Florian Allgauer (born 7 January 1979) is an Italian former professional

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player.

Tennis career

A native of

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, Allgauer was a promising player at junior level and won the

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(Italian juniors) in 1997, ending the year ranked 14th in the world. On the professional tour he reached a career high singles ranking of 216 and made his only

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main draw appearance in 1999 at the

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, losing to

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4-6 3-6. He featured in the qualifying draw for the

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. On the ATP Challenger circuit, he reached three semi-finals, in Montauban (1999) l. Emmanuel Couto, Mumbai (2000) l.

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and Bressanone (2001) l.

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Personal life

Allgauer was in a relationship with tennis player

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in the early 2000s.

ITF Futures titles

Singles: 1

Doubles: 1

References

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