Vanessa Henke (born 15 January 1981), also known as Vanessa Paffrath, is a

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former professional

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player. In her career, she won six singles titles and ten doubles titles on the

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. 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 Bank of the West Classic and many other ITF &

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events. In 2003, she played one match for the

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. Alongside

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she lost in the World Group play-offs against the pairing of Indonesian team in straight sets (overall Germany won 3–2).

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Doubles: 19 (10–9)

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