Eva Pfaff

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)

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)

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