Career titles 0 Handed Right-handed Career record 24–31 Role Tennis Player | Prize money $80,690 Name Freddie Sauer Plays Right-handed | |
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Born 2 August 1961 (age 63) Potgietersrus,South Africa ( 1961-08-02 ) | ||
Highest ranking No. 134 (3 Jan 1983) | ||
Freddie Sauer (born 2 August 1961) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
Career
Sauer had his breakthrough year in 1982, when he was a quarter-finalist at Caracas, Cologne, Dortmund and Stowe. He defeated top seed Johan Kriek in his run to the Stowe quarter-finals. Also that year, Sauer had his only win in a Grand Slam tournament, beating John Letts in the US Open. In the second round he was beaten by Jaime Fillol in a close match, that was decided in a fifth set tiebreak.
On the doubles circuit, Sauer had his best performances partnering countryman Schalk van der Merwe. The pair were runners-up at Boston in 1982 and in the same year reached the second round at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships.
References
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