Katja Ebbinghaus

Katja Ebbinghaus
Country (sports)	West Germany
Born	6 January 1948 (age 76); Karlsruhe, Allied-occupied Germany
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	34–34
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1977)
French Open	QF (1972, 1973, 1974)
Wimbledon	3R (1977)
US Open	QF (1975)
Doubles
Career record	27–28
Career titles	3
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1977-Jan)
French Open	F (1974)
Wimbledon	4R (1973)
US Open	3R (1974)

Katja Ebbinghaus (née Burgemeister, born 6 January 1948) is a former professional tennis player from Germany, active from 1969 to 1982. She reached five Grand Slam quarterfinals in singles, and a Grand Slam final in doubles, and played for West Germany in the Federation Cup in all but two years between 1970 and 1979.

Career

Ebbinghaus reached the final of the women's doubles at the 1974 French Open, partnering Gail Chanfreau. In the final, Chris Evert and Olga Morozova defeated them 6–4, 2–6, 6–1. In singles tournaments, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1972, 1973, and 1974; the quarterfinals of 1975 US Open, losing 3–6, 0–6 to Virginia Wade; and the quarter-finals of January 1977 Australian Open, losing 0–6, 4–6 to Kerry Reid.

Ebbinghaus played for West Germany in the Federation Cup in 1970 and from 1972 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1979, playing in the semifinals of the World Group in 1973 and 1974.

In 1977, when Evonne Goolagong made a return to tennis after the birth of her daughter, Ebbinghaus beat her in the first round of the Canadian Open.^[1]

Personal life

She married Dieter Ebbinghaus and they were divorced in 1974. In 1977, she moved from Munich, where she had lived for nine years, to Hamburg.^[2]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 runner-ups

Legend
Grand Slam	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Titles by surface
Hard	0
Clay	0
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1974	French Open	Clay	Gail Chanfreau	Chris Evert Olga Morozova	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	0–2	May 1978	German Open	Clay	Helga Masthoff	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	4–6, 7–5, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Nov 1978	Christchurch, New Zealand	Grass	Sylvia Hanika	Lesley Hunt Sharon Walsh	1–6, 5–7

References

^ McDermott, Barry (1977-10-17). "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle". SI Vault. Time Inc. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
^ "Tennisstar fand in Hamburg neues Glück". Hamburger Abendblatt. Axel Springer. 1977-03-01. Retrieved 2009-01-19.