Björn Phau

Björn Phau
Singles
Björn Phau at the 2011 Australian Open
Country	Germany
Residence	Weilerswist, Germany
Born	(1979-10-04) 4 October 1979 (age 33) Darmstadt, West Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,983,070
Career record	74–128
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 59 (19 June 2006)
Current ranking	No. 75 (31 December 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2006)
French Open	1R (2000, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	2R (2001, 2005, 2006, 2012)
Doubles
Career record	23–32
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 55 (23 April 2007)
Current ranking	No. 148 (28 November 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: 28 November 2011.

Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a German tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis players he has ever faced.^[1] His main strengths are his movement, foot speed and fitness. He is sponsored by Nike and Wilson.

1 Personal life
2 ATP career finals
- 2.1 Doubles: 1 (0–1)
3 Challenger & Futures singles titles
4 Doubles finals (1)
5 Singles Performance Timeline
6 Doubles Performance Timeline
7 References
8 External links

Personal life [edit]

Phau was born in Darmstadt. He is the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father.

ATP career finals [edit]

Doubles: 1 (0–1) [edit]

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold (0–0)
ATP Tour (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 1, 2006	Munich, Germany	Clay	Alexander Peya	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	4–6, 2–6

Challenger & Futures singles titles [edit]

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (7)
ITF Futures (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	2 August 1999	Decatur, US	Hard	Tom Chicoine	6–0, 6–3
2.	13 August 2001	Bronx, US	Hard	Andy Ram	6–2, 6–4
3.	31 October 2005	Busan, South Korea	Hard	Simon Greul	6–1, 6–2
4.	16 May 2010	Biella, Italy	Clay	Simone Bolelli	6–4, 6–2
5.	30 May 2010	Alessandria, Italy	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 6–2
6.	26 June 2011	Marburg, Germany	Hard	Jan Hájek	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
7.	29 January 2012	Heilbronn, Germany	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
8.	19 February 2012	Bergamo, Italy	Hard	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–4, 6–4

Doubles finals (1) [edit]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
1.	02011-07-31July 31, 2011	Dortmund	Clay	Dominik Meffert	Teymuraz Gabashvili Andrey Kuznetsov	6–4, 6–3

Singles Performance Timeline [edit]

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	Q1	1R	Q2	1R	1R	1R	2–8
French Open	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	Q3	A	Q1	1R	1R		0–5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	Q2	Q1	2R		1–4
US Open	A	2R	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R		4–8
Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	2–4	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–4	0–1	7–25
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Year-End Ranking	208	183	148	158	136	87	77	183	120	111	102	156	75

Doubles Performance Timeline [edit]

Current through the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R				3R		2–3
French Open	QF	1R					2R	4–3
Wimbledon	2R			1R				1–2
US Open	2R				1R		1R	1–3
Win–Loss	5–4	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	8–11

References [edit]

^ "Through the Eyes of a Champion". Tennis-Warehouse.com.

External links [edit]

Björn Phau at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Björn Phau at the International Tennis Federation
Official website (German)

Persondata
Name	Phau, Bjorn
Alternative names
Short description	German tennis player
Date of birth	4 October 1979
Place of birth	Darmstadt, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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