Michiel Schapers (; born 11 October 1959) is a Dutch former tennis player and coach.

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) 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 (0–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–2)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–2)Indoors (0–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Miloslav Mečíř2–6, 3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Metz, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Jonas Svensson2–6, 4–6Loss0–3Nancy, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Guy Forget3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss0–4Rosmalen, NetherlandsWorld SeriesGrass Christian Saceanu1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–3)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–3)Indoors (2–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Marbella, SpainGrand PrixClay Loïc Courteau Andrés Gómez Cássio Motta1–6, 1–6Win1–1Cologne, West GermanyGrand PrixCarpet Alex Antonitsch Jan Gunnarsson Peter Lundgren6–4, 7–5Loss1–2Metz, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Francisco González Wojciech Fibak Guy Forget6–2, 2–6, 4–6Win2–2Toulouse, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Wojciech Fibak Kelly Jones Patrik Kühnen6–2, 6–4Loss2–3Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Alexander Mronz Andrew Castle Nduka Odizor6–7, 2–6Loss2–4Toulouse, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Michael Mortensen Neil Broad Gary Muller6–7, 4–6Loss2–5Brussels, BelgiumChampionship SeriesCarpet Libor Pimek Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge3–6, 0–6Win3–5Tel Aviv, IsraelGrand PrixHard David Rikl Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle6–2, 6–7, 6–3Loss3–6Jan 1992Wellington, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Daniel Vacek Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark3–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1–2) LegendATP Challenger (1–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Bossonnens, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Cristiano Caratti4–6, 6–3, 6–7Loss0–2Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerGrass Christo Van Rensburg4–6, 0–6Win1–2Helsinki, FinlandChallengerCarpet Alex Antonitsch7–6, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles: 7 (4–3) LegendATP Challenger (4–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (1–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0The Hague, NetherlandsChallengerCarpet Jan Siemerink Alexander Mronz Andrei Olhovskiy6–3, 7–5Win2–0Bossonnens, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Roger Smith Henrik Holm Nils Holm6–2, 7–6Loss2–1Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Christian Saceanu Diego Nargiso Stefano Pescosolido2–6, 2–6Win3–1Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Nduka Odizor Paul Hand Branislav Stankovič4–6, 7–5, 7–6Loss3–2Bossonnens, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Daniel Vacek Alex Antonitsch Menno Oosting3–6, 2–6Loss3–3Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Daniel Vacek Hendrik-Jan Davids Yevgeny Kafelnikov3–6, 3–6Win4–3Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Daniel Vacek Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQFA2RQF4R1R2R3R1RA0 / 815–8French Open1R3R2R2R3R1R1R1RA3RQ1A0 / 98–9Wimbledon1R1RA1R3R3R3R1RA1RAA0 / 86–8US OpenAAAA1R1R1RA2R1RAA0 / 51–5Win–loss0–22–25–21–25–46–45–40–32–24–40–10–00 / 3030–30National RepresentationSummer OlympicsNHANot HeldQFNot HeldANH0 / 13–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells3RAAAAAA3RAAAA0 / 24–2MiamiAA2R3R1R2R1R1RA1RAQ10 / 74–7Monte CarloAAAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 11–1HamburgAA1R2RA1RAAA1RAQ10 / 40–4Rome3RA1R2RA2RAAA1RAA0 / 54–5CanadaAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAA2R1RAAAAA0 / 21–2ParisAAAASFAAAAAAA0 / 13–1Win–loss4–20–01–33–33–24–50–22–20–00–40–00–00 / 2317–23

Doubles Tournament19841985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2RA1R1RA1R1R2RAA0 / 62–6French Open1R1RQF3R1R2R2R3R1RAA0 / 99–9Wimbledon2RA3R1R1R1R3R1R2RAA0 / 86–8US OpenAAA2R2R2RA2R1RAA0 / 54–5Win–loss1–21–25–23–41–42–33–33–42–40–00–00 / 2821–28ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAA1R2RAAAAAAA0 / 21–2MiamiA1R2R2R1R1R3RA1RAA0 / 74–7Monte CarloAAAAQFASF1RAAQ10 / 35–3HamburgAASFAQFA1R1R1RAA0 / 55–5RomeQFAA2RQFA2R2R1RAA0 / 67–6CanadaAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAA1R1RAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss2–10–14–33–36–50–26–41–30–40–00–00 / 2622–26

Mixed Doubles Tournament1986198719881989199019911992SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenA1R2R1RAAA0 / 31–3French Open1RSFF2RQF1R1R0 / 713–7WimbledonA1R1R2RAQF3R0 / 56–5US OpenAQF1RAA1RA0 / 32–3Win–loss0–16–46–42–33–13–32–20 / 1822–18

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