Claudia Kohde Kilsch

German Born 1963 187 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Martina Navratilova (24)vs Helena Sukova (16)vs Steffi Graf (14)vs Zina Garrison (13)vs Chris Evert (13)vs Hana Mandlikova (10)

Match log

1994

ITF Cergy-Pontois, challengerHard, December
R32LLinda Ferrando6-7(3) 3-6
ITF Eastbourne, challengerCarpet, November
R32LYvette Basting3-6 6-4 0-6

1993

Melbourne, qualifyingHard, January
Q1LJoannette Kruger6-7(6) 6-7(3)

1992

ZurichCarpet, October
R32LAndrea Temesvari6-4 5-7 6-7
BayonneCarpet, September
R16LRachel Mcquillan0-6 4-6
R32WNadin Ercegovic6-1 4-6 6-3
WimbledonGrass, June
R64LKristin Godridge4-6 5-7
R128WRachel Mcquillan2-6 6-2 6-4
EastbourneGrass, June
R64LMary Joe Fernandez3-6 1-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LNatalia Zvereva2-6 3-6
BerlinClay, May
R64LLarisa Savchenko2-6 5-7
RomeClay, May
R64LIsabelle Demongeot3-6 3-6
Amelia IslandClay, April
R32LArantxa Sanchez Vicario2-6 2-6
R64WShaun Stafford6-4 7-6
Hilton HeadClay, March
R32LSandra Cecchini4-6 1-6
R64WBettina Fulco6-4 6-4
Indian WellsHard, February
R32LPam Shriver3-6 7-5 3-6
R64WHeather Ludloff4-6 6-3 7-5
LinzCarpet, February
R16LMary Pierce1-6 6-7
R32WNathalie Guerree Spitzer7-5 6-1
EssenCarpet, February
R16LAnke Huber1-6 1-6
R32WPetra Kamstra6-4 6-3
Australian OpenHard, January
R64LZina Garrison2-6 3-6
R128WClaudia Porwik6-1 1-6 7-5

1991

BrisbaneHard, December
QFLRachel Mcquillan3-6 3-6
R16WNicole Pratt6-3 6-3
R32WRegina Rajchrtova6-1 6-4
R64WMaya Kidowaki6-2 6-2
ZurichCarpet, October
R16LJana Novotna3-6 1-6
R32WBrenda Schultz Mccarthy7-6 6-2
MilanCarpet, September
R16LMary Joe Fernandez2-6 0-6
R32WLinda Ferrando6-1 6-2
BayonneCarpet, September
R16LManuela Maleeva Fragniere0-6 2-6
R32WEleni Rossides6-0 6-2
US OpenHard, August
R128LNathalie Herreman6-4 4-6 3-6
MontrealHard, August
R64LLarisa Savchenko6-4 4-6 6-7
San DiegoHard, July
R32LKarine Quentrec4-6 7-5 4-6
WimbledonGrass, June
R32LJudith Wiesner6-3 5-7 1-6
R64WNicole Jagerman7-6 6-2
R128WBarbara Griffiths6-1 6-3
EastbourneGrass, June
R32LYayuk Basuki3-6 2-6
R64WAnn Henricksson6-4 7-6
BirminghamGrass, June
R64LBrenda Schultz Mccarthy4-6 1-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R64LLeila Meskhi5-7 1-6
R128WSarah Loosemore6-1 6-3
StrasbourgClay, May
QFLNaoko Sawamatsu3-6 1-6
R16WAkiko Kijimuta6-4 6-7 7-6
R32WValerie Batut6-4 6-2
BerlinClay, May
R64LNatalia Zvereva1-6 2-6
RomeClay, May
R64LCristina Tessi2-6 4-6

Claudia Kohde Kilsch

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch was German tennis before there was a Steffi Graf to eclipse her. At six foot two with a one-handed backhand, she reached world No. 4 in September 1985 and made four Grand Slam singles semifinals, twice at the Australian Open either side of a run at Roland Garros, without ever crossing into a final. Her closest brush with beating the era's giants outright came in August 1987, when she partnered a rising Graf to West Germany's first Fed Cup title, over the United States in Vancouver.

Her real partnership was with Helena Sukova. Together they won the 1985 US Open and 1987 Wimbledon doubles titles, part of a run that carried Kohde-Kilsch to a doubles career high of world No. 3. She added an Olympic doubles bronze with Graf at Seoul in 1988, then closed out 12 career titles before retiring in 1994, the last West German star to hold the spotlight before Graf took it for good.