Peter Ballauff

Peter Ballauff
Country (sports)West Germany West Germany
Born (1963-09-29) 29 September 1963 (age 60)
Hamburg, West Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1987
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$64,538
Singles
Career record3-6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 179 (15 Jan 1990)
Doubles
Career record10-13
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 115 (18 Dec 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1990)

Peter Ballauff (born 29 September 1963) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.[1]

Career

Ballauff was primarily a doubles player but did reach the singles quarter-finals at Palermo in 1989.[2] En route he defeated world number 21 Andrés Gómez.[2]

At the same event, he won the doubles title, partnering Rüdiger Haas.[2]

He made one appearance in a Grand Slam tournament, which was the 1990 Australian Open, with Swede Lars-Anders Wahlgren as his partner.[2] They were defeated in the opening round by Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzmann in a close match, which ended in a 10–8 final set scoreline.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1989 Palermo, Italy Clay West Germany Rüdiger Haas Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević
Italy Diego Nargiso
6–2, 6–7, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1989 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Italy Ugo Pigato France Arnaud Boetsch
Czechoslovakia Slava Doseděl
6–4, 6–3
Win 2. 1990 Furth, West Germany Clay West Germany Ricki Osterthun Spain Marcos Aurelio Gorriz
Soviet Union Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 4–6, 6–3

References