Vanessa Henke

Vanessa Henke
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	15 January 1981 (age 44)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$369,593
Singles
Career record	283–316
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	137 (26 September 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2007)
French Open	Q2 (2001, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2001, 2002)
US Open	Q2 (2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	156–141
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	110 (8 July 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2005)
French Open	2R (2002)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2001)
US Open	1R (2001)

Last updated April 02, 2025

Vanessa Henke (born 15 January 1981), also known as Vanessa Paffrath, is a German former professional tennis player.

Career

Henke took part in the qualifying for the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open, but lost in the second round. She also participated at the 2007 Bank of the West Classic and many other ITF & WTA Tour events.

In 2003, she played one match for the Germany Fed Cup team. Alongside Angelika Rösch she lost in the World Group play-offs against the pairing of Indonesian team in straight sets (overall Germany won 3–2).

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2000	Austrian Open	Clay	Lenka Němečková	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2008	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Alizé Cornet Janette Husárová	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, [6–10]

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1 March 1999	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Angelika Bachmann	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	17 May 1999	ITF Salzburg, Austria	Clay	Nicole Remis	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	17 July 2000	ITF Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Alena Vašková	1–6, 1–6
Win	4.	19 March 2001	ITF Cholet, France	Clay	Sophie Erre	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	5.	14 March 2004	ITF Amiens, France	Clay	Virginie Razzano	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–4
Win	6.	28 June 2005	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Kira Nagy	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Win	7.	4 July 2005	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Eva Fislová	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 1–6
Loss	8.	25 April 2011	ITF Zell am Harmersbach, Germany	Clay	Carina Witthöft	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (10–9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	28 March 1999	ITF Petroupoli, Greece	Clay	Adrienn Hegedűs	Jolanda Mens Andrea van den Hurk	4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	9 April 2000	ITF Dinan, France	Clay	Syna Schmidle	Patty Van Acker Stéphanie Foretz	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3.	15 April 2001	ITF Dinan, France	Clay	Syna Schmidle	Eleni Daniilidou Caroline Schneider	3–6, 6–7
Win	4.	22 April 2001	ITF Gelos, France	Clay	Syna Schmidle	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5.	14 October 2001	ITF Cardiff, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva	4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	6.	16 June 2002	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Sandra Klösel	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Conchita Martínez Granados	5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Win	7.	2 February 2003	ITF Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Claudine Schaul	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	6–1, 6–2
Loss	8.	29 June 2003	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Lenka Němečková	Jana Hlaváčková Dominika Luzarová	5–7, 2–6
Win	9.	22 June 2004	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Zuzana Hejdová	Mireille Dittmann Hanna Nooni	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	10.	4 July 2004	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Anousjka van Exel	Mariya Koryttseva Darija Jurak	6–4, 7–5
Win	11.	11 July 2004	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Martina Müller	Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić	6–1, 7–5
Loss	12.	21 November 2004	ITF Deauville, France	Clay	Květa Peschke	Virág Németh Tzipora Obziler	4–6, 1–6
Winner	13.	3 July 2005	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Kristina Barrois Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–1
Win	14.	4 July 2005	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Laura Siegemund	Vasilisa Bardina Yaroslava Shvedova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	15.	8 October 2006	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	1–6, 2–6
Loss	16.	22 April 2007	Dothan Pro Classic, United States	Clay	Angelika Bachmann	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	1 July 2007	ITF Padova, Italy	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	Maret Ani Marina Erakovic	4–6, 4–6
Win	18.	26 January 2009	ITF Laguna Niguel, United States	Hard	Darija Jurak	Megan Moulton-Levy Laura Siegemund	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	19.	13 June 2011	ITF Cologne, Germany	Clay	Anna Zaja	Carolin Daniels Christina Shakovets	1–6, 6–3, 6–4

External links

Vanessa Henke at the Women's Tennis Association
Vanessa Henke at the International Tennis Federation
Vanessa Henke at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

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