George Bastl

George Bastl
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (1975-04-01) 1 April 1975
Ollon, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Prize moneyUS$1,271,109
Official websitewww.georgebastl.com
Singles
Career record50–93
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (1 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001)
French Open1R (2000)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US Open2R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record24–36
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (14 October 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2002)
French Open2R (2002)
Wimbledon1R (2002)
US Open3R (2002)
Last updated on: 8 April 2025.

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.[1]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan International Series Hard Nicolas Kiefer 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1998 Andorra, Andorra Challenger Hard Justin Gimelstob 3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win 1–1 Oct 1999 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Petr Luxa 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win 2–1 Dec 1999 Nümbrecht, Germany Challenger Carpet Martin Damm 7–6, 6–3
Win 3–1 Oct 2001 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard Ota Fukarek 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Apr 2003 León, Mexico Challenger Hard Alex Bogomolov Jr 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6
Win 4–2 Dec 2004 Milan, Italy Challenger Carpet Alexander Waske 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 4–3 Jan 2005 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Vladimir Voltchkov 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 Nov 2005 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Challenger Hard Christophe Rochus 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 4–5 May 2008 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Pavel Snobel 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1996 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Michel Kratochvil Patrick Baur
Jens Knippschild 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 1997 Burbank, United States Challenger Hard Patrik Gottesleben Doug Flach
Brian Macphie 		6–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Dec 2000 Milan, Italy Challenger Carpet Giorgio Galimberti Filippo Messori
Vincenzo Santopadre 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–2 Nov 2001 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Neville Godwin Yves Allegro
Marcus Hilpert 		6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 3–2 Apr 2002 Tarzana, United States Challenger Hard Neville Godwin Brandon Coupe
Kevin Kim 		6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 4–2 Apr 2002 Paget, Bermuda Challenger Clay Neville Godwin Ramón Delgado
Alexandre Simoni 		7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win 5–2 Sep 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Bjorn Phau Daniele Bracciali
Fred Hemmes 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 5–3 Nov 2008 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Marco Chiudinelli Mikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev 		4–6, 7–6(10–8), [6–10]
Win 6–3 Apr 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa Challenger Hard Chris Guccione Mikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev 		6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 7–3 May 2009 Ramat Hasharon, Israel Challenger Hard Chris Guccione Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram 		7–5, 7–6(8–6)

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
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