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Dutch tennis player (born 1959)
Michiel Schapers
Schapers in Hilversum, 1985
Country (sports)
Netherlands Residence
Eemnes ,
Netherlands Born (1959-10-11 ) 11 October 1959 (age 64)
Rotterdam ,
Netherlands Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Turned pro 1982 Retired 2005 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Prize money $1,119,593 Career record 160–183 Career titles 0 1
Challenger , 0
Futures Highest ranking No. 25 (25 April 1988)
Australian Open QF (
1985 ,
1988 )
French Open 3R (
1984 ,
1987 ,
1992 )
Wimbledon 3R (
1987 ,
1988 ,
1989 )
US Open 2R (
1991 )
Olympic Games QF (
1988 ) Career record 136–174 Career titles 3 4
Challenger , 0
Futures Highest ranking No. 37 (25 February 1991)
Australian Open 2R (
1985 ,
1992 )
French Open QF (
1986 )
Wimbledon 3R (
1986 ,
1990 )
US Open 2R (
1987 ,
1988 ,
1989 ,
1991 )
Australian Open 2R (
1988 )
French Open F (
1988 )
Wimbledon QF (
1991 )
US Open QF (
1987 ) Last updated on: 31 May 2023.
Michiel Schapers (born 11 October 1959) is a former
tennis player and coach from the Netherlands.
Tennis career
Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarterfinals by eventual winner
Miloslav Mečíř of Czechoslovakia.
In 1987 at
Wimbledon , he was the only player to take a set against eventual champion
Pat Cash in their third-round match. His most famous victory was over reigning Wimbledon champion
Boris Becker in the second round of the
1985 Australian Open . Schapers went on to reach the quarterfinals, his best singles result at a Grand Slam, and later equaled that result at the
1988 Australian Open . In 1988, he reached the final of the mixed-doubles draw at the French Open together with
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in which they lost to
Lori McNeil and
Jorge Lozano .
Schapers reached his highest singles
ATP -ranking on 25 April 1988 when he became world No. 25. After his playing career, he became a coach. From 1998 until 2000, he was the captain of the Dutch
Davis Cup team.
ATP career finals
Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jan 1987
Auckland , New Zealand
Grand Prix
Hard
Miloslav Mečíř
2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss
0–2
Feb 1988
Metz , France
Grand Prix
Carpet
Jonas Svensson
2–6, 4–6
Loss
0–3
Mar 1989
Nancy , France
Grand Prix
Hard
Guy Forget
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss
0–4
Jun 1991
Rosmalen , Netherlands
World Series
Grass
Christian Saceanu
1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–3)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (2–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 1985
Marbella , Spain
Grand Prix
Clay
Loïc Courteau
Andrés Gómez
Cássio Motta
1–6, 1–6
Win
1–1
Oct 1985
Cologne , West Germany
Grand Prix
Carpet
Alex Antonitsch
Jan Gunnarsson
Peter Lundgren
6–4, 7–5
Loss
1–2
Mar 1986
Metz , France
Grand Prix
Carpet
Francisco González
Wojciech Fibak
Guy Forget
6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win
2–2
Oct 1987
Toulouse , France
Grand Prix
Carpet
Wojciech Fibak
Kelly Jones
Patrik Kühnen
6–2, 6–4
Loss
2–3
Jan 1990
Adelaide , Australia
World Series
Hard
Alexander Mronz
Andrew Castle
Nduka Odizor
6–7, 2–6
Loss
2–4
Oct 1990
Toulouse , France
World Series
Carpet
Michael Mortensen
Neil Broad
Gary Muller
6–7, 4–6
Loss
2–5
Feb 1991
Brussels , Belgium
Championship Series
Carpet
Libor Pimek
Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 0–6
Win
3–5
Oct 1991
Tel Aviv , Israel
Grand Prix
Hard
David Rikl
Javier Frana
Leonardo Lavalle
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Loss
3–6
Jan 1992
Wellington , New Zealand
World Series
Hard
Daniel Vacek
Jared Palmer
Jonathan Stark
3–6, 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 3 (1–2)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Doubles: 7 (4–3)
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Nov 1990
The Hague , Netherlands
Challenger
Carpet
Jan Siemerink
Alexander Mronz
Andrei Olhovskiy
6–3, 7–5
Win
2–0
Dec 1990
Bossonnens , Switzerland
Challenger
Hard
Roger Smith
Henrik Holm
Nils Holm
6–2, 7–6
Loss
2–1
Jan 1991
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Christian Saceanu
Diego Nargiso
Stefano Pescosolido
2–6, 2–6
Win
3–1
Jul 1991
Bristol , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Nduka Odizor
Paul Hand
Branislav Stankovič
4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss
3–2
Dec 1991
Bossonnens , Switzerland
Challenger
Hard
Daniel Vacek
Alex Antonitsch
Menno Oosting
3–6, 2–6
Loss
3–3
May 1993
Dresden , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Vacek
Hendrik-Jan Davids
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
3–6, 3–6
Win
4–3
Aug 1993
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Vacek
Cristian Brandi
Federico Mordegan
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Performance timelines
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
Doubles
Mixed Doubles
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