Michiel Schapers

Michiel Schapers
	Schapers in Hilversum, 1985
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Eemnes, Netherlands
Born	11 October 1959 (age 64); Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,119,593
Singles
Career record	160–183
Career titles	0 ; 1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 25 (25 April 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1985, 1988)
French Open	3R (1984, 1987, 1992)
Wimbledon	3R (1987, 1988, 1989)
US Open	2R (1991)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (1988)
Doubles
Career record	136–174
Career titles	3 ; 4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 37 (25 February 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1985, 1992)
French Open	QF (1986)
Wimbledon	3R (1986, 1990)
US Open	2R (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1988)
French Open	F (1988)
Wimbledon	QF (1991)
US Open	QF (1987)
	Last updated on: 31 May 2023.

Last updated December 26, 2023

Michiel Schapers (born 11 October 1959) is a former tennis player and coach from the Netherlands.

Tennis career

Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarterfinals by eventual winner Miloslav Mečíř of Czechoslovakia.

In 1987 at Wimbledon, he was the only player to take a set against eventual champion Pat Cash in their third-round match. His most famous victory was over reigning Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in the second round of the 1985 Australian Open. Schapers went on to reach the quarterfinals, his best singles result at a Grand Slam, and later equaled that result at the 1988 Australian Open. In 1988, he reached the final of the mixed-doubles draw at the French Open together with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in which they lost to Lori McNeil and Jorge Lozano.

Schapers reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 25 April 1988 when he became world No. 25. After his playing career, he became a coach. From 1998 until 2000, he was the captain of the Dutch Davis Cup team.

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

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 (0–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Miloslav Mečíř	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1988	Metz, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Jonas Svensson	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Mar 1989	Nancy, France	Grand Prix	Hard	Guy Forget	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	0–4	Jun 1991	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Christian Saceanu	1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (3–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–3)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (2–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1985	Marbella, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Loïc Courteau	Andrés Gómez Cássio Motta	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Oct 1985	Cologne, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Alex Antonitsch	Jan Gunnarsson Peter Lundgren	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Mar 1986	Metz, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Francisco González	Wojciech Fibak Guy Forget	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Oct 1987	Toulouse, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Wojciech Fibak	Kelly Jones Patrik Kühnen	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Jan 1990	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Alexander Mronz	Andrew Castle Nduka Odizor	6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 1990	Toulouse, France	World Series	Carpet	Michael Mortensen	Neil Broad Gary Muller	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Championship Series	Carpet	Libor Pimek	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 0–6
Win	3–5	Oct 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	Grand Prix	Hard	David Rikl	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	3–6	Jan 1992	Wellington, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark	3–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1990	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Cristiano Caratti	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Jul 1991	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Christo Van Rensburg	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Nov 1991	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Carpet	Alex Antonitsch	7–6, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1990	The Hague, Netherlands	Challenger	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Alexander Mronz Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Dec 1990	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Roger Smith	Henrik Holm Nils Holm	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Jan 1991	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Christian Saceanu	Diego Nargiso Stefano Pescosolido	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jul 1991	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Nduka Odizor	Paul Hand Branislav Stankovič	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	3–2	Dec 1991	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Alex Antonitsch Menno Oosting	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	May 1993	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Hendrik-Jan Davids Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–3	Aug 1993	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(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	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	QF	A	2R	QF	4R	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	0 / 8	15–8	65%
French Open	1R	3R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	Q1	A	0 / 9	8–9	47%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 8	6–8	43%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	1–5	17%
Win–loss	0–2	2–2	5–2	1–2	5–4	6–4	5–4	0–3	2–2	4–4	0–1	0–0	0 / 30	30–30	50%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			QF	Not Held			A	NH		0 / 1	3–1	75%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Miami	A	A	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Rome	3R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Paris	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Win–loss	4–2	0–0	1–3	3–3	3–2	4–5	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 23	17–23	36%

Doubles

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 6	2–6	25%
French Open	1R	1R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 9	9–9	50%
Wimbledon	2R	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 8	6–8	43%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Win–loss	1–2	1–2	5–2	3–4	1–4	2–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 28	21–28	43%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	3R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	QF	A	SF	1R	A	A	Q1	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Hamburg	A	A	SF	A	QF	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Rome	QF	A	A	2R	QF	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	2–1	0–1	4–3	3–3	6–5	0–2	6–4	1–3	0–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 26	22–26	46%

Mixed Doubles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	1R	SF	F	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 7	13–7	65%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	2R	A	QF	3R	0 / 5	6–5	55%
US Open	A	QF	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–1	6–4	6–4	2–3	3–1	3–3	2–2	0 / 18	22–18	55%

External links

Michiel Schapers at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Michiel Schapers at the International Tennis Federation
Michiel Schapers at the Davis Cup

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