Thomas Schiessling

Thomas Schiessling
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	1 November 1974 (age 48); Innsbruck, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1994
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$83,192
Singles
Career record	4–9
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 257 (14 December 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q2 (1997)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 894 (3 May 1995)
	Last updated on: 24 December 2022.

Last updated December 25, 2022

Thomas Schiessling (born 1 November 1974) is an Austrian former professional tennis player.

A left-handed player from Innsbruck, Schiessling turned professional in 1994 and reached a career best singles ranking of 257 in the world.^[1] Most of his ATP Tour main draw appearances came at his home tournament, the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, but he had his best performance at Mallorca in 1998, beating Marat Safin en route to the quarter-finals.^[2]

Schiessling now trades stocks for a living.^[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (7–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (7–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1998	Austria F4, Seefeld	Futures	Clay	Petr Dezort	7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Jul 1998	Austria F5, Schwaz	Futures	Clay	Hector Moretti	6–0, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Aug 1998	Austria F7, Vienna	Futures	Clay	Michel Kratochvil	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–2	Nov 1998	Brazil F6, Curitiba	Futures	Clay	Paulo Taicher	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–2	Dec 1998	Brazil F7, Pouso Alegre	Futures	Clay	Marcos Daniel	6–0, 7–6
Loss	3–3	May 2000	Austria F2, Telfs	Futures	Clay	Clemens Trimmel	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Jun 2000	Italy F4, Pavia	Futures	Clay	Elia Grossi	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Loss	4–4	Jun 2001	Italy F5, Pavia	Futures	Clay	Giorgio Galimberti	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	4–5	Aug 2003	Austria F3, Seefeld	Futures	Clay	Michal Navratil	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
Loss	4–6	Jul 2006	Austria F5, Telfs	Futures	Clay	Andreas Haider-Maurer	6–0, 3–6, 2–6
Win	5–6	Jul 2006	Austria F6, Kramsach	Futures	Clay	Bastian Knittel	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–6	Sep 2006	Germany F14, Nuremberg	Futures	Clay	Marc Sieber	6–0, 6–0
Win	7–6	Jul 2007	Austria F5, Telfs	Futures	Clay	Armin Sandbichler	7–6^(12–10), 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1998	Brazil F5, Florianópolis	Futures	Clay	Paul Hartveg	Daniel Melo Antonio Prieto	walkover

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References

1 2 Schmid, Matthias (5 June 2016). "Reif für die ATP-Tour". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
↑ ""Stierkämpfer" schlagen sich durch". Wiener Zeitung Online (in German). 10 March 1998.

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[Schmid-1] 1 2 Schmid, Matthias (5 June 2016). "Reif für die ATP-Tour". Süddeutsche.de (in German).

[2] ""Stierkämpfer" schlagen sich durch". Wiener Zeitung Online (in German). 10 March 1998.

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