Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German
tennis
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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
Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 92 in April 2007. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013.
In September 2008 Peya h ...
).
Phau defeated
Andre Agassi
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Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...
7–5, 7–5 at the 2006
Dubai Tennis Championships
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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
Nike and
Wilson
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Personal life
Phau was born in
Darmstadt
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. He is the son of a German mother and an
Indonesia
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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
2012 US Open (tennis).
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Darmstadt
German male tennis players
German people of Indonesian descent
Tennis people from Hesse