Gilles Müller

Gilles Müller (born May 9, 1983 in Schifflange, Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgish former professional tennis player. His best results in a Grand Slam were at the 2008 US Open, when he reached the quarterfinals, where he fell to the then world number 2, the Swiss Roger Federer, and at Wimbledon in 2017, reaching the same round, where he lost. against the Croatian Marin Cilic.

Career

Junior

In 2001 he reached the final of the Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to the Swiss Romano Valent in three sets. A little later he surpassed that performance at the US Open, where he found himself in the final against Jimmy Wang and secured his first Grand Slam title. He finished the year ranked No. 1 in the world junior rankings and his professional career began.

2004

In the first years Müller attended numerous tournaments where he completed a total of four titles. In 2004 he won the semifinal of the Washington Tournament against the then world number six Andre Agassi in straight sets, but was defeated in the final against Lleyton Hewitt in significant fashion.

2005

This upward trend continued in 2005, entering the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his professional career. He in the 2005 Roland Garros Tournament but he could not get past the first round. Things were better at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in four sets in the second round. In the first round of the 2005 US Open he defeated another top-10 player, Andy Roddick, in three sets. At the Masters Tournament in Los Angeles, Müller reached the final, but lost in two sets against Andre Agassi. In August of the same year, he finished 59th in the world rankings, which was his best position in his career.

2008

At the 2008 United States Open, he came in as number 130 in the ATP ranking and had to go through the qualification tournament. He reached the main draw, where he consecutively beat Laurent Recouderc, Tommy Haas (former world number 2), Nicolás Almagro, and the fifth seed, Nikolai Davydenko, advancing to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. in his carrer. He then lost to defending champion and eventual winner Roger Federer, 6-7, 4-6, 6-7.

2009

On January 19, 2009, Müller defeated the Spanish Feliciano López, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 16-14, in an epic match lasting four hours and twenty-four minutes 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, but was defeated in the third round by eighth seed Juan Martín del Potro.

2011

In September 2011, he advanced to the fourth round of the US Open, beating Frenchman Edouard 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 in the third round of Wimbledon the same year.

2012

Gilles Müller achieved his 100th victory by defeating the Australian Marinko Matosevic (7-6 (7/5), 6-4) in the Atlanta Tournament. He reached the final in Atlanta, losing to local Andy Roddick, 6-1 6-7 2-6.

2014

He began the year competing in the ATP Challenger Series circuit and did so with great success, obtaining the titles of the Guadalajara Challenger, defeating the American Denis Kudla in the final by 6:2, 6:2, the Shenzhen Challenger in China defeating the Slovak Lukáš Lacko 7:6⁴, 6:3, the Taipei Challenger defeating the Australian John-Patrick Smith 6:3, 6:3 and the Gimcheon Challenger again in China beating the final to the Japanese Tatsuma Itō by 7:6⁵, 5:7, 6:4.

ATP titles (2; 2+0)

Individual (2)

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Oponente en la final	Outcome
1.	14 January 2017	Sydney	Dura	Daniel Evans	7-6(5), 6-2
2.	18 June 2017	's-Hertogenbosch	Hierba	Ivo Karlović	7-6(5), 7-6(4)

Finalist (6)

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Oponente en la final	Outcome
1.	22 August 2004	Washington	Dura	Lleyton Hewitt	3-6, 4-6
2.	31 July 2005	Los Angeles	Dura	Andre Agassi	4-6, 5-7
3.	22 July 2012	Atlanta	Dura	Andy Roddick	6-1, 6-7(2), 2-6
4.	12 June 2016	's-Hertogenbosch	Hierba	Nicolas Mahut	4-6, 4-6
5.	17 July 2016	Newport	Hierba	Ivo Karlović	7-6(2), 6-7(5), 6-7(12)
6.	7 May 2017	Sterilo.	Whipped earth	Pablo Carreño	2-6, 6-7(5)

Doubles (0)

Finalist (2)

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Couple	Opponents in the final	Outcome
1.	2 August 2015	Atlanta	Dura	Colin Fleming	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6-4, 6-7(2), [4-10]
2.	7 January 2017	Brisbane	Dura	Sam Querrey	Thanasi Kokkinakis Jordan Thompson	6-7(7), 4-6

Challenger Titles

Individuals

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents in the final	Outcome
1.	27.07.2003	Challenger de Valladolid	Dura	Ivan Navarro	6:4, 6:3
2.	25.04.2004	Naples Challenger	Earth	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7:676:71, 6:1
3.	04.07.2004	Challenger de Pozoblanco	Dura	Nicolás Almagro	6:1, 6:2
4.	13.04.2008	Humacao Challenger	Dura	Ivan Miranda	7:5, 7:62
5.	01.06.2008	Challenger de Esmirna	Dura	Kristian Pless	7:5, 6:3
6.	05.06.2011	Nottingham Challenger	Guest	Matthias Bachinger	7:64, 6:2
7.	30.03.2014	Challenger de Guadalajara	Dura	Denis Kudla	6:2, 6:2
8.	27.04.2014	Shenzhen Challenger	Dura	Lukáš Lacko	7:64, 6:3
9.	04.05.2014	Taipei Challenger	Dura	John-Patrick Smith	6:3, 6:3
10.	11.05.2014	Gimcheon Challenger	Dura	Tatsuma Itō	7:65, 5:7, 6:4
11.	20.07.2014	Challenger de Recanati	Dura	Ilija Bozoljac	6:1, 6:2

Doubles

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Companion	Opponents in the final	Outcome
1.	26.06.2004	Challenger de Andorra la Vella	Dura	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Santiago González Alejandro Hernández	6:3, 7:5
2.	12.09.2010	Challenger de Saint-Rémy	Dura	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs	6:0, 2:6, 13:11
3.	30.09.2012	Orléans Challenger	Dura (i)	Lukáš Dlouhý	Xavier Malisse Ken Skupski	6:2, 6:75[10:7]