Peter Ballauff (born 29 September 1963) is a former professional
tennis
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player from West Germany.
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Career
Ballauff was primarily a doubles player but did reach the singles quarter-finals at Palermo
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in 1989.[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> En route he defeated world number 21 Andrés Gómez
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.[
At the same event, he won the doubles title, partnering ]Rüdiger Haas
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Career
Despite winning two Grand Prix doubles titles, Haas never competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He did however make some Grand Slam app ...
.[
He made one appearance in a ]Grand Slam
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tournament, which was the 1990 Australian Open
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Seniors
Men's ...
, with Swede Lars-Anders Wahlgren
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Career
Wahlgren was a top 100 player in both the singles and doubles.
He won his first Grand Slam match at the 1987 French Open, beating Guy Forge ...
as his partner.[ They were defeated in the opening round by ]Darren Cahill
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and Mark Kratzmann
Mark Edward Kratzmann (born 17 May 1966) is a former Australian professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Kratzmann was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1983.
Juniors
As the world's No. 1 ranked junior player in 1984, ...
in a close match, which ended in a 10–8 final set scoreline.[
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Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Challenger titles
Doubles: (2)
References
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1963 births
Living people
West German male tennis players
German male tennis players
Tennis players from Hamburg
20th-century German sportsmen