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) | |
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) | |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1998 | Andorra, Andorra | Challenger | Hard |  Justin Gimelstob | 3–6, 6–2, 6–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 1999 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet |  Petr Luxa | 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Dec 1999 | Nümbrecht, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Martin Damm | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 2001 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard | Ota Fukarek | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Apr 2003 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Alex Bogomolov Jr | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Dec 2004 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet |  Alexander Waske | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jan 2005 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Vladimir Voltchkov | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Nov 2005 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Challenger | Hard | .svg.png) Christophe Rochus | 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–5 | May 2008 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Pavel Snobel | 5–7, 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) | |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1996 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | .svg.png) Michel Kratochvil | Patrick Baur
Jens Knippschild | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Dec 1997 | Burbank, United States | Challenger | Hard | Patrik Gottesleben | Doug Flach
Brian Macphie | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Dec 2000 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet |  Giorgio Galimberti | Filippo Messori
Vincenzo Santopadre | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov 2001 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet |  Neville Godwin | Yves Allegro
 Marcus Hilpert | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 2002 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | Neville Godwin | Brandon Coupe
Kevin Kim | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2002 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Neville Godwin |  Ramón Delgado
 Alexandre Simoni | 7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
| Win | 5–2 | Sep 2004 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Bjorn Phau | Daniele Bracciali
Fred Hemmes | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Nov 2008 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | Mikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev | 4–6, 7–6(10–8), [6–10] |
| Win | 6–3 | Apr 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | .svg.png) Chris Guccione | Mikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6–2, 4–6, [11–9] |
| Win | 7–3 | May 2009 | Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Chris Guccione |  Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Key | W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
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