Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former professional

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player.

Career

During her career, she won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the

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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

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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

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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

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfaff, Eva 1961 births Living people German female tennis players West German female tennis players People from Hochtaunuskreis Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region) Tennis people from Hesse