| Silke Frankl | |
| Country Represented: | |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Mannheim, West Germany |
| Retired: | 1998 |
| Careerprizemoney: | $286,468 |
| Singlesrecord: | 157–144 |
| Singlestitles: | 2 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 67 (15 August 1994) |
| Australianopenresult: | 1R (1992) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 3R (1993) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1994) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (1988, 91, 92, 93, 94) |
| Doublesrecord: | 29–56 |
| Doublestitles: | 1 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 127 (2 March 1992) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 1R (1990, 1992) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1989) |
Silke Frankl (born 29 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Born in Mannheim, Frankl began competing on the WTA Tour in 1988.
Her only WTA Tour final came in doubles, at the 1988 Athens Trophy.[1]
Frankl broke into the top 100 of the singles rankings for the first time in 1993 and made the third round of the 1993 French Open.
In 1994 she reached her best ranking of 67, with her performances including making the semi-finals at the Prague Open, a win over 14th seed Zina Garrison at the French Open and a third round appearance at Wimbledon.[2] [3]
She retired from professional tennis in 1998 but continued to play in the Bundesliga for several years with TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim.
| Legend | |
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| $25,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 20 April 1987 | Queens, United Kingdom | Hard |  Katie Rickett | 6–3, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 2. | 21 March 1988 | Reims, France | Clay |  Catherine Bonnet | 4–6, 6–7 | |
| Loss | 3. | 3 July 1989 | Vaihingen, West Germany | Clay | Isabel Cueto | 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 4. | 20 August 1989 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Elena Pampoulova | 4–6, 7–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 5. | 6 August 1990 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 6. | 1 July 1991 | Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | Katja Oeljeklaus | 6–0, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 7. | 13 May 1996 | Tortosa, Spain | Clay | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 8. | 11 August 1996 | Paderborn, Germany | Clay | Maja Palaveršić | 1–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 14 August 1989 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 | |||
| Loss | 2. | 17 June 1996 | Klosters, Switzerland | Clay | 3–6, 6–7 | |||
| Win | 3. | 9 February 1998 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 |