George Bastl

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George Bastl
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Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Born (1975-04-01) 1 April 1975 (age 48)
Ollon, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College University of Southern California
Official website www.georgebastl.com
Singles
Career record50–93
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (1 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2000, 2001)
French Open 1R (2000)
Wimbledon 3R (2002)
US Open 2R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record24–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (14 October 2002)

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

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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 64, 62, 62. [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 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Luxa 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.1999 Nuembrecht Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 7–6, 6–3
3.2001 Helsinki Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ota Fukárek 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
4.2004 Milan-1Carpet Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Waske 7–6, 6–4

Runners-up (6)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.1998 Andorra Hard (I) Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob 3–6, 6–2, 6–7
2.1999 Tashkent Hard Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer 4–6, 2–6
3.2003 Leon Hard Flag of the United States.svg Alex Bogomolov 6–7, 7–6, 4–6
4.2005 Wrexham Hard (I) Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Voltchkov 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
5.2005 Luxembourg Hard (I) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Rochus 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
6.2008 Fergana Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Šnobel 5–7, 3–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA 1R 1R Q3 A Q2 AA Q2 A Q1 AA0 / 20–2
French Open AAA Q2 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 A Q2 Q1 Q1 A Q1 AA0 / 10–1
Wimbledon AAAA 1R Q1 3R Q1 A 1R Q3 Q1 Q1 AAA0 / 32–3
US Open AA Q2 2R 1R 2R Q2 Q2 A 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 AA0 / 52–5
Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 40 / 20 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 20 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 114–11
Year End Ranking43729319485105115160277201128173464233523707

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