Eva Pfaff

GER Age 65 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1977–1992

Eva Pfaff represented Germany on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 17. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 155–202 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

17 (Apr 16, 1984)

Elo peak

1902 (86th percentile)

Singles record

155–202 (43.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$771,379

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Eva Pfaff's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sabine Appelmans #20	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 6, 1992*	R32	Essen	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet
Linda Wild #41	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 1, 1992*	R64	Brisbane International	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Zina Garrison #12	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 1991*	R32	Brighton	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet
Amy Frazier #27	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1991*	R32	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Steffi Graf #2	1-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1991*	R32	Zurich	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Eva Pfaff's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Claudia Kohde Kilsch	0	9	9	Oct 11, 1990	H2H
Helena Sukova	2	7	9	Nov 7, 1987	H2H
Zina Garrison	2	6	8	Oct 25, 1991	H2H
Pam Shriver	0	8	8	Jan 18, 1991	H2H
Hana Mandlikova	1	5	6	Aug 30, 1989	H2H

Career Results

Eva Pfaff career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1977	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1980	19	12	11	23	52.2%	—	—
1981	20	14	19	33	42.4%	—	—
1982	21	18	22	40	45.0%	—	—
1983	22	31	21	52	59.6%	—	—
1984	23	14	14	28	50.0%	21	31
1985	24	9	11	20	45.0%	39	39
1986	25	14	19	33	42.4%	31	58
1987	26	19	20	39	48.7%	52	44
1988	27	8	17	25	32.0%	47	74
1989	28	12	23	35	34.3%	75	104
1990	29	3	12	15	20.0%	104	152
1991	30	1	10	11	9.1%	153	203
1992	31	0	2	2	0.0%	199	420
Career		155	202	357	43.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Eva Pfaff career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1977	16	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	19	—	—	—	—	10	8	18	55.6%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	12	11	23	52.2%
1981	20	0	3	3	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	4	5	9	44.4%	5	5	10	50.0%	14	19	33	42.4%
1982	21	3	3	6	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	8	5	13	61.5%	5	8	13	38.5%	18	22	40	45.0%
1983	22	2	3	5	40.0%	9	5	14	64.3%	10	5	15	66.7%	10	8	18	55.6%	31	21	52	59.6%
1984	23	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	5	8	37.5%	6	5	11	54.5%	14	14	28	50.0%
1985	24	4	4	8	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	9	11	20	45.0%
1986	25	5	8	13	38.5%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	14	19	33	42.4%
1987	26	5	6	11	45.5%	2	4	6	33.3%	9	6	15	60.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	19	20	39	48.7%
1988	27	2	8	10	20.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	8	17	25	32.0%
1989	28	9	13	22	40.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	12	23	35	34.3%
1990	29	1	7	8	12.5%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	12	15	20.0%
1991	30	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1992	31	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	35	64	99	35.4%	34	47	81	42.0%	44	40	84	52.4%	42	50	92	45.7%	155	202	357	43.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Eva Pfaff career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	23	2	3	5	40.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	0	0	—	—	8	13	21	38.1%
1985	24	1	2	3	33.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1986	25	0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	14	17	17.6%
1987	26	0	9	9	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	6	3	9	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	17	28	39.3%
1988	27	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1989	28	0	0	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%	4	12	16	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	21	29	27.6%
1990	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	12	14	14.3%
1991	30	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1992	31	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		3	24	27	11.1%	9	27	36	25.0%	23	40	63	36.5%	7	16	23	30.4%	42	107	149	28.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 149/357 (41.7%) of Eva Pfaff's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Eva Pfaff advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1977	16	1481	98.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	+0.13
1980	19	1608	120.9	—	—	—	—	-1	-3	—	48.0%	-0.16	4–4 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	99.2	-0.17
1981	20	1632	123.3	—	—	—	—	-25	+25	-30	45.1%	-0.34	3–6 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	98.4	+3.33
1982	21	1776	132.7	—	—	—	—	-157	-167	-35	45.2%	-0.12	7–6 (54%)	4–5 (44%)	102.8	-1.00
1983	22	1856	145.3	—	—	—	—	-97	-97	-29	57.1%	+0.32	9–8 (53%)	9–3 (75%)	108.6	+1.01
1984	23	1797	132.6	—	—	—	—	+13	-37	-33	47.5%	+0.07	5–2 (71%)	3–4 (43%)	101.0	-1.64
1985	24	1739	120.7	—	—	—	—	+36	-86	+41	46.3%	-0.29	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.71
1986	25	1690	126.2	—	—	—	—	+52	-70	+30	42.1%	-0.32	6–4 (60%)	2–3 (40%)	101.8	-0.19
1987	26	1744	139.8	—	—	—	—	+26	-162	+23	49.4%	-0.34	4–5 (44%)	7–3 (70%)	104.9	-1.04
1988	27	1648	121.4	—	—	—	—	+54	-103	+45	33.9%	-1.09	5–3 (63%)	1–5 (17%)	99.9	+0.07
1989	28	1587	119.6	—	—	—	—	+15	—	+82	36.3%	-1.10	5–5 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	103.3	-0.75
1990	29	1522	111.5	—	—	—	—	-4	—	—	33.3%	-1.19	0–6 (0%)	0–2	—	+0.39
1991	30	1469	118.5	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	16.0%	-2.28	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	97.6	-0.26
1992	31	1459	103.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.15
Career		1902	135.5	—	—	—	—	-11	-65	-2	44.1%	-0.41	49–53 (48%)	36–40 (47%)	102.6	+0.12

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Eva Pfaff Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1981	20	R32	R32	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
1982	21	QF	R64	R64	R128	5–4 (56%)
1983	22	R16	R128	R16	R128	5–4 (56%)
1984	23	R64	R32	R128	—	2–3 (40%)
1985	24	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1986	25	—	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1987	26	R32	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1988	27	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1989	28	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1990	29	R128	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	30	R64	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		9–9 (50%)	5–9 (36%)	8–10 (44%)	1–9 (10%)	23–37 (38%)

WTA 1000

Eva Pfaff WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1991	30	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 500

Eva Pfaff WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	EAS	HAM	IW	SDG	POR	TKY	AME	BER	BOC	BRI	CAN	ESS	POR	HIL	KEY	LOS	MAN	SYD	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1977	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1982	21	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	7–5 (58%)
1983	22	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	8–4 (67%)
1984	23	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1985	24	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1986	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1987	26	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1988	27	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	R128	R32	—	R64	—	—	1–8 (11%)
1989	28	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1990	29	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	1–6 (14%)
1991	30	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–5 (0%)
1992	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		10–5 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–9 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	10–8 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)	3–1 (75%)	5–7 (42%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	39–56 (41%)

WTA 250

Eva Pfaff WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAR	BRI	DAL	EAS	HAM	HOU	KIT	MC	NAP	NWP	SDG	TKY	WAS	AME	AMS	ATX	BAY	BIR	BOC	BOS	BRA	BRI	CHI	DAC	DET	EAS	POR	HIL	HIT	KEY	LUG	MAH	MAN	NEU	NEU	OAK	PER	PER	PHO	PRI	SAN	SAN	TAM	TAR	TRA	WIE	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1980	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	RR	—	—	11–9 (55%)
1981	20	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	F	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–11 (45%)
1982	21	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	F	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–13 (32%)
1983	22	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	SF	R32	F	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18–13 (58%)
1984	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	9–9 (50%)
1985	24	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1986	25	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	10–13 (43%)
1987	26	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	10–10 (50%)
1988	27	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
1989	28	—	—	—	R32	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	9–14 (39%)
1990	29	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1991	30	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1992	31	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	3–8 (27%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	7–4 (64%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–4 (20%)	3–4 (43%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	10–8 (56%)	3–3 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	3–3 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	4–6 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	5–3 (62%)	93–108 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 16, 1984

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 20

Jan 9, 1984

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Eva Pfaff ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	23	22	22	20	20	25	25	29	35	31	29	28	31
1985	24	—	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	25	32	35	40	46	41	39	62	84	87	59	58	58
1987	26	54	52	48	43	47	34	38	36	38	47	43	44
1988	27	47	54	53	59	62	74	68	104	108	61	74	74
1989	28	69	65	66	62	61	58	64	74	81	108	103	104
1990	29	103	118	136	159	159	150	147	125	126	131	153	152
1991	30	144	141	137	130	144	152	156	195	235	191	201	203
1992	31	230	230	236	237	233	234	235	214	222	397	421	420

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

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Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

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Michelle Torres	USA	#18	1,845	204	93	111	45.6%	—	1	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Kate Gompert	USA	#18	1,871	166	85	81	51.2%	$187,076	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Catherine Tanvier	FRA	#20	1,879	340	161	179	47.4%	$706,054	0	1980–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Melissa Gurney	USA	#17	1,884	124	63	61	50.8%	$185,616	2	1984–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Anne White	USA	#19	1,846	228	110	118	48.2%	$411,022	1	1978–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Pam Casale	USA	#14	1,944	315	168	147	53.3%	—	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Alycia Moulton	USA	#18	1,918	273	145	128	53.1%	$468,748	3	1978–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Robin White	USA	#15	1,878	300	142	158	47.3%	$1,174,349	2	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Terry Phelps	USA	#20	1,869	359	188	171	52.4%	$586,311	1	1982–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	#15	1,932	645	336	309	52.1%	$1,701,944	1	1978–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Gigi Fernandez	USA	#17	1,911	444	227	217	51.1%	$4,681,906	2	1982–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Liz Smylie	AUS	#20	1,823	350	161	189	46.0%	$1,701,837	5	1980–1994	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Eva Pfaff?: Eva Pfaff is 65 years old, born on February 10, 1961.
Which country does Eva Pfaff represent?: Eva Pfaff represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Eva Pfaff?: Eva Pfaff is 173 cm / 5'8".
Is Eva Pfaff left-handed or right-handed?: Eva Pfaff plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Eva Pfaff won?: Eva Pfaff has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Eva Pfaff won?: TennisDB does not group any of Eva Pfaff's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Eva Pfaff's highest WTA ranking?: Eva Pfaff's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 17, first achieved on April 16, 1984.
What is Eva Pfaff's career win-loss record?: Eva Pfaff has a career WTA singles record of 155 wins and 202 losses (43.4%).
How much career prize money has Eva Pfaff earned?: Eva Pfaff has earned at least $771,379 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Eva Pfaff's career appear in TennisDB?: Eva Pfaff appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1977 through 1992.
On which surface does Eva Pfaff have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Eva Pfaff's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 52.4% (44–40).
Who has Eva Pfaff faced most often?: Eva Pfaff's most frequent opponent is Claudia Kohde Kilsch, with a head-to-head record of 0–9 across 9 meetings.