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 50)
Ollon, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College University of Southern California
Prize money US$1,271,109
Official website www.georgebastl.com
Singles
Career record50–93
Career titles0
4 Challenger, 0 Futures
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 record24–36
Career titles0
7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 73 (14 October 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2002)
French Open 2R (2002)
Wimbledon 1R (2002)
US Open 3R (2002)
Last updated on: 8 April 2025.

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]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Sep 1999 Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 1998 Andorra, AndorraChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob 3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win1–1Oct 1999 Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Luxa 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win2–1Dec 1999 Nümbrecht, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 7–6, 6–3
Win3–1Oct 2001 Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ota Fukarek 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss3–2Apr 2003 León, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6
Win4–2Dec 2004 Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Waske 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss4–3Jan 2005 Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Voltchkov 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss4–4Nov 2005 Luxembourg, LuxembourgChallengerHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Rochus 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss4–5May 2008 Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Snobel 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1996 Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michel Kratochvil Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
Flag of Germany.svg Jens Knippschild
1–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Dec 1997 Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Gottesleben Flag of the United States.svg Doug Flach
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Macphie
6–7, 4–6
Win1–2Dec 2000 Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Galimberti Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Messori
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Santopadre
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win2–2Nov 2001 Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcus Hilpert
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win3–2Apr 2002 Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Coupe
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Kim
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win4–2Apr 2002 Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin Flag of Paraguay.svg Ramón Delgado
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Simoni
7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win5–2Sep 2004 Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Bjorn Phau Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fred Hemmes
6–1, 6–2
Loss5–3Nov 2008 Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Chiudinelli Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev
4–6, 7–6(10–8), [6–10]
Win6–3Apr 2009 Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Win7–3May 2009 Ramat Hasharon, IsraelChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
7–5, 7–6(8–6)

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

References