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Michiel Schapers

Michiel Schapers
Schapers in Hilversum, 1985
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceEemnes, Netherlands
Born (1959-10-11) 11 October 1959 (age 65)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1982
Retired1993
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,119,593
Singles
Career record160–183
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 25 (25 April 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1985, 1988)
French Open3R (1984, 1987, 1992)
Wimbledon3R (1987, 1988, 1989)
US Open2R (1991)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (1988)
Doubles
Career record136–174
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 37 (25 February 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1985, 1992)
French OpenQF (1986)
Wimbledon3R (1986, 1990)
US Open2R (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (1988)
French OpenF (1988)
WimbledonQF (1991)
US OpenQF (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 Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 1988 Metz, France Grand Prix Carpet Sweden Jonas Svensson 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 1989 Nancy, France Grand Prix Hard France Guy Forget 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–4 Jun 1991 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass Germany 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 France Loïc Courteau Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Brazil Cássio Motta
1–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1985 Cologne, West Germany Grand Prix Carpet Austria Alex Antonitsch Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Sweden Peter Lundgren
6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Mar 1986 Metz, France Grand Prix Carpet Paraguay Francisco González Poland Wojciech Fibak
France Guy Forget
6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Oct 1987 Toulouse, France Grand Prix Carpet Poland Wojciech Fibak United States Kelly Jones
Germany Patrik Kühnen
6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Jan 1990 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard Germany Alexander Mronz United Kingdom Andrew Castle
Nigeria Nduka Odizor
6–7, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Oct 1990 Toulouse, France World Series Carpet Denmark Michael Mortensen United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Gary Muller
6–7, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 1991 Brussels, Belgium Championship Series Carpet Belgium Libor Pimek Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 0–6
Win 3–5 Oct 1991 Tel Aviv, Israel Grand Prix Hard Czech Republic David Rikl Argentina Javier Frana
Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 3–6 Jan 1992 Wellington, New Zealand World Series Hard Czech Republic Daniel Vacek United States Jared Palmer
United States 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1990 Bossonnens, Switzerland Challenger Hard Italy Cristiano Caratti 4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 1991 Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Grass South Africa Christo Van Rensburg 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Nov 1991 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Carpet Austria Alex Antonitsch 7–6, 4–6, 7–5

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 Netherlands Jan Siemerink Germany Alexander Mronz
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
6–3, 7–5
Win 2–0 Dec 1990 Bossonnens, Switzerland Challenger Hard The Bahamas Roger Smith Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Nils Holm
6–2, 7–6
Loss 2–1 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Christian Saceanu Italy Diego Nargiso
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
2–6, 2–6
Win 3–1 Jul 1991 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Nigeria Nduka Odizor United Kingdom Paul Hand
Slovakia Branislav Stankovič
4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss 3–2 Dec 1991 Bossonnens, Switzerland Challenger Hard Czech Republic Daniel Vacek Austria Alex Antonitsch
Netherlands Menno Oosting
3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–3 May 1993 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay Czech Republic Daniel Vacek Netherlands Hendrik-Jan Davids
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
3–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Aug 1993 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Daniel Vacek Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy 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

Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A QF A 2R QF 4R 1R 2R 3R 1R A 0 / 8 15–8 65%
French Open 1R 3R 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R A 3R Q1 A 0 / 9 8–9 47%
Wimbledon 1R 1R A 1R 3R 3R 3R 1R A 1R A A 0 / 8 6–8 43%
US Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R A 2R 1R A A 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Win–loss 0–2 2–2 5–2 1–2 5–4 6–4 5–4 0–3 2–2 4–4 0–1 0–0 0 / 30 30–30 50%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held QF Not Held A NH 0 / 1 3–1 75%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells 3R A A A A A A 3R A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Miami A A 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 1R A Q1 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Monte Carlo A A A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Hamburg A A 1R 2R A 1R A A A 1R A Q1 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Rome 3R A 1R 2R A 2R A A A 1R A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Canada A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A A A A SF A A A A A A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Win–loss 4–2 0–0 1–3 3–3 3–2 4–5 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 23 17–23 36%

Doubles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A 1R 1R A 1R 1R 2R A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
French Open 1R 1R QF 3R 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R A A 0 / 9 9–9 50%
Wimbledon 2R A 3R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R A A 0 / 8 6–8 43%
US Open A A A 2R 2R 2R A 2R 1R A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 1–2 1–2 5–2 3–4 1–4 2–3 3–3 3–4 2–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 28 21–28 43%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A 1R 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami A 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 3R A 1R A A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Monte Carlo A A A A QF A SF 1R A A Q1 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Hamburg A A SF A QF A 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Rome QF A A 2R QF A 2R 2R 1R A A 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Canada A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 2–1 0–1 4–3 3–3 6–5 0–2 6–4 1–3 0–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 26 22–26 46%

Mixed Doubles

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open 1R SF F 2R QF 1R 1R 0 / 7 13–7 65%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 2R A QF 3R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
US Open A QF 1R A A 1R A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–1 6–4 6–4 2–3 3–1 3–3 2–2 0 / 18 22–18 55%