Gilbert Schaller

Gilbert Schaller
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceGraz, Austria
Born (1969-03-17) 17 March 1969 (age 55)
Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,317,163
Singles
Career record115–132
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 17 (16 October 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1997)
French Open2R (1992, 1995, 1996)
Wimbledon1R (1993)
US Open1R (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
Doubles
Career record3–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 245 (21 March 1994)
Last updated on: 3 April 2022.

Gilbert Schaller (born 17 March 1969), is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

Schaller achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 17 in 1995. At the 1995 French Open, Schaller upset world No. 2 Pete Sampras in the first round in a five set match.

Schaller won one singles title (in Casablanca) and reached the quarterfinals of the 1996 Hamburg Masters and the 1995 Monte Carlo Masters. He participated in seven Davis Cup ties for Austria from 1993 to 1997, posting a 3–6 record in singles. Schaller resided in Graz when a tour player. From 2007 to 2011, he was Captain of the Austrian Davis Cup-Team and sports director of the ÖTV. Schaller currently works as the sports director in the McCartney Group in Vienna, and as an ATP coach with (Florin Mergea and Marin Draganja).

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1995 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay Spain Albert Costa 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 1995 Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Austria Thomas Muster 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1995 Valencia, Spain World Series Clay Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 1996 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay Spain Tomás Carbonell 5–7, 6–1, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–5)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (8–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jun 1992 Salzburg, Austria Challenger Clay Spain Jordi Arrese 6–7, 6–7
Win 1-1 Jul 1992 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Clay Portugal João Cunha-Silva 6–4, 6–7, 6–0
Win 2-1 Aug 1992 Lins, Brazil Challenger Clay Colombia Mauricio Hadad 6–3, 6–3
Win 3-1 Sep 1992 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay Spain Federico Sanchez 6–4, 6–1
Win 4-1 Aug 1993 Liège, Belgium Challenger Clay Norway Christian Ruud 1–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 4-2 Sep 1993 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Tomás Carbonell 4–6, 6–0, 1–6
Win 5-2 Sep 1993 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Valeri 6–4, 7–6
Win 6-2 Oct 1993 Curitiba, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Christian Miniussi 6–4, 6–0
Loss 6-3 Dec 1993 Naples, United States Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch 6–1, 4–6, 6–7
Win 7-3 Jun 1994 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Javier Sánchez 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 8-3 Jul 1994 Oporta, Portugal Challenger Clay Greece Marcelo Filippini 6–2, 7–5
Loss 8-4 Aug 1994 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay Spain Francisco Clavet 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 8-5 Mar 1997 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Germany Oliver Gross 1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 8-6 Jun 1999 Hungary F2, Budapest Futures Clay France Olivier Malcor 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1993 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Mexico Oliver Fernandez Argentina Horacio de la Peña
Spain Juan Gisbert-Schultze
1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1993 Curitiba, Brazil Challenger Clay United States Francisco Montana Portugal João Cunha-Silva
United States Jack Waite
6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2000 Italy F9, San Benedetto del Tronto Futures Clay Austria Oliver Marach Italy Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
Italy Potito Starace
5–3, 5–3, 4–0

Performance timeline

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

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 1R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
French Open 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Wimbledon A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Win–loss 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–3 0–1 0 / 16 5–16 24%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 1R Q3 1R Q2 A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo A A 2R QF 1R A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Hamburg A A 1R 3R QF A A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Rome A A 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–4 5–3 3–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 11 9–11 45%