George Bastl

George Edward Bastl (born 1 April 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

George Bastl
Country (sports)  Switzerland
Born (1975-04-01) 1 April 1975
Ollon, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Official websitewww.georgebastl.com
Singles
Career record50–93
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (1 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001)
French Open1R (2000)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US Open2R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record24–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (14 October 2002)

Tennis career

Bastl was an All-American at the University of Southern California.

He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 71 in May 2000 and reached one ATP Tour singles final at Tashkent in 1999.

The biggest win of Bastl's tennis career came in the second round of the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, where he caused one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon and Grand Slam history by defeating seven-time champion Pete Sampras, winning in five sets by the score of 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4. Bastl had only been in the main draw of 2002 Wimbledon as a lucky loser, having previously lost to Alexander Waske in three straight sets in the final qualifying round at Roehampton. He beat Denis Golovanov in the first round and after beating Sampras he lost in the third round to eventual runner-up David Nalbandian. Bastl teamed up with Roger Federer in the men's doubles at the US Open in 2002. They got to the third round before being knocked out by Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett.

Bastl was the first player to be beaten by Andy Murray in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at Wimbledon in 2005, with Murray winning 6–4, 6–2, 6–2.[1]

Singles titles (4)
Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1. 1999 Eckental Carpet Czech Republic Petr Luxa 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2. 1999 Nuembrecht Carpet Czech Republic Martin Damm 7–6, 6–3
3. 2001 Helsinki Carpet Czech Republic Ota Fukárek 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
4. 2004 Milan-1 Carpet Germany Alexander Waske 7–6, 6–4

Runners-up (6)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1. 1998 Andorra Hard (I) United States Justin Gimelstob 3–6, 6–2, 6–7
2. 1999 Tashkent Hard Germany Nicolas Kiefer 4–6, 2–6
3. 2003 Leon Hard United States Alex Bogomolov 6–7, 7–6, 4–6
4. 2005 Wrexham Hard (I) Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
5. 2005 Luxembourg Hard (I) Belgium Christophe Rochus 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
6. 2008 Fergana Hard Czech Republic Pavel Šnobel 5–7, 3–6

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles
Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R Q3 A Q2 A A Q2 A Q1 A A 0 / 2 0–2
French Open A A A Q2 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 A Q2 Q1 Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A A A A 1R Q1 3R Q1 A 1R Q3 Q1 Q1 A A A 0 / 3 2–3
US Open A A Q2 2R 1R 2R Q2 Q2 A 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 5 2–5
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 11 4–11
Year End Ranking 437 293 194 85 105 115 160 277 201 128 173 464 233 523 707

References
  1. BBC SPORT | Tennis | Murray storms to victory on debut


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