Michiel Schapers

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	[[1987 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Auckland, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	[[1988 Lorraine Open|Template:Dts]]	Metz, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jonas Svensson	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	[[1989 Lorraine Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Nancy, France	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–4	[[1991 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships|Template:Dts]]	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon 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	[[Marbella|Template:Dts]]	Marbella, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Loïc Courteau	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	[[1985 Cologne Cup|Template:Dts]]	Cologne, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Alex Antonitsch	Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–2	[[1986 Lorraine Open|Template:Dts]]	Metz, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Francisco González	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Guy Forget	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	[[1987 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Toulouse, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Kelly Jones Template:Flagicon Patrik Kühnen	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–3	[[1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alexander Mronz	Template:Flagicon Andrew Castle Template:Flagicon Nduka Odizor	6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–4	[[1990 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Toulouse, France	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	Template:Flagicon Neil Broad Template:Flagicon Gary Muller	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	[[1991 Donnay Indoor Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Brussels, Belgium	Championship Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 0–6
Win	3–5	[[1991 Riklis Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Tel Aviv, Israel	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana Template:Flagicon Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	3–6	[[1991 BP National Championships|Template:Dts]]	Wellington, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Dts	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Caratti	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Christo Van Rensburg	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Dts	The Hague, Netherlands	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jan Siemerink	Template:Flagicon Alexander Mronz Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roger Smith	Template:Flagicon Henrik Holm Template:Flagicon Nils Holm	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Christian Saceanu	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso Template:Flagicon Stefano Pescosolido	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Nduka Odizor	Template:Flagicon Paul Hand Template:Flagicon Branislav Stankovič	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	Template:Flagicon Alex Antonitsch Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	Template:Flagicon Hendrik-Jan Davids Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	Template:Flagicon Cristian Brandi Template:Flagicon Federico Mordegan	6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Performance timelines

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	3R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	Q1	A	0 / 9	8–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 8	6–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	1–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			QF	Not Held			A	NH		0 / 1	3–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 7	4–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 4	0–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	3R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	3–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	1R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 9	9–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	2R	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 8	6–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	3R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 7	4–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	QF	A	SF	1R	A	A	Q1	0 / 3	5–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	SF	A	QF	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	5–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	QF	A	A	2R	QF	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	7–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	SF	F	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 7	13–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	2R	A	QF	3R	0 / 5	6–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	QF	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	6–4	6–4	2–3	3–1	3–3	2–2	0 / 18	22–18	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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