Christian Geyer

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Christian Geyer
Full nameChristian Geyer
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1964-04-12) 12 April 1964 (age 60)
Hamburg, West Germany
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$74,159
Singles
Career record2–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 154 (15 October 1990)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 253 (15 November 1993)

Christian Geyer (born 12 April 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

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Biography

Geyer was a left-handed player from Hamburg. He had early success as a doubles player at a WCT tournament in Dortmund in 1982 where he and Udo Riglewski had a win over Wimbledon winner Paul McNamee and his partner to make the quarter-finals. [1] From 1984 he competed professionally and appeared in the singles main draws of six Grand Prix (later ATP Tour) tournaments, reaching the second round at both Hilversum and Vienna in 1989. At Challenger level he had his best year in 1990 when he won the title in Thessaloniki and also won a match over the world's 24th ranked player Christo van Rensburg at an event in Cape Town. [2] In October 1990 he reached his highest ranking of 154. [3]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1990 Thessaloniki, GreeceHard Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Holm 7–6, 6–3

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