Thomas Schiessling Explained
| Thomas Schiessling |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Plays: | Left-handed |
| Turnedpro: | 1994 |
| Careerprizemoney: | $83,192 |
| Singlesrecord: | 4–9 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 257 (14 December 1998) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q2 (1997) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–0 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 894 (3 May 1995) |
| Updated: | 24 December 2022 |
Thomas Schiessling (born 1 November 1974) is an Austrian former professional tennis player.
A left-handed player from Innsbruck, Schiessling turned professional in 1994 and reached a career best singles ranking of 257 in the world.[1] Most of his ATP Tour main draw appearances came at his home tournament, the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, but he had his best performance at Mallorca in 1998, beating Marat Safin en route to the quarter-finals.[2]
Schiessling now trades stocks for a living.[1]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (7–6)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (0–0) | | ITF Futures (7–6) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (7–6) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | | Austria F4, Seefeld | Futures | Clay |  Petr Dezort | 7–5, 2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | | Austria F5, Schwaz | Futures | Clay |  Hector Moretti | 6–0, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | | Austria F7, Vienna | Futures | Clay |  Michel Kratochvil | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–2 | | Brazil F6, Curitiba | Futures | Clay |  Paulo Taicher | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | | Brazil F7, Pouso Alegre | Futures | Clay | Marcos Daniel | 6–0, 7–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | | Austria F2, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Clemens Trimmel | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | | Italy F4, Pavia | Futures | Clay |  Elia Grossi | 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–4 | | Italy F5, Pavia | Futures | Clay | Giorgio Galimberti | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 4–5 | | Austria F3, Seefeld | Futures | Clay | Michal Navratil | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–6 | | Austria F5, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Andreas Haider-Maurer | 6–0, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | | Austria F6, Kramsach | Futures | Clay | Bastian Knittel | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–6 | | Germany F14, Nuremberg | Futures | Clay | Marc Sieber | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 7–6 | | Austria F5, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Armin Sandbichler | 7–6(12–10), 6–2 | |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (0–0) | | ITF Futures (1–0) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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Notes and References
- News: Schmid . Matthias . Reif für die ATP-Tour . Süddeutsche.de . 5 June 2016 . German.
- News: "Stierkämpfer" schlagen sich durch . Wiener Zeitung Online . 10 March 1998 . German.
