Georg Blumauer (born 16 July 1974) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Austria.
Biography
Born in Vienna, Blumauer competed mostly as a doubles player on the professional circuit. He made the quarter-finals with
Gerald Mandl
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Biography
A left-hander from Sankt Johann, Mandl first represented Austria at Davis Cup level in 1991, for a World Group qualifier against Great Britain in ...
at the
Austrian Open Kitzbühel
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in 1996. It was Mandl that he partnered in his only
Davis Cup
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appearance, a doubles loss to the Black brothers,
Byron
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and
Wayne, in a
1997 World Group qualifier against
Zimbabwe
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in Harare. At the
1998 CA-TennisTrophy in Vienna, Blumauer and
Thomas Buchmayer competed as wildcards and upset fourth seeds
Donald Johnson
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and
Francisco Montana
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in the first round. He won the doubles title at the 1999 Nettingsdorf
Challenger, with
Alexander Peya
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.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (1)
See also
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List of Austria Davis Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Austrian male tennis players
Tennis players from Vienna