Sonja Pachta

Austrian tennis player (1941–2024)
Sonja Pachta
Country (sports) Austria
Born(1941-04-25)25 April 1941
Vienna, Nazi Germany
Died21 August 2024(2024-08-21) (aged 83)
Vienna, Austria
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1972)
Wimbledon4R (1962)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1960, 1961, 1964)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon4R (1973)

Sonja Pachta (25 April 1941 – 21 August 2024) was an Austrian tennis player.[1]

Pachta, a 19-time national singles champion, was active on tour from the 1950s through to the 1970s.[2] From 1963 to 1975, she competed for the Austria Federation Cup team, featuring in 16 rubbers. Her best grand slam performance was a fourth round appearance at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Billie Jean Moffitt (King).[3] Pachta died in Vienna on 21 August 2024, at the age of 83.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Miss Smith, Sonja Pachta Gain German Tennis Final". The New York Times. 2 August 1964.
  2. ^ Schume, Harald (29 April 2021). "Happy Birthday, Sonja Pachta!". www.oetv.at (in German).
  3. ^ "Sport: Little Miss Moffitt". Time Magazine. 6 July 1962.
  4. ^ "Tennis-Legende Sonja Pachta im 84. Lebensjahr verstorben". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 21 August 2024.