Gilles Müller
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| Country (sports) |
 Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Residence | Leudelange, Luxembourg |
| Born |
9 May 1983 Schifflange, Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 2001 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 3,449,049 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 162–161 |
| Career titles |
0 11 ATP Challenger Tour |
| Highest ranking | No. 34 (16 February 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 44 (2 May 2016)[1] |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2015) |
| French Open | 2R (2012, 2015) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2005, 2011) |
| US Open | QF (2008) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 41–65 |
| Career titles |
0 3 ATP Challenger Tour |
| Highest ranking | No. 101 (29 February 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 102 (11 April 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2014, 2015) |
| US Open | 2R (2015) |
| Last updated on: 11 April 2016. | |
Gilles Müller (born 9 May 1983) is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open quarterfinalist in 2008 and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country. He was born and raised in Schifflange and he resides in Leudelange. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 34.[1]
Career
Junior tennis
In 2001, the year Müller turned pro, he reached the final of the Boys' Singles at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated by Swiss Roman Valent, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3. Later that year, Müller won the Boys' Singles final at the 2001 US Open by defeating Taiwanese Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, 7–6, 6–2. Müller finished the year 2001 as the World No. 1 junior, posting a singles record of 72–26 throughout his junior career.
2004/05: Success against top players
Remarkable results against top players were Müller's victories over Andre Agassi in the semifinals of the 2004 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., over Rafael Nadal in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon, and over Andy Roddick in the first round of the 2005 US Open.[2]
2008: First Grand Slam quarterfinal
At the 2008 US Open Gilles Müller, then ranked 130, had to go through the qualification tournament. He reached the main draw, where he consecutively beat Laurent Recouderc, former No. 2 Tommy Haas, Nicolás Almagro, and fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, advancing to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career. He had not been sure that he would even qualify, and so he had not even booked a hotel room for the tournament. He then lost to defending champion and eventual winner Roger Federer, 6–7, 4–6, 6–7.
2009/2010: Injuries
On January 19, 2009, Müller beat Spaniard Feliciano López, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 16–14, in an epic four-hour, twenty-four minute match in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open. Müller beat local favorite Bernard Tomic, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 in the second round, eventually losing in the third to eighth seed Juan Martín del Potro.
2011: US Open 4th Round
In September 2011, he advanced to the fourth round of the US Open, beating Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Latvian Ernests Gulbis, and Russian Igor Kunitsyn in the first three rounds. He then lost to Rafael Nadal, whom he had already faced and lost to in the third round of Wimbledon the same year.
2012: Third ATP final
Gilles Müller posted his 100th singles win by defeating Australian Marinko Matosevic (7–6 (7/5), 6–4) in Atlanta Open.[3] He reached the finals of Atlanta open, losing to Andy Roddick, 6–1 6–7 2–6, which was notable for being Roddick's last professional final before his retirement later that year.[4]
2013: Injury Time-out
Müller's final match in 2013 was at 2013 French Open where he lost in round 1 to Roberto Bautista Agut.
He finished 2013 at No 368 in the world rankings after missing the second half of the year with an elbow injury.[5][6]
2014: Back in the Top 50
In January, Müller returned to play and competed mostly on the challenger circuit, winning 5 titles.
Müller qualified for Wimbledon where he lost to Roger Federer in round 2. Jamie Delgado made his debut as a player-coach by partnering and coaching Müller in the doubles, where they reached the second round.[7][8]
Müller/Delgado's best doubles result was reaching the semi-finals of the Tilia Slovenia Challenger.
Müller lost in the first round at the US Open to Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 5-7, 6-7, 7-6, 1-6. Müller returned to the ATP World Tour and lost at the 2014 Moselle Open in round 2 to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in round 2 to Richard Gasquet at the 2014 ATP Shenzhen Open
At the Rakuten Japan Open, he lost in the second round to Gilles Simon. Müller and Jamie Delgado's final doubles match was also at the Rakuten Japan Open where they lost in the first round,[9] and Delgado retired from playing to concentrate on coaching Müller.[5]
Müller lost to Roger Federer in round 1 of the 2014 Swiss Indoors before falling in the qualifying rounds of the Paris Masters. He finished 2014 with a ranking of No. 47 and was elected Luxembourg's Sportsman of the Year.
2015: Career-best year
Müller commenced 2015 at the Aircel Chennai Open, where he made the quarter finals, losing to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka. He then competed in the Sydney International losing in the semi finals to Viktor Troicki, also the eventual champion. He played his best Australian Open ever in singles, beating Roberto Bautista Agut and John Isner en route to the fourth round, where he lost to world number 1 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic in three competitive sets (4-6 5-7 5-7) in the pair's first encounter. His performance during the entire month saw him break the top 40 for the first time in his career on February 2nd.[6]
After losing to Ričardas Berankis in his first match in Zagreb, he had another strong showing in Rotterdam, defeating David Goffin and Grigor Dimitrov, before losing to Wawrinka in the quarter finals again. He then lost his first match in his next three tournaments, in Dubai, Indian Wells and Miami, though he won his two singles and his doubles match in the Davis Cup tie against Madagascar and reached the semi finals of the challenger in Irving. He only played three tournaments during the clay court season, reaching the quarter finals in Estoril before losing in the first round in Madrid and reaching the second round of the French Open for only the second time in his career, again losing to Novak Djokovic. Since he didn't defend his titles on the challenger tour, he fell out of the top 50 for the first time of the year on May 11th.
Müller had a strong start to the grass court season, reaching the semi finals of the Topshelf Open, eventually losing to David Goffin, and the quarter finals at Queen's, where he beat defending champion Grigor Dimitrov for the second time in two meetings since the beginning of the year, before falling to eventual champion Andy Murray. He carried his good form into Wimbledon, but was drawn against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round, losing to him in five sets (6-7 7-6 4-6 6-3 2-6).
His next tournament was Atlanta, where he had reached the semi finals or better in both his previous appearances. He reached the semi finals again, eventually losing to Marcos Baghdatis in three sets (7-6 3-6 6-7). Partnering Colin Fleming, and beating second seeds and defending champions Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock in the first round, he also reached his first ATP World Tour doubles final here, losing to the Bryan brothers (6-4 6-7 4-10). He then competed at the Citi Open, losing to Richard Gasquet in three sets in the second round, and at the Rogers Cup, where he reached the third round, defeating Gaël Monfils in the second before falling to Andy Murray.
He suffered a couple of first-round exits at the Western & Southern Open and the US Open, but rebounded for a quarter finals-run at the Moselle Open, falling to Gilles Simon, and a semi finals-run at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, where he defeated Kevin Anderson and Jérémy Chardy before avenging his loss the previous week in a 6-3 6-4 victory against Simon, recording his first top 10 win in two years. He then lost to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka. He lost to Gasquet again in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, but reached another quarter final in Stockholm. After losing to eventual champion João Sousa in the first round of the Valencia Open, he withdrew out of his final tournament at the BNP Paribas Masters, citing fatigue.
Müller finished the year with a ranking of No. 38 and was elected Luxembourg's Sportsman of the Year for the second year in the row.
Müller was in the best form of his career, for which he gave much credit to Jamie Delgado. Müller said “He’s definitely a great coach because he knows a lot.”[5] However Müller split from Delgado, who went on to to join Andy Murray as his assistant coach.[10]
2016
Müller launched his 2016 campaign as a seeded player at the Aircel Chennai Open, but lost in the second round to qualifier Thomas Fabbiano. He fared better at the Sydney International, where he reached the semi finals for a second straight year, beating up-and-comers Borna Ćorić and Dominic Thiem - also the tournament's second seed, and extending his domination over Jérémy Chardy to 3-0, but losing to Grigor Dimitrov.
Davis Cup
Müller has competed in 30 ties since his first nomination in 2000. He has won 54 matches and has lost 17 making him the most successful Luxembourgish Davis Cup player.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (0–3)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | August 16, 2004 | Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, United States | Hard |  Lleyton Hewitt |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | July 25, 2005 | Countrywide Classic, Los Angeles, United States | Hard |  Andre Agassi |
4–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 3. | July 22, 2012 | BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, United States | Hard | Andy Roddick |
6–1, 6–7(2–7), 2–6 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | August 2, 2015 | BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, United States | Hard |  Colin Fleming |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [4–10] |
Challengers and Futures
Singles
| Challengers (11) |
| Futures (4) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | April 9, 2001 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | Hard |  Hermes Gamonal |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6) |
| 2. | February 11, 2002 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard |  Maximilian Abel |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
| 3. | April 22, 2002 | Montego Bay, Jamaica | Hard |  Julien Cassaigne |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| 4. | August 26, 2002 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Clay |  Rodrigo Monte |
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
| 5. | July 21, 2003 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard |  Iván Navarro |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 6. | April 19, 2004 | Napoli, Italy | Clay | Arnaud Di Pasquale |
7–6(9–7), 6–7(1–7), 6–1 |
| 7. | June 28, 2004 | Córdoba, Spain | Hard | Nicolás Almagro |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 8. | April 7, 2008 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Hard |  Iván Miranda |
7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
| 9. | May 26, 2008 | Izmir, Turkey | Hard |  Kristian Pless |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 10. | June 5, 2011 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Grass | Matthias Bachinger |
7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
| 11. | April 2, 2014 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Hard | Denis Kudla |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 12. | April 27, 2014 | Shenzen, China | Hard |  Lukas Lacko |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| 13. | May 4, 2014 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | John-Patrick Smith |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 14. | May 11, 2014 | Gimcheon, South Korea | Hard |  Tatsuma Ito |
7–6(7–5), 5-7, 6-4 |
| 15. | July 20, 2014 | Recanati, Italy | Hard |  Ilija Bozoljac |
6–1, 6-2 |
Doubles
| Challengers (3) |
| Futures (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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| 1. | August 6, 2001 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Clay | Mike Scheidweiler |
 Steve Adamson Raoul Snijders |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 2. | June 21, 2004 | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Hard |  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
 Santiago González Alejandro Hernández |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 3. | September 12, 2010 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France | Hard | Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
 Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs |
6–0, 2–6, [13–11] |
| 4. | September 30, 2012 | Orléans, France | Hard |  Lukáš Dlouhý |
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6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–7] |
Singles performance timeline
Current till 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L | |
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| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 4R | 2R | 9–10 | |
| French Open | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | 1R | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2–6 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 1R | Q3 | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 6–8 | ||
| US Open | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q1 | QF | A | A | 4R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 9–7 | ||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 26–31 | |
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | Q1 | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 4–6 | |
| Miami Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1–8 | |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | |
| Madrid Masters | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2–1 | ||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||
| Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | |||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | 0–1 | ||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 7–20 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | |
| Overall Win–Loss | 2–2 | 13–9 | 21–23 | 13–20 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 5–9 | 2–2 | 17–12 | 22–21 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 33–24 | 10–9 | 162–1611 | |
| Year-end Ranking | 195 | 69 | 76 | 105 | 117 | 95 | 248 | 134 | 54 | 67 | 368 | 47 | 38 | |||
1 Including Win-Loss 2001 (2–3), 2002 (2–1)
Wins over top 10 players
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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| 2004 | ||||||
| 1. | Andre Agassi |
6 | Washington, United States | Hard | SF | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 2. |  David Nalbandian |
10 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | 3R | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4 |
| 2005 | ||||||
| 3. | Rafael Nadal |
3 | Wimbledon, London, England | Grass | 2R | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 4. | Andy Roddick |
3 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | 1R | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1) |
| 2008 | ||||||
| 5. |  Nikolay Davydenko |
5 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | 4R | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(12–10) |
| 2013 | ||||||
| 6. | Richard Gasquet |
10 | Marseille, France | Hard | 1R | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| 2015 | ||||||
| 7. | Gilles Simon |
10 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | QF | 6–3, 6–4 |
References
- 1 2 "Gilles Müller - Overview". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Gilles Müller - Biography". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Gilles Muller brings up milestone over Aussie Marinko Matosevic". Herald Sun. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Roddick lifts Atlanta trophy". Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- 1 2 3 "Aegon Championships 2015: Jamie Delgado plots friend Andy Murray's downfall as Gilles Müller knocks out holder Grigor Dimitrov". Independent. 18 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Australian Open: Novak Djokovic's downfall plotted by Jamie Delgado". BBC Sport. 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Jamie Delgado sets new record for most consecutive men's Wimbledon appearances (but Brit has won 25 matches in 23 years)". Mail Online. 26 June 2014.
- ↑ "Wimbledon 2014: Britain's Jamie Delgado smashes record with 23rd consecutive All England Club appearance". Telegraph. 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "Jamie Delgado - Last event played". ATP World Tour. 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "Andy Murray brings in former British player Jamie Delgado to join his coaching team". Mail Online. 29 February 2016.
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