George Bastl

George Bastl

Country	Switzerland
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	48–89
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	71 (May 1, 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001)
French Open	1R (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	2R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	24–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	73 (October 14, 2002)

George Edward Bastl (born April 1, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. He is ranked at World No. 845 as of August 22, 2011.

He has reached one singles final in his career – at Tashkent in 1999.

Tennis career

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

The biggest win of Bastl's tennis career came in the second round of 2002 Wimbledon, where he caused one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history by defeating seven-time Wimbledon 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.

On May 1, 2000, Bastl was ranked No. 71 in the world in the ATP Rankings, which is his highest career ranking to date. As of August 22, 2011, he was ranked at number 845 in the ATP World Rankings. He was the first player to be beaten by Andy Murray in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at 2005 Wimbledon, with Murray winning 6–4, 6–2, 6–2.

Bastl and Chris Guccione beat Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in doubles 7–5, 7–6 to win the final of the Israel Ramat Hasharon Challenger tournament in May 2009.[1]

Singles titles (4)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1999	Eckental	Carpet	Petr Luxa	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.	1999	Nuembrecht	Carpet	Martin Damm	7–6, 6–3
3.	2001	Helsinki	Carpet	Ota Fukárek	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
4.	2004	Milan-1	Carpet	Alexander Waske	7–6, 6–4

Runner-ups (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1998	Andorra	Hard (I)	Justin Gimelstob	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
2.	1999	Tashkent	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	4–6, 2–6
3.	2003	Leon	Hard	Alex Bogomolov	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
4.	2005	Wrexham	Hard (I)	Vladimir Voltchkov	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
5.	2005	Luxembourg	Hard (I)	Christophe Rochus	2–6, 6–3, 1–6
6.	2008	Fergana	Hard	Pavel Šnobel	5–7, 3–6

Singles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–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

See also

• Villars-sur-Ollon

External links

• Official website (French)
• Profile on ATP website