George Edward Bastl (born 1 April 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.
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.BBC SPORT | Tennis | Murray storms to victory on debut
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Nicolas Kiefer4–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (4–5) LegendATP Challenger (4–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–5)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Andorra, AndorraChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob3–6, 6–2, 6–7Win1–1Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Petr Luxa7–6, 4–6, 6–4Win2–1Nümbrecht, GermanyChallengerCarpet Martin Damm7–6, 6–3Win3–1Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Ota Fukarek6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss3–2León, MexicoChallengerHard Alex Bogomolov Jr6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6Win4–2Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Alexander Waske7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss4–3Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard Vladimir Voltchkov6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss4–4Luxembourg, LuxembourgChallengerHard Christophe Rochus2–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss4–5Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Pavel Snobel5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 10 (7–3) LegendATP Challenger (7–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Michel Kratochvil Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild1–6, 1–6Loss0–2Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Patrik Gottesleben Doug Flach Brian Macphie6–7, 4–6Win1–2Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Giorgio Galimberti Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win2–2Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Neville Godwin Yves Allegro Marcus Hilpert6–4, 4–6, 7–5Win3–2Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard Neville Godwin Brandon Coupe Kevin Kim6–3, 4–6, 6–3Win4–2Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Neville Godwin Ramón Delgado Alexandre Simoni7–6(10–8), 6–3Win5–2Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Bjorn Phau Daniele Bracciali Fred Hemmes6–1, 6–2Loss5–3Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Marco Chiudinelli Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev4–6, 7–6(10–8), [6–10]Win6–3Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerHard Chris Guccione Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev6–2, 4–6, [11–9]Win7–3Ramat Hasharon, IsraelChallengerHard Chris Guccione Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1R1RQ3AQ2AAQ2AQ1AA0 / 20–2French OpenAAAQ21RQ2Q2Q2AQ2Q1Q1AQ1AA0 / 10–1WimbledonAAAA1RQ13RQ1A1RQ3Q1Q1AAA0 / 32–3US OpenAAQ22R1R2RQ2Q2A1R1RQ1AQ1AA0 / 52–5Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 40 / 20 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 20 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 114–11Year End Ranking43729319485105115160277201128173464233523707
References
External links Official website