Gilbert Schaller

Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Graz, Austria
Born	(1969-03-17) 17 March 1969 (age 54) Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria
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)
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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1995	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Albert Costa	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Sep 1995	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1995	Valencia, Spain	World Series	Clay	Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 1996	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	5–7, 6–1, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

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

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1993	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Fernandez	Horacio de la Peña Juan Gisbert-Schultze	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1993	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Montana	João Cunha-Silva Jack Waite	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2000	Italy F9, San Benedetto del Tronto	Futures	Clay	Oliver Marach	Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Potito Starace	5–3, 5–3, 4–0

Performance timeline

Singles