Iris Riedel-Kühn (born 16 March 1954) is a retired female tennis player from Germany.
Riedel-Kühn was born on 16 March 1954 in
São Paulo
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, Brazil and received her education in Brazil. In 1974, she started playing tennis in
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
and became a member of the
Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiß in Berlin.
In 1975, she became national junior champion, and in 1976 and 1977, won the German national mixed doubles title.
[ From 1975 to 1981, she competed in six ]Wimbledon Championships
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and reached the second round on five occasions.
Between 1972 and 1981, she participated in the German Fed Cup team and compiled a 7-6 won-loss record. She reached the singles final of the 1975 Torneo Godó in Barcelona which she lost in three sets to Janice Metcalf.[
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1954 births
Living people
West German female tennis players
Tennis players from São Paulo