Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former professional
tennis
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player.
Career
During her career, she won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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. 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
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to
Kathy Horvath
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.
Major finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Women's doubles: 1 runner–up
Year-end championships
Doubles: 1 runner–up
WTA Tour career finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Doubles (6–1)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
German female tennis players
West German female tennis players
People from Hochtaunuskreis
Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region)
Tennis people from Hesse