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George Bastl
Country	Switzerland
Residence	Villars, Switzerland
Date of birth	April 1, 1975 (age 34)
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Height	182 cm
Weight	85 kg
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed;
Career prize money	$1,153,005
Singles
Career record	48–89
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	71 (May 1, 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	2R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	24–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	73 (October 14, 2002)
	Last updated on: July 28, 2008.

George Bastl (born April 1, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland.

He has reached one singles final in his career -- at Tashkent in 1999.

[edit] Tennis career

He was an All-American at the University of Southern California.

His biggest win was a five-set match in the second round at Wimbledon in 2002, defeating seven-time Wimbledon singles champion Pete Sampras. On May 1, 2000, Bastl was ranked No. 71 in the world in the ATP Rankings, his highest career ranking to date. As of July 28, 2008, he was ranked 313th in the ATP Rankings. He was the first player to be beaten by Andy Murray in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at Wimbledon in 2005.

Bastl and Chris Guccione beat Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in doubles 7-5, 7-6 (6), to win the final of the Israel Ramat Hasharon Challenger tournament in May 2009.[1]

[edit] Singles titles (4)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1999	Eckental	Carpet	Petr Luxa	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.	1999	Nuembrecht	Carpet	Martin Damm	7–6, 6–3
3.	2001	Helsinki	Carpet	Ota Fukarek	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
4.	2004	Milan-1	Carpet	Alexander Waske	7–6, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1998	Andorra	Hard (I)	Justin Gimelstob	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
2.	1999	Tashkent	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	4–6, 2–6
3.	2003	Leon	Hard	Alex Bogomolov	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
4.	2005	Wrexham	Hard (I)	Vladimir Voltchkov	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
5.	2005	Luxembourg	Hard (I)	Christophe Rochus	2–6, 6–3, 1–6
6.	2008	Fergana	Hard	Pavel Snobel	5–7, 3–6