Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German

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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

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). Phau defeated

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7–5, 7–5 at the 2006

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. 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

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Personal life

Phau was born in

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. He is the son of a German mother and an

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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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Phau, Bjoern 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Darmstadt German male tennis players German people of Indonesian descent Tennis people from Hesse