Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German
tennis
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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
Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian tennis coach and a former professional player. His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013. He also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 92 in April 200 ...
).
Phau defeated
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...
7–5, 7–5 at the 2006
Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships'' and the ''Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Champ ...
. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis players he has ever faced.
His main strengths are his movement, foot speed and fitness. He is sponsored by
Nike and
Wilson.
Personal life
Phau was born in
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...
. He is the son of a German mother and an
Indonesia
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n father.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Challenger & Futures singles titles
Doubles finals (1)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
''Current through the
2012 US Open (tennis)''.
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Darmstadt
Tennis players from Darmstadt (region)
German male tennis players
German people of Indonesian descent