Heidi Eisterlehner

Heidi Eisterlehner

Country (sports)	West Germany
Born	(1949-10-25) 25 October 1949 (age 75) Burg bei Magdeburg, East Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 61 (December 31, 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1976)
French Open	3R (1977, 1978)
Wimbledon	2R (1976, 1981)
US Open	1R (1977)
Doubles
Career titles	0
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.

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1977	German Open, Germany	Clay	Laura duPont	1–6, 4–6

Doubles (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1975	NSW Open, Australia	Grass	Helga Masthoff	Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–2	July 1976	Austrian Open, Austria	Clay	Katja Ebbinghaus	Helena Anliot Mimmi Wikstedt	4–6, 6–2, 5–7

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.

External links

• Heidi Eisterlehner at the International Tennis Federation
• Heidi Eisterlehner at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)