Heidi Eisterlehner Explained

Heidi Eisterlehner
Birth Date:1949 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Burg bei Magdeburg, East Germany
Height:1.72 m
Plays:Right-handed
Highestsinglesranking:No. 155 (20 June 1983)
Australianopenresult:QF (1976)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1977, 1978)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1976, 1981)
Usopenresult:1R (1977)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1976)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (1977)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1976, 1980)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (1977)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult: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

Doubles (0–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1December 1975NSW Open, AustraliaGrass Helga Masthoff3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss0–2July 1976Austrian Open, AustriaClay Katja Ebbinghaus Helena Anliot
Mimmi Wikstedt
4–6, 6–2, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heidi Eisterlehner: Eine Karriere aus Liebe zum Spiel. Deutscher Tennis Bund. German. 6 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Heidi Eisterlehner. Munzinger. German.
  3. Book: World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook. 1977. Macdonald and Janes. London. 9780354090117. 142, 147. John Barrett.