Role Tennis player Retired 2005 Name Michiel Schapers Turned pro 1982 | Career titles 0 Weight 83 kg Prize money $1,124,730 Height 2.01 m | |
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Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Career record 159–182 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour, Grand Prix, WCT and Davis Cup) | ||
Schapers & Van den Akker vs Vekemans & De Vries Men's Doubles Tennis
Michiel Schapers (born 11 October 1959 in Rotterdam) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands.
Contents
- Schapers Van den Akker vs Vekemans De Vries Mens Doubles Tennis
- Michiel Schapers voorspelt overwinning voor Oranje
- Tennis career
- References
Michiel Schapers voorspelt overwinning voor Oranje
Tennis career
Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarter-finals 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 quarter-finals, 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 at the French Open together with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in which they lost to Lori McNeil and Jorge Lozano.
The right-hander Schapers reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 25 April 1988, when he became World No. 25. After his playing career ended he became a coach. From 1998 until 2000 he was the captain of the Dutch Davis-cup team.