Heidi Eisterlehner

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Heidi Eisterlehner
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Born (1949-10-25) 25 October 1949 (age 74)
Burg bei Magdeburg, East Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 155 (20 June 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open QF (1976)
French Open 3R (1977, 1978)
Wimbledon 2R (1976, 1981)
US Open 1R (1977)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1976)
French Open 2R (1977)
Wimbledon 2R (1976, 1980)
US Open 2R (1977)
Team competitions
Fed Cup QF (1976)

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

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Early life

She was born in Burg bei Magdeburg, East Germany but moved in her youth to Nuremberg, where she started playing at the local club 1. FC Nürnberg. She studied social pedagogy. [1] [2]

Career

Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament came in 1976 when she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. In the second round, she defeated fourth-seeded Sue Barker.

She won the singles title at the Auckland Open, a non-tour event, in January 1977 after a victory in the final against Karen Krantzcke. In May that year, Eisterlehner reached the singles final at the German Open in Hamburg. [3] 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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1977 German Open, GermanyClay Flag of the United States.svg Laura duPont 1–6, 4–6

Doubles (0–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1December 1975 NSW Open, AustraliaGrass Flag of Germany.svg Helga Masthoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evonne Goolagong
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Helen Gourlay
3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss0–2July 1976 Austrian Open, AustriaClay Flag of Germany.svg Katja Ebbinghaus Flag of Sweden.svg Helena Anliot
Flag of Sweden.svg Mimmi Wikstedt
4–6, 6–2, 5–7

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References

  1. "Heidi Eisterlehner: Eine Karriere aus Liebe zum Spiel". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). 6 October 2015.
  2. "Heidi Eisterlehner". Munzinger (in German).
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1977). World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 142, 147. ISBN   9780354090117.