Thomas Schiessling (born 1 November 1974) is an Austrian former professional tennis player.

Thomas Schiessling
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1974-11-01) 1 November 1974 (age 49)
Innsbruck, Austria
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1994
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$83,192
Singles
Career record4–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 257 (14 December 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ2 (1997)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 894 (3 May 1995)
Last updated on: 24 December 2022.

A left-handed player from Innsbruck, Schiessling turned professional in 1994 and reached a career best singles ranking of 257 in the world.[1] Most of his ATP Tour main draw appearances came at his home tournament, the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, but he had his best performance at Mallorca in 1998, beating Marat Safin en route to the quarter-finals.[2]

Schiessling now trades stocks for a living.[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 13 (7–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (7–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1998 Austria F4, Seefeld Futures Clay   Petr Dezort 7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 1998 Austria F5, Schwaz Futures Clay   Hector Moretti 6–0, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Aug 1998 Austria F7, Vienna Futures Clay   Michel Kratochvil 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–2 Nov 1998 Brazil F6, Curitiba Futures Clay   Paulo Taicher 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–2 Dec 1998 Brazil F7, Pouso Alegre Futures Clay   Marcos Daniel 6–0, 7–6
Loss 3–3 May 2000 Austria F2, Telfs Futures Clay   Clemens Trimmel 4–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Jun 2000 Italy F4, Pavia Futures Clay   Elia Grossi 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss 4–4 Jun 2001 Italy F5, Pavia Futures Clay   Giorgio Galimberti 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 4–5 Aug 2003 Austria F3, Seefeld Futures Clay   Michal Navratil 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss 4–6 Jul 2006 Austria F5, Telfs Futures Clay   Andreas Haider-Maurer 6–0, 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–6 Jul 2006 Austria F6, Kramsach Futures Clay   Bastian Knittel 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–6 Sep 2006 Germany F14, Nuremberg Futures Clay   Marc Sieber 6–0, 6–0
Win 7–6 Jul 2007 Austria F5, Telfs Futures Clay   Armin Sandbichler 7–6(12–10), 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1–0) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1998 Brazil F5, Florianópolis Futures Clay   Paul Hartveg   Daniel Melo
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References edit

  1. ^ a b Schmid, Matthias (5 June 2016). "Reif für die ATP-Tour". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
  2. ^ ""Stierkämpfer" schlagen sich durch". Wiener Zeitung Online (in German). 10 March 1998.

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