Björn Phau

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**Björn Phau**

Country	Germany
Residence	Weilerswist, Germany
Date of birth	October 4, 1979
Place of birth	Darmstadt, West Germany
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	154 lb (70 kg)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right; One-handed backhand
Career prize money	$926,326
Singles
Career record:	38–65
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 59 (June 19, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2005), (2006),(2007)
French Open	1R (2000), (2005), (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2005), (2006)
US Open	2R (2001), (2005), (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	9–16
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 72 (September 18, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: October 30, 2006.

Björn Phau (born October 4, 1979), is a German male tennis player. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on June 19, 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. He plays right-handed.

He is the son of a German mother and an Indonesian 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.