Country (sports) | Austria |
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Residence | Graz, Austria |
Born |
Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria |
17 March 1969
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1987 |
Retired | 1999 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,317,163 |
Singles | |
Career record | 115-132 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 17 (16 October 1995) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1997) |
French Open | 2R (1992, 1995, 1996) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1993) |
US Open | 1R (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3-13 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 245 (21 March 1994) |
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 7 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, Vienna, and as an ATP coach (Florin Mergea and Marin Draganja).