# Vanessa Henke

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

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
### Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* 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 | Lenka Němečková | Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 5 July 2008 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Raluca Olaru | Alizé Cornet Janette Husárová | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 1–6, [6–10] |

## ITF finals

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

### Singles: 8 (6–2)

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

### Doubles: 19 (10–9)

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