Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 16 March 1954
Singles | |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1977, 1978) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1975–79) |
US Open | 2R (1976, 1977) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1976) |
Iris Riedel-Kühn (born 16 March 1954) is a retired female tennis player from Germany.
Riedel-Kühn was born on 16 March 1954 in São Paulo, Brazil and received her education in Brazil. In 1974, she started playing tennis in West Germany and became a member of the Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiß in Berlin. [1] In 1975, she became national junior champion, and in 1976 and 1977, won the German national mixed doubles title. [1] From 1975 to 1981, she competed in six Wimbledon Championships and reached the second round on five occasions. [2]
Between 1972 and 1981, she participated in the German Fed Cup team and compiled a 7-6 won-loss record. She reached the singles final of the 1975 Torneo Godó in Barcelona which she lost in three sets to Janice Metcalf. [3]
She married Klaus Kühn on 22 February 1980 in Berlin. [1]
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