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 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 80: 138 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 59 (June 19, 2006) | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 28:38 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 55 (April 23, 2007) | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1. | May 7, 2006 | Munich | sand | Alexander Peya |
Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske |
4: 6, 2: 6 |
Web links
- ATP profile of Bjorn Phau (English)
- ITF profile of Björn Phau (English)
- official homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Phau has to end his career. In: sport1.de. October 14, 2014, accessed November 23, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Phau, Bjorn |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt , Germany |