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George Bastl
Swiss tennis player

George Bastl

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Swiss tennis player
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Place of birth
Chicago
Age
49 years
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Biography

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 subsequently 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.

He 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.

Bastl and Chris Guccione beat Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in doubles 7–5, 7–6 to win the final of the Israel Ramat Hasharon Challenger tournament in May 2009.

Singles titles (4)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.1999EckentalCarpetCzech Republic Petr Luxa7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.1999NuembrechtCarpetCzech Republic Martin Damm7–6, 6–3
3.2001HelsinkiCarpetCzech Republic Ota Fukárek6–4, 4–6, 6–4
4.2004Milan-1CarpetGermany Alexander Waske7–6, 6–4

Runners-up (6)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.1998AndorraHard (I)United States Justin Gimelstob3–6, 6–2, 6–7
2.1999TashkentHardGermany Nicolas Kiefer4–6, 2–6
3.2003LeonHardUnited States Alex Bogomolov6–7, 7–6, 4–6
4.2005WrexhamHard (I)Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov6–4, 4–6, 3–6
5.2005LuxembourgHard (I)Belgium Christophe Rochus2–6, 6–3, 1–6
6.2008FerganaHardCzech Republic Pavel Šnobel5–7, 3–6

Singles

Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1R1RQ3AQ2AAQ2AQ1AA0 / 20–2
French OpenAAAQ21RQ2Q2Q2AQ2Q1Q1AQ1AA0 / 10–1
WimbledonAAAA1RQ13RQ1A1RQ3Q1Q1AAA0 / 32–3
US OpenAAQ22R1R2RQ2Q2A1R1RQ1AQ1AA0 / 52–5
Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 40 / 20 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 20 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 114–11
Year End Ranking43729319485105115160277201128173464233523707

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