Silke Frankl


Silke Frankl is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography

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.
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.
She retired from professional tennis in 1998 but continued to play in the Bundesliga for several years with TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–1)

ITF finals

Singles (2–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.20 April 1987Queens, United KingdomHard Katie Rickett6–3, 7–5
Runner-up2.21 March 1988Reims, FranceClay Catherine Bonnet4–6, 6–7
Runner-up3.3 July 1989Vaihingen, West GermanyClay Isabel Cueto1–6, 1–6
Runner-up4.20 August 1989Budapest, HungaryClay Elena Pampoulova4–6, 7–6, 0–6
Runner-up5.6 August 1990Budapest, HungaryClay Anna Földényi2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner6.1 July 1991Vaihingen, GermanyClay Katja Oeljeklaus6–0, 7–5
Runner-up7.13 May 1996Tortosa, SpainClay Angela Bürgis1–6, 1–6
Runner-up8.11 August 1996Paderborn, GermanyClay Maja Palaveršić1–6, 7–6, 3–6

Doubles (1–2)