- Werner Eschauer
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Werner Eschauer
nickname=
country= AUT
residence=Hollenstein an der Ybbs ,Austria
datebirth= birth date and age|1974|26|4
placebirth=Hollenstein an der Ybbs ,Austria
height= height|m=1.87
weight= convert|75|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro=1998
plays= Right-handed
careerprizemoney= $648,282
singlesrecord= 15–35
singlestitles= 0
highestsinglesranking= 52 (August 27 ,2007 )
AustralianOpenresult= 1st (2008)
FrenchOpenresult= 2nd (2000, 2007)
Wimbledonresult= 2nd (2007)
USOpenresult= 1st (2003, 2007)
doublesrecord= 7–9
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= 126 (February 25 ,2008 )
updated =February 25, 2008Werner Eschauer is an
Austria n tennis player bornApril 26 ,1974 at Hollenstein.In his first 12 years as a pro, he found very little success, winning just 7 ATP-level matches and cracking the top-100 for just a few weeks in late 2003, peaking at #96.
In 2007, at the age of 33, Eschauer cracked the top 100 in April and reached #53 in the world in July.He won 7 ATP-level matches in 2007 to match his total from the previous 12 years and won 4 matches at the Dutch Open in July to reach his first ATP final, including a win over
Carlos Moya in the quarters. He lost toSteve Darcis , another first-time finalist.His most notable match was playing
Rafael Nadal on Centre Court at Wimbledon in the 2nd round in June 2007.ESPN 's Chris Fowler reported during coverage of this event that when searching for a left-handed player to practice against as a warm-up for the left-handed Nadal, Eschauer ended up facing off againstJohn McEnroe . Fowler described Eschauer as coming from a modest background, and stated that he had not received much support from the Tennis Federation.ingles titles
External links
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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Eschauer&weeks=12 Eschauer Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Eschauer Eschauer World Ranking History]
* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?countries=AUT&weeks=3 Austrian Men Recent Match Results]
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