Gilbert Schaller Explained
| Gilbert Schaller |
| Residence: | Graz, Austria |
| Birth Date: | 1969 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria |
| Turnedpro: | 1987 |
| Retired: | 1999 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,317,163 |
| Singlesrecord: | 115–132 |
| Singlestitles: | 1 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 17 (16 October 1995) |
| Australianopenresult: | 3R (1997) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1992, 1995, 1996) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1993) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) |
| Doublesrecord: | 3–13 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 245 (21 March 1994) |
| Updated: | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (1–3) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (1–3) | | Indoors (0–0) | |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (8–6)
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| ATP Challenger (8–5) | | ITF Futures (0–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (8–5) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0-1 | | Salzburg, Austria | Challenger | Clay |  Jordi Arrese | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 1-1 | | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | João Cunha-Silva | 6–4, 6–7, 6–0 |
| Win | 2-1 | | Lins, Brazil | Challenger | Clay |  Mauricio Hadad | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3-1 | | Casablanca, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Federico Sanchez | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 4-1 | | Liège, Belgium | Challenger | Clay |  Christian Ruud | 1–6, 7–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4-2 | | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Tomás Carbonell | 4–6, 6–0, 1–6 |
| Win | 5-2 | | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay |  Massimo Valeri | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 6-2 | | Curitiba, Brazil | Challenger | Clay |  Christian Miniussi | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 6-3 | | Naples, United States | Challenger | Clay | Karsten Braasch | 6–1, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 7-3 | | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Javier Sánchez | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 8-3 | | Oporta, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Filippini | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 8-4 | | Graz, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Clavet | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8-5 | | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Oliver Gross | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8-6 | | Hungary F2, Budapest | Futures | Clay |  Olivier Malcor | 3–6, 0–6 | |
Doubles: 3 (1–2)
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| ATP Challenger (0–2) | | ITF Futures (1–0) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (1–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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Performance timeline
Singles
Thomas Muster
Oliver Fernandez
Francisco Montana