Stories
Biography
- Started playing tennis at age 5...Kohde is her name from birth, Kilsch is the name of her adoptive father, Jurgen, an attorney; has a younger sister, Katrin, 18...Enjoys all sports but is particularly fond of skiing, swimming, soccer and track-and-field...Likes impressionist paintings.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
4Height
6'1 1/2" (1.87 m)Birthday
Dec 11, 1963 December 11, 1963Birthplace
Saarbruecken, GermanyCareer Highlights
SINGLES
WINNER: 1990 - Austrian Open; 1988 - Birmingham; 1985 - Los.
Angeles; 1984 - German Open; 1982 - Pittsburgh; 1981 - Gstaad, Austrian Open, Toronto.
DOUBLES
WINNER (26): 1992 - Indian Wells (w/Rehe); 1991 - Oslo (w/S. Meier), Hilton Head (w/Zvereva); 1989 - Adelaide (w/Hanika); 1987 - Wimbledon (w/Sukova), German Open (w/Sukova), Bridgestone (w/Sukova), Chicago (w/Sukova), Hamburg (w/Novotna); 1986 - Amelia Island (w/Sukova), Chicago (w/Sukova), Dallas (w/Sukova); 1985 - US Open (w/Sukova), German Open (w/Sukova), Los Angeles (w/Sukova), Pan Pacific (w/Sukova); 1984 - Hilton Head (w/Mandlikova), Orlando (w/Mandlikova), Filderstadt (w/Sukova), Sydney (w/Sukova), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Sukova); 1983 - Oakland (w/Pfaff), Hittfeld (w/Bunge); 1981- Gstaad (w/Eisterlehner), Kitzbuhel (w/Pfaff); 1980 - Kitzbuhel (w/Pfaff).
ADDITIONAL
German Fed Cup Team 1982-1989. German Olympic Team 1988.