Björn Phau
Björn Phau ( born October 4, 1979 in Darmstadt ) is a German tennis player.
Tennis career
Phau, whose father is from Indonesia, has been a professional since 1999. His most successful year so far was 2005, when he rose to number 78 of the world tennis rankings. In Tokyo he reached on the ATP Masters Series in the same year for the first time a semi-final. 2005 and 2006 respectively, he came into the second round of the Australian Open. In 2006 he was in the semifinals of Casablanca and rose to number 59 in the world rankings.
His biggest success at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the double quarter-final at the French Open in 2006, when he joined the Czech Lukáš double Dlouhy and Pavel Vízner was subject to the Austrian Alexander Peya with 6:7 and 6:7.
In addition, he was the number three of the German team champion TC Grün-Weiss Mannheim. During the years 2005 and 2007
At the U.S. Open 2008 Phau qualified for the main draw, but was beaten already in the first round the world ranking First Rafael Nadal 6:7, 3:6 and 6:7.
When ATP tournament in Tokyo, he reached with wins against Sam Querrey and Fernando González for the third time a semi-final on the ATP Tour, and it lost to the top-seeded Andy Roddick with 2:6, 7:6 and 2:6.
In April 2009, he reached the semi-finals at the ATP tournament in Houston, where he joined the American Wayne Odesnik defeated with 4:6 and 3:6. On the way there he defeated in the first round out in the world rankings on position 28 Americans Mardy Fish 6-3 5:7 and 6:3, and in the quarterfinals of the German duel Tommy Haas 6-3 3-6 and 6: 3
In September 2010 he reached the quarter- final of the BCR Open Romania in Bucharest, where he failed to Juan Ignacio Chela.
The year 2011 began with a quarterfinal in Chennai, which he lost to Xavier Malisse but smooth. In the Grand Slams in Melbourne and Paris, he left each in the first round. Immediately after the French Open he won the Challenger tournament in Marburg, but lost at Wimbledon already in the first qualifying round.
In 2012 he won the Challenger tournaments in Heilbronn and Bergamo.
His first semi-final on the ATP Tour since 2009, he reached in 2014 at a tournament in Zagreb. About the qualification he succeeded to the main draw. In the course of which he beat the number 15 in the world rankings Mikhail Youzhny out, as well as the No. 78 Dudi Sela in the world. In the semifinals Phau defeated by eventual winner Marin Cilic. In the world rankings, he improved by 135 places to number 223