Bjorn Phau

Bjorn Phau
Phau 2009 in New York
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	4th October 1979
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	70 kg
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2014
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Robert Orlik
Prize money:	$ 2,189,473
singles
Career record:	80: 138
Highest ranking:	59 (June 19, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	28:38
Highest ranking:	55 (April 23, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Björn Phau (born October 4, 1979 in Darmstadt ) is a former German tennis player .

Tennis career

Phau, whose father is from Indonesia , has been a professional since 1999. His most successful year was the 2006 season when he rose to number 59 in the world rankings . In Tokyo he reached a semifinal for the first time in 2005 at the International Series Gold . In 2005 and 2006 he came to the second round of the Australian Open . In 2006 he was in the semi-finals of Casablanca .

His greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarter-finals at the French Open 2006 in the doubles competition, when he lost 6-7 and 6-7 with Alexander Peya to the Czech doubles Lukáš Dlouhý and Pavel Vízner . With Peya he was also in his only ATP final: in 2006 in Munich he and Peya lost 4: 6 and 2: 6 in the doubles competition against Andrei Pavel and Alexander Waske .

Furthermore, he was number three of the German team champion TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim in 2005 and 2007 .

At the US Open 2008 Phau qualified for the main draw, but had to admit defeat to world number one Rafael Nadal 6: 7, 3: 6 and 6: 7 in the first round . At the ATP tournament in Tokyo he reached a semi-finals on the ATP World Tour for the third time with wins against Sam Querrey and Fernando González and was defeated there by the top seed Andy Roddick with 2: 6, 7: 6 and 2: 6.

In April 2009 he reached the semifinals at the ATP tournament in Houston , where he was defeated by Wayne Odesnik 4-6 and 3-6. On the way there, he defeated Mardy Fish, who was in 28th position in the world rankings, 6: 3, 5: 7 and 6: 3 in the first round and in the quarter-finals in the German duel Tommy Haas 6: 3, 3: 6 and 6 : 3.

In September 2010 he reached the quarter-finals of the BCR Romania Open in Bucharest , where he failed to Juan Ignacio Chela .

The year 2011 began with a quarter-finals in Chennai , which he lost to Xavier Malisse . At the Grand Slams in Melbourne and Paris , he was eliminated in the first round. Immediately after the French Open, he won the Challenger tournament in Marburg , but lost in Wimbledon in the first qualifying round.

In 2012 he won his sixth and seventh title on the Challenger Tour with the tournaments in Heilbronn and Bergamo . In doubles he won a total of nine titles.

He reached his first semi-final on the ATP Tour since 2009 at the 2014 tournament in Zagreb . About the qualification he made it into the main field. In the course of this, he beat Michail Juschny , who was in 15th place in the world, and No. 78 in the world, Dudi Sela . In the semifinals Phau lost to the eventual winner Marin Čilić . In the world rankings he improved by 135 places to 223.

In October 2014, he retired due to a persistent knee injury.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (16)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 19, 2001	Bronx	Hard court	Andy Ram	6: 2, 6: 4
2.	November 6, 2005	Busan	Hard court	Simon Greul	6: 1, 6: 2
3.	May 16, 2010	Biella	sand	Simone Bolelli	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	May 30, 2010	Alessandria	sand	Carlos Berlocq	7: 6 6 , 2: 6, 6: 2
5.	June 26, 2011	Marburg	sand	Jan Hájek	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 3
6th	January 29, 2012	Heilbronn	Hard court (i)	Ruben Bemelmans	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, 6: 4
7th	19th February 2012	Bergamo	Hard court (i)	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6: 4, 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 11, 2004	Istanbul	Hard court	George Bastl	Daniele Bracciali Fred Hemmes	6: 1, 6: 2
2.	October 29, 2005	Seoul (1)	Hard court	Alexander Peya	Rik De Voest Łukasz Kubot	0: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
3.	November 4, 2006	Seoul (2)	Hard court	Alexander Peya	Florin Mergea Danai Udomchoke	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	November 11, 2006	Busan	Hard court	Alexander Peya	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6: 7 3 , 6: 3, [10: 6]
5.	October 13, 2007	Rennes	Carpet (i)	Philipp Petzschner	Filip Polášek Igor Zelenay	6: 2, 6: 2
6th	February 2, 2008	Dallas	Hard court (i)	Benedict Dorsch	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	June 21, 2008	Recanati	Hard court	Benedict Dorsch	Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	6: 3, 7: 5
8th.	June 25, 2011	Marburg	sand	Martin Emmrich	Federico Delbonis Horacio Zeballos	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
9.	July 30, 2011	Dortmund	sand	Dominik Meffert	Teimuras Gabashvili Andrei Kuznetsov	6: 4, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 7, 2006	Munich	sand	Alexander Peya	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	4: 6, 2: 6

Web links

Commons : Björn Phau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Bjorn Phau (English)
• ITF profile of Björn Phau (English)
• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Phau has to end his career. In: sport1.de. October 14, 2014, accessed November 23, 2017 .