5–7, 2–6Loss 3–5 May 1983 Berlin, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jo Durie Anne Hobbs 4–6, 6–7Win 4–5 Jul 1983 Freiburg, West Germany Clay Bettina Bunge Ivanna Madruga Emilse Raponi-Longo 6–1, 6–2Loss 4–6 Oct 1984 Los Angeles, LA Hard Bettina Bunge Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull 2–6, 4–6Loss 4–7 Oct 1984 Filderstadt, West Germany Hard (i) Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková 2–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 4–8 Nov 1984 Brisbane, Australia Grass Bettina Bunge Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 3–6, 2–6Loss 4–9 May 1985 Lugano, Switzerland Clay Bettina Bunge Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková 2–6, 4–6Win 5–9 Apr 1987 Hilton Head Island, US Clay Mercedes Paz Zina Garrison Lori McNeil 7–6(8–6), 7–5Loss 5–10 Nov 1987 Worcester, UK Carpet (i) Bettina Bunge Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank 4–6, 4–6Win 6–10 Feb 1988 Dallas, US Carpet (i) Lori McNeil Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison 2–6, 6–4, 7–5Win 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 Zürich, Switzerland 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

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 17 August 1980 Dachau, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Cathy Drury Florența Mihai 6–2, 6–0Win 2. 24 August 1980 Bayreuth, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Anliot Iris Riedel-Kühn 2–6, 6–3, 6–1Win 3. 31 August 1980 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Elly Appel-Vessies Sabina Simmonds 6–3, 6–4Win 4. 13 December 1981 Neumünster, West Germany Clay (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Heidi Eisterlehner Gabriela Dinu 7–6, 7–6Win 5. 9 July 1990 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Réka Szikszay Agnese Blumberga Eugenia Maniokova 6–3, 6–1Loss 6. 17 September 1990 Chiba, Japan Hard Julie Richardson Michelle Jaggard-Lai Marianne Werdel 4–6, 7–6, 6–7Win 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

Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Career SR Australian Open A2R QF3R 1R A NH3R1R 2R 1R 2R Q10 / 9 French Open A3R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R1R2R1R A A A0 / 9 Wimbledon A2R 2R 4R 1R 2R 1R 1R1R2R 2R AQ10 / 10 US Open A1R 1R 1R A1R 2R 1R1R1R Q11R A 0 / 9SR0 / 00 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 20 / 20 / 0 0 / 37Year-end ranking1017035213131584474103153201421

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