Gilbert Schaller

Gilbert Schaller
Nation:	Austria
Birthday:	17th March 1969
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	70 kg
1st professional season:	1987
Resignation:	2001
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Peter Platzer
Prize money:	$ 1,317,163
singles
Career record:	115: 132
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	17 (October 16 1995)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	3:13
Highest ranking:	245 (March 21 1994)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Gilbert Schaller (born March 17, 1969 in Bruck an der Mur ) is a former Austrian tennis player .

Career

Schaller's most successful year was 1995. He won the individual tournament in Casablanca . His following win against Pete Sampras in the first round of the French Open also caused a stir, but then lost to Australian Scott Draper in the second round . In the same year, he reached 17th place, his highest world ranking position . In terms of world ranking, Schaller is the fourth most successful Austrian tennis player behind Thomas Muster , Dominic Thiem and Jürgen Melzer .

From 2007 to 2011, Schaller was the captain of the Austrian Davis Cup team and ÖTV sports director. He is currently the trainer of Marin Draganja .

successes

Tournament victories

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250 International Series (1)

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1995	Casablanca	sand	Albert Costa	6: 4, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1995	Bucharest	sand	Thomas Muster	3: 6, 4: 6
2.	1995	Valencia	sand	Sjeng Schalken	4: 6, 2: 6
3.	1996	Casablanca	sand	Tomás Carbonell	5: 7, 6: 1, 2: 6

Web links

• ATP profile of Gilbert Schaller (English)
• ITF profile Gilbert Schaller (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Gilbert Schaller (English)