Name George Bastl Turned pro 1998 Career titles 0 Weight 85 kg | Career record 48–89 Height 1.83 m Role Tennis player | |
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Similar People Michel Kratochvil, Peter Doohan, Marc Rosset, Mark Bastl, Jakob Hlasek | ||
Official website www.georgebastl.com | ||
George bastl 10 years after sampras
George Edward Bastl (born 1 April 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.
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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.
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.