Patrick Mohr (born 6 April 1971) is a former professional

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player from Switzerland.

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Mohr, the son of

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

n immigrants, turned professional in 1992 and was based in

Wetzikon Wetzikon is a small town in the Zurich Highlands (Zürcher Oberland) area of Switzerland, in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich. Geography The municipality Wetzikon has an area of . Of this area, 42.4% is used for agricultural pu ...

. At the

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he made it to the final round of qualifying, by beating

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and Christian Bergström, before he was eliminated in three sets by

Lars-Anders Wahlgren Lars-Anders Wahlgren (born 24 August 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. 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 Forget ...

. Mohr played his first match for the Switzerland Davis Cup team in 1994, a World Group qualifier against Indonesia in Jakarta. The Swiss secured the tie by winning the doubles, so Mohr was given a run in the reverse singles, which he lost to Benny Wijaya. His only other Davis Cup appearance came in the first round of the 1995 World Group, when Switzerland faced the Netherlands at home in Geneva. The Swiss lost

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to a broken foot in the opening match and had to call on reserve

Lorenzo Manta Lorenzo Manta (born 16 September 1974 in Winterthur) is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who turned professional in 1992. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 103 in June 2000. His best achievement in the ...

to replace him in the reverse singles. By beating Manta the Dutch won the tie and Mohr featured in the final rubber, a loss to

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. On the ATP Tour he appeared in the main draw twice at the Swiss Open Gstaad, for first round losses in each, to

Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former world No. 1 tennis player. Nicknamed ''"El Chino"'' ("The Chinese") and ''"El zurdo de Vitacura"'' ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American play ...

in 1995 and Alexandre Strambini in 1996. He also played doubles at both tournaments and made the second round in 1996, with Strambini as his partner. He was runner-up in three Challenger tournaments during his career.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohr, Patrick 1971 births Living people Swiss male tennis players Swiss people of Czech descent People from Wetzikon Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich

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