Heidi Eisterlehner (born 25 October 1949) is a retired tennis player from Germany who was active from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

Early life

She was born in

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, East Germany but moved in her youth to

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, where she started playing at the local club 1. FC Nürnberg. She studied

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Career

Her best singles result at a

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tournament came in 1976 when she reached the quarterfinals at the

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. In the second round, she defeated fourth-seeded

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. She won the singles title at the Auckland Open, a non-tour event, in January 1977 after a victory in the final against

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. In May that year, Eisterlehner reached the singles final at the German Open in Hamburg. Also in 1977 she won the national indoor singles title in Hamburg. In 1976 and 1978, she participated in five ties as a member of the German Fed Cup team and compiled a 3–2 win–loss record.

WTA Tour finals

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (0–2)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eisterlehner, Heidi 1949 births West German female tennis players Sportspeople from Magdeburg Living people