Christian Weis (born 20 June 1968) is a former professional

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player from Germany.

Biography

Weis, a right-handed player from

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, turned professional in 1986 and featured mostly on the Challenger tour. In 1987 he appeared in the main draw of two

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tournaments, partnering

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in the doubles at

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and qualifying for the singles at Sao Paulo, where he lost his first round match to Tore Meinecke in three sets. Most successful on clay, he was the singles runner-up in two Challenger events in Brazil and partnered with Jaroslav Navrátil to win the doubles title at the

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. After retiring from the professional circuit he continued to play Bundesliga tennis for TC Augsburg.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

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