Peter Ballauff

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Peter Ballauff
Country (sports) Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Born (1963-09-29) 29 September 1963 (age 59)
Hamburg, West Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1987
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$64,538
Singles
Career record3-6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 179 (15 Jan 1990)
Doubles
Career record10-13
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 115 (18 Dec 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1990)

Peter Ballauff (born 29 September 1963) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany. [1]

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Career

Ballauff was primarily a doubles player but did reach the singles quarter-finals at Palermo in 1989. [2] En route he defeated world number 21 Andrés Gómez. [2]

At the same event, he won the doubles title, partnering Rüdiger Haas. [2]

He made one appearance in a Grand Slam tournament, which was the 1990 Australian Open, with Swede Lars-Anders Wahlgren as his partner. [2] They were defeated in the opening round by Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzmann in a close match, which ended in a 10–8 final set scoreline. [2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 1989 Palermo, ItalyClay Flag of Germany.svg Rüdiger Haas Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Ivanišević
Flag of Italy.svg Diego Nargiso
6–2, 6–7, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1989 Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Italy.svg Ugo Pigato Flag of France.svg Arnaud Boetsch
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slava Doseděl
6–4, 6–3
Win2.1990 Furth, West GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Ricki Osterthun Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Aurelio Gorriz
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 4–6, 6–3

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References

  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 ATP World Tour Profile