George Bastl

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

George Bastl

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	(1975-04-01) 1 April 1975 (age 49) Ollon, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Southern California
Official website	www.georgebastl.com
Singles
Career record	50–93
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 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 record	24–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 73 (14 October 2002)

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 6–4, 6–2, 6–2.^[1]

Singles titles (4)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1999	Eckental	Carpet	Petr Luxa	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.	1999	Nuembrecht	Carpet	Martin Damm	7–6, 6–3
3.	2001	Helsinki	Carpet	Ota Fukárek	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
4.	2004	Milan-1	Carpet	Alexander Waske	7–6, 6–4

Runners-up (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1998	Andorra	Hard (I)	Justin Gimelstob	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
2.	1999	Tashkent	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	4–6, 2–6
3.	2003	Leon	Hard	Alex Bogomolov	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
4.	2005	Wrexham	Hard (I)	Vladimir Voltchkov	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
5.	2005	Luxembourg	Hard (I)	Christophe Rochus	2–6, 6–3, 1–6
6.	2008	Fergana	Hard	Pavel Šnobel	5–7, 3–6

Performance timeline

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	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q3	A	Q2	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	Q2	Q2	Q2	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	3R	Q1	A	1R	Q3	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
US Open	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	2R	Q2	Q2	A	1R	1R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 5	2–5
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 11	4–11
Year End Ranking	437	293	194	85	105	115	160	277	201	128	173	464	233	523	707

References

1. BBC SPORT | Tennis | Murray storms to victory on debut

External links

• Official website (in French)
• George Bastl at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• George Bastl at the International Tennis Federation
• George Bastl at the Davis Cup