Vanessa Henke

Vanessa Henke (born 15 January 1981), also known as Vanessa Paffrath, is a German former professional tennis player.

In her career, she won six singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best singles ranking was world No. 137, achieved on 26 September 2005. On 8 July 2002, she peaked at No. 110 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career Henke took part in the qualifying for the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open, but lost in the second round. She also participated at the 2007 Stanford Classic and many other ITF & WTA Tour events.

In 2003, she played one match for the Germany Fed Cup team. Alongside Angelika Rösch, she lost in the World Group play-offs against the pairing of Indonesian team, in straight sets (overall Germany won 3–2).

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (0–2) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss May 2000 Austrian Open Clay Lenka Němečková Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini 4–6, 2–6Loss Jul 2008 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Raluca Olaru Alizé Cornet Janette Husárová 7–6(7–5), 1–6, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (6–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 1 March 1999 ITF Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Angelika Bachmann 2–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 2. 17 May 1999 ITF Salzburg, Austria Clay Nicole Remis 6–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss 3. 17 July 2000 ITF Puchheim, Germany Clay Alena Vašková 1–6, 1–6Win 4. 19 March 2001 ITF Cholet, France Clay Sophie Erre 6–7, 6–3, 6–3Win 5. 14 March 2004 ITF Amiens, France Clay Virginie Razzano 7–6(9–7), 6–4Win 6. 28 June 2005 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Kira Nagy 6–2, 0–6, 6–4Win 7. 4 July 2005 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Eva Fislová 6–7(4–7), 1–6Loss 8. 25 April 2011 ITF Zell am Harmersbach, Germany Clay Carina Witthöft 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (10–9) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 28 March 1999 ITF Petroupoli, Greece Clay Adrienn Hegedűs Jolanda Mens Andrea van den Hurk 4–6, 3–6Win 2. 9 April 2000 ITF Dinan, France Clay Syna Schmidle Patty Van Acker Stéphanie Foretz 6–7, 6–4, 6–2Loss 3. 15 April 2001 ITF Dinan, France Clay Syna Schmidle Eleni Daniilidou Caroline Schneider 3–6, 6–7 Win 4. 22 April 2001 ITF Gelos, France Clay Syna Schmidle Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–2, 6–3Loss 5. 14 October 2001 ITF Cardiff, Great Britain Hard (i) Angelika Bachmann Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva 4–6, 6–1, 2–6Loss 6. 16 June 2002 Open de Marseille, France Clay Sandra Klösel Lourdes Domínguez Lino Conchita Martínez Granados 5–7, 6–4, 0–6Win 7. 2 February 2003 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Claudine Schaul Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová 6–1, 6–2Loss 8. 29 June 2003 ITF Båstad, Sweden Clay Lenka Němečková Jana Hlaváčková Dominika Luzarová 5–7, 2–6Win 9. 22 June 2004 ITF Båstad, Sweden Clay Zuzana Hejdová Mireille Dittmann Hanna Nooni 2–6, 6–2, 6–3Win 10. 4 July 2004 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Anousjka van Exel Mariya Koryttseva Darija Jurak 6–4, 7–5Win 11. 11 July 2004 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Martina Müller Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić 6–1, 7–5Loss 12. 21 November 2004 ITF Deauville, France Clay Květa Peschke Virág Németh Tzipora Obziler 4–6, 1–6Winner 13. ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Yuliya Beygelzimer Kristina Barrois Kathrin Wörle-Scheller 7–6(9–7), 6–1Win 14. 4 July 2005 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Laura Siegemund Vasilisa Bardina Yaroslava Shvedova 6–4, 6–2Loss 15. 8 October 2006 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Edina Gallovits-Hall Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 1–6, 2–6Loss 16. 22 April 2007 Dothan Pro Classic, United States Clay Angelika Bachmann Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 2–6, 3–6Loss 17. 1 July 2007 ITF Padova, Italy Clay Andrea Petkovic Maret Ani Marina Erakovic 4–6, 4–6Win 18. 26 January 2009 ITF Laguna Niguel, United States Hard Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy Laura Siegemund 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win 19. 13 June 2011 ITF Cologne, Germany Clay Anna Zaja Carolin Daniels Christina Shakovets 1–6, 6–3, 6–4