Roland Stadler

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Roland Stadler
Country (sports) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Born (1959-06-14) 14 June 1959 (age 66)
Zurich, Switzerland
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
PlaysAmbidextrous
Prize money$110,370
Singles
Career record52-84
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 68 (17 Oct 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 3R (1984)
Wimbledon 1R (1981, 1984, 1987)
US Open 2R (1981)
Doubles
Career record26-39
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 185 (25 Jun 1984)

Roland Stadler (born 14 June 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

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Career

Stadler was one of the few players who used a two-handed grip for both his forehand and backhand. [1]

The Zurich born player was a surprise finalist at the Swiss Open in 1986, coming into the tournament ranked 403 in the world. [2] He defeated three top 40 players, Milan Šrejber, Tomáš Šmíd and Emilio Sánchez. In the final he pushed Stefan Edberg to five sets but was unable to prevail. Some of his other best performances on tour also came at home, with two semi-finals and a quarter-final appearance in Geneva as well as being a semi-finalist at Basel in 1983.

Stadler had his best Grand Slam showing at the 1984 French Open, where he reached the third round, with wins over South Africa's Derek Tarr and local qualifier Loïc Courteau. [3]

He was a regular fixture in the Switzerland Davis Cup team throughout the 1980s and took part in a total of 22 ties. Of his 38 singles rubbers, he finished the victor in 20 of them, including one against Ivan Lendl in 1981, when the Czech retired hurt in a first set tiebreak. He was unbeaten in his three doubles matches. [4]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–11986 Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg 5–7, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1983 Brescia, ItalyClay Flag of Paraguay.svg Víctor Pecci 6–3, 6–1
2.1988 Waiblingen, West GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Frank Dennhardt 6–4, 6–4
3.1988 Budapest, HungaryClay Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Noszály 4–6, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1982 Travemünde, West GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Popp Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Guan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Maher
6–4, 6–2

References

  1. ATP World Tour Profile
  2. Los Angeles Times , "Tennis Roundup : Stadler Upsets Smid, Sanchez", 13 July 1986
  3. ITF Tennis Profile
  4. Davis Cup Profile