Björn Jacob (born 3 December 1974) is a German former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Jacob, a French Open junior quarter-finalist, competed on the professional tour in the 1990s and had a career high singles ranking of 416 in the world. He featured in qualifying draws for the

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and

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. His only

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title came in doubles, at Nettingsdorf in 1997. He is a former personal coach of

Julia Görges Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...

ATP Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, Bjorn 1974 births Living people German male tennis players German tennis coaches