Michael Westphal (19 February 1965 – 20 June 1991) was a male
tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...
from
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
.
Westphal participated for his native country in the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...
, making it as far as the quarter-finals. The right-hander reached his highest
ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 in March 1986.
Westphal died of complications from
AIDS on 20 June 1991, aged 26.
Career finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
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1965 births
1991 deaths
People from Pinneberg
Olympic tennis players of West Germany
Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
West German male tennis players
AIDS-related deaths in Germany
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