Jens Wöhrmann (born 8 September 1967) is a former professional

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player from Germany.

Career

Wöhrmann had a win over world number nine

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en route to a semi-final exit at the Stuttgart Outdoor tournament in 1989.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He finished the season well, making the quarter-finals in Frankfurt and in the

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. Now ranked in the top 100, Wöhrmann gained direct entry into the

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, his first

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appearance. He defeated Soviet player

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in the opening round, then lost in four sets to

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. At the

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he also made the second round, where he was beaten by

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. He had defeated American Brian Garrow in the first round. In the 1990 BMW Open he had two big wins, over

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(for the second time in his career) and countryman

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. He lost to

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in the quarter-finals. Also that year, Wöhrmann represented

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in a

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tie against

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. The German played the first rubber, against

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, which he lost.Davis Cup Profile
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Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wohrmann, Jens 1967 births Living people West German male tennis players German male tennis players Sportspeople from Siegen Tennis players from North Rhine-Westphalia 20th-century German sportsmen