Björn Phau

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Björn Phau
Bjorn Phau at the 2011 Australian Open1.jpg
Björn Phau at the 2011 Australian Open
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Residence Weilerswist, Germany
Born (1979-10-04) 4 October 1979 (age 45)
Darmstadt, West Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,983,070
Singles
Career record80–138
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 59 (19 June 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2005, 2006)
French Open 1R (2000, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon 2R (2012)
US Open 2R (2001, 2005, 2006, 2012)
Doubles
Career record23–32
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 55 (23 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2011)
French Open QF (2006)
Wimbledon 2R (2006)
US Open 2R (2006)
Last updated on: 28 August 2015.

Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals (Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Houston in 2009 and Zagreb in 2014) and finishing runner-up in doubles at Munich in 2006 (partnering Alexander Peya).

Contents

Phau defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis players he has ever faced. [1] His main strengths are his movement, foot speed and fitness. He is sponsored by Nike and Wilson.

Personal life

Phau was born in Darmstadt. He is the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold (0–0)
ATP Tour (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 1 May 2006 Munich, GermanyClay Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Pavel
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Waske
4–6, 2–6

Challenger & Futures singles titles

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (7)
ITF Futures (1)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.2 August 1999 Decatur, USHard Flag of the United States.svg Tom Chicoine6–0, 6–3
2.13 August 2001 Bronx, USHard Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram 6–2, 6–4
3.31 October 2005 Busan, South KoreaHard Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul 6–1, 6–2
4.16 May 2010 Biella, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli 6–4, 6–2
5.30 May 2010 Alessandria, ItalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Berlocq 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–2
6.26 June 2011 Marburg, GermanyHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hájek 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
7.29 January 2012 Heilbronn, GermanyHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ruben Bemelmans 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
8.19 February 2012 Bergamo, ItalyHard Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–4, 6–4

Doubles finals (1)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
1.31 July 2011 Dortmund Clay Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Meffert Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kuznetsov
6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L
Australian Open Q1 Q3 Q1 1R Q1 2R 2R 1R Q1 1R Q2 1R 1R 1R 2–8
French Open 1R A Q2 Q3 Q3 1R 1R A Q3 A Q1 1R 1R A0–5
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 A Q1 A 1R 1R AA 1R Q2 Q1 2R A1–4
US Open Q2 2R Q2 Q2 Q1 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A4–8
Win–loss0–11–10–00–10–02–42–40–20–10–30–10–22–40–17–25
Career statistics
Titles–Finals0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Year-end ranking208183148158136877718312011110215675316

Doubles

Current through the 2012 US Open (tennis) .

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 3R 2–3
French Open QF 1R 2R 4–3
Wimbledon 2R 1R 1–2
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1–3
Win–loss5–40–20–00–10–12–11–28–11

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