George Bastl
Birth date1 April 1975 (age 51)
Birth placeOllon, Switzerland
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Turnedpro1998
Websitewww.georgebastl.com
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CareerprizemoneyUS$1,271,109
Singlesrecord50–93
Singlestitles0
HighestsinglesrankingNo. 71 (1 May 2000)
Australianopenresult1R (2000, 2001)
Frenchopenresult1R (2000)
Wimbledonresult3R (2002)
Usopenresult2R (1999, 2001)
Doublesrecord24–36
Doublestitles0
HighestdoublesrankingNo. 73 (14 October 2002)
Australianopendoublesresult1R (2002)
Frenchopendoublesresult2R (2002)
Wimbledondoublesresult1R (2002)
Usopendoublesresult3R (2002)
Updated8 April 2025

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 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.

Bastl 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.[1]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 1999Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHardNicolas Kiefer4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 1998Andorra, AndorraChallengerHardJustin Gimelstob3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win1–1Oct 1999Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpetPetr Luxa7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win2–1Dec 1999Nümbrecht, GermanyChallengerCarpetMartin Damm7–6, 6–3
Win3–1Oct 2001Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHardOta Fukarek6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss3–2Apr 2003León, MexicoChallengerHardAlex Bogomolov Jr6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6
Win4–2Dec 2004Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpetAlexander Waske7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss4–3Jan 2005Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHardVladimir Voltchkov6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss4–4Nov 2005Luxembourg, LuxembourgChallengerHardChristophe Rochus2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss4–5May 2008Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHardPavel Snobel5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1996Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClayMichel KratochvilPatrick Baur
Jens Knippschild		1–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Dec 1997Burbank, United StatesChallengerHardPatrik GotteslebenDoug Flach
Brian Macphie		6–7, 4–6
Win1–2Dec 2000Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpetGiorgio GalimbertiFilippo Messori
Vincenzo Santopadre		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win2–2Nov 2001Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpetNeville GodwinYves Allegro
Marcus Hilpert		6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win3–2Apr 2002Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHardNeville GodwinBrandon Coupe
Kevin Kim		6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win4–2Apr 2002Paget, BermudaChallengerClayNeville GodwinRamón Delgado
Alexandre Simoni		7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win5–2Sep 2004Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHardBjorn PhauDaniele Bracciali
Fred Hemmes		6–1, 6–2
Loss5–3Nov 2008Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHardMarco ChiudinelliMikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev		4–6, 7–6(10–8), [6–10]
Win6–3Apr 2009Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerHardChris GuccioneMikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev		6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Win7–3May 2009Ramat Hasharon, IsraelChallengerHardChris GuccioneJonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Performance timeline

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

References

  1. ^ BBC SPORT | Tennis | Murray storms to victory on debut