Patrick Baur
Patrick Baur ( May 3, 1965 in Radolfzell ) is a former German tennis player.
Life
Baur was a professional tennis player in 1986 and won it in Fürth his first Challenger tournament of the year. In 1988 he won in Bastad on the side of Udo Riglewski his first doubles title on the ATP World Tour with a final victory over Stefan Edberg and Nicklas Kroon. He also won the individual title at the Challenger tournament in Martinique, won with Udo Riglewski the double title of the Challenger tournament in Valkenswaard and stood together with Alexander Mronz in the final of the ATP tournament from Tel Aviv. The following year, he won the doubles title of Tel Aviv, this time with Jeremy Bates. This was his second and last doubles title on the ATP World Tour. Another individual titles on the Challenger Tour he won in the same year in Manchester. 1991 was his most successful year, he won two singles titles on the ATP World Tour. In the Brazilian Guarujá he defeated in the finals Fernando Roese, in Seoul, he was successful against Jeff Tarango. In 1992 he was in Taipei for the last time in an ATP doubles final, but lost on the side of Christo Van Rensburg against the Australians Sandon Stolle and John Fitzgerald. Its highest listing in the tennis world ranking he reached in 1991 with position 74 in the singles and in 1989 with position 64 in doubles.
His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of Wimbledon 1995. 's Doubles competition he joined in 1989 at the Australian Open and the French Open in the third round before.