George Bastl

George Bastl
George Bastl 2010 in Toronto
Nation:	Switzerland
Birthday:	April 1, 1975
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	85 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,271,019
singles
Career record:	50:93
Highest ranking:	71 (May 1, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	26:36
Highest ranking:	73 (October 14, 2002)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

George Edward Bastl (born April 1, 1975 in Ollon , Canton of Vaud ) is a former Swiss tennis player . He is the brother of ice hockey player Mark Bastl .

Career

George Bastl grew up in Switzerland. In 1994 he went back to the United States to study at the University of South Florida ; In 1995 he moved to the University of Southern California to focus on tennis.

From 1998 he was a professional on the ATP Tour . He reached his highest ATP ranking on May 1, 2000 with rank 71. The greatest success of his career is his five-set win at Wimbledon against Pete Sampras . He was also a member of the Swiss Davis Cup team .

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series

ATP Challenger Tour (11)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 24, 1999	Eckental	Carpet (i)	Petr Luxa	7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 6: 4
2.	December 5, 2001	Nümbrecht	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	7: 6, 6: 3
3.	October 21, 2001	Helsinki	Hard court (i)	Ota Fukárek	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
4th	December 5, 2004	Milan	Carpet (i)	Alexander Waske	7: 6 5 , 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	December 9, 2000	Milan	Carpet (i)	Giorgio Galimberti	Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre	6: 4, 7: 6
2.	November 10, 2001	Eckental	Carpet (i)	Neville Godwin	Yves Allegro Marcus Hilpert	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5
3.	April 6, 2002	Tarzana	Hard court	Neville Godwin	Brandon Coupe Kevin Kim	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
4th	April 20, 2002	Bermuda	sand	Neville Godwin	Ramón Delgado Alexandre Simoni	7: 5, 6: 3
5.	September 11, 2004	Istanbul	Hard court	Bjorn Phau	Daniele Bracciali Fred Hemmes	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	April 18, 2009	Johannesburg	Hard court	Chris Guccione	Mikhail Yelgin Alexander Kudryavzew	6: 2, 4: 6, [11: 9]
7th	May 7, 2009	Ramat Hasharon	Hard court	Chris Guccione	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7: 5, 7: 6 6

Web links

Commons : George Bastl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of George Bastl (English)
• ITF-profile George Bastl (English)
• Davis Cup stats by George Bastl (English)