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Vanessa Henke

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Vanessa Henke
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 43)
Turned pro1998
Retired2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$369,593
Singles
Career record283–316
Career titles6 ITF
Highest ranking137 (26 September 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2007)
French OpenQ2 (2001, 2005, 2006)
WimbledonQ2 (2001, 2002)
US OpenQ2 (2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record156–141
Career titles10 ITF
Highest ranking110 (8 July 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2005)
French Open2R (2002)
WimbledonQ2 (2001)
US Open1R (2001)

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

In her career, she won six singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best singles ranking was world No. 137, achieved on 26 September 2005. On 8 July 2002, she peaked at No. 110 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

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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

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Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 May 2000 Austrian Open Clay Czech Republic Lenka Němečková Argentina Paola Suárez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
4–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 5 July 2008 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Romania Raluca Olaru France Alizé Cornet
Slovakia Janette Husárová
7–6(7–5), 1–6, [6–10]

ITF finals

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

Singles: 8 (6–2)

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

Doubles: 19 (10–9)

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