- Björn Phau
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Björn Phau
country= GER
residence=Weilerswist ,Germany
datebirth= birth date and age|1979|10|4
placebirth=Darmstadt ,West Germany
height= height|m=1.75
weight= convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 1999
plays= Right-handed; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $1,175,367
singlesrecord= 45–78
singlestitles= 0 ATP, 2 ITF
highestsinglesranking= No. 59 (June 19 ,2006 )
AustralianOpenresult= 2R (2005), (2006)
FrenchOpenresult= 1R (2000), (2005), (2006)
Wimbledonresult= 1R (2005), (2006)
USOpenresult= 2R (2001), (2005), (2006)
doublesrecord= 17–26
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= No. 55 (April 23 ,2007 )
updated =September 29 ,2008 Björn Phau (born
October 4 ,1979 ), is a German maletennis player. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world onJune 19 ,2006 . He defeatedAndre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006Dubai Tennis Championships . He plays right-handed. His main strengths are his movement, foot speed and fitness. He is sponsored by Nike andWilson .He is the son of a German mother and an
Indonesia n father.At the 2007 SAP Open, Phau showed incredible sportsmanship while playing in the first round against
Konstantinos Economidis . A ball that Phau hit to Economondis was out, but not called by the line judge. Economidis returned it, and Phau having seen that his ball was out, let the return go by, giving the point to Economidis. Phau went on to win the match and advance to the second round.Doubles finalists (1)
Grand Slam History
Best Wins
* def. #9
Andre Agassi 7-5 7-5 (Dubai 2006)
* def. #17Andrei Pavel 6-2 6-1 (Tokyo 2004)
* def. #21Robby Ginepri 6-4 6-3 (Tokyo 2005)
* def. #23Thomas Enqvist 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 (US Open 2001)Trivia
* In an interview,
Andre Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis players he has ever faced. [cite web|url=http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/interviews/andreagassi.html|title=Through the Eyes of a Champion|publisher=Tennis-Warehouse.com]References
External links
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* [http://www.bjoernphau.de Official web site] de icon
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