Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals (Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Houston in 2009 and Zagreb in 2014) and finishing runner-up in doubles at Munich in 2006 (partnering Alexander Peya).
Phau defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis players he has ever faced. His main strengths are his movement, foot speed and fitness. He is sponsored by Nike and Wilson.
Personal life
Phau was born in Darmstadt. He is the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
| Legend (Singles) |
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| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP International Series Gold (0–0) |
| ATP Tour (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 1 May 2006 | Munich, Germany | Clay |  Alexander Peya |  Andrei Pavel
 Alexander Waske | 4–6, 2–6 |
Challenger & Futures singles titles
| Legend (Singles) |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (7) |
| ITF Futures (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 1. | 2 August 1999 | Decatur, US | Hard |  Tom Chicoine | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2. | 13 August 2001 | Bronx, US | Hard |  Andy Ram | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 3. | 31 October 2005 | Busan, South Korea | Hard | Simon Greul | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 4. | 16 May 2010 | Biella, Italy | Clay |  Simone Bolelli | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 5. | 30 May 2010 | Alessandria, Italy | Clay |  Carlos Berlocq | 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–2 |
| 6. | 26 June 2011 | Marburg, Germany | Hard |  Jan Hájek | 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 7. | 29 January 2012 | Heilbronn, Germany | Hard |  Ruben Bemelmans | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4 |
| 8. | 19 February 2012 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard |  Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles finals (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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| 1. | 000000002011-07-31-0000July 31, 2011 | Dortmund | Clay | Dominik Meffert | Teymuraz Gabashvili
Andrey Kuznetsov | 6–4, 6–3 |
Singles Performance Timeline
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L |
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| Australian Open | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2–8 |
| French Open | 1R | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | A | Q3 | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 0–5 |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | A | 1–4 |
| US Open | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | 4–8 |
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 7–25 |
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| Career Statistics |
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
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| Year-End Ranking | 208 | 183 | 148 | 158 | 136 | 87 | 77 | 183 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 156 | 75 | 316 | |
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Doubles Performance Timeline
Current through the 2012 US Open (tennis).
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments |
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | | | | 3R | | | 2–3 |
| French Open | QF | 1R | | | | | 2R | | 4–3 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | | | 1R | | | | | 1–2 |
| US Open | 2R | | | | 1R | | 1R | | 1–3 |
| Win–Loss | 5–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 8–11 |
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Libra
Alexander Peya
Andrei Pavel
Alexander Waske
Tom Chicoine
Andy Ram
Simone Bolelli
Carlos Berlocq
Jan Hájek
Ruben Bemelmans
Alexander Kudryavtsev