51 Facts About Gilles Muller

Gilles Muller is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg.

Gilles Muller is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist and the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country.

Gilles Muller was known for his powerful left-handed serve and excellent net skills.

Gilles Muller played his first junior match in 1997 at the age of 14 at a grade 4 tournament in Luxembourg.

Gilles Muller started off by making the semifinals of the Junior Australian Open where he lost to the No 1 ranked junior Janko Tipsarevic of Yugoslavia.

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Gilles Muller won the Boys' Singles final at the 2001 US Open, defeating Taiwan's Yeu-Tzuoo Wang.

Gilles Muller attained No 1 ranking on the junior circuit on September 10,2001 and finished the year with the ranking.

Gilles Muller made his ATP debut at the 2002 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw where he lost in the first round to Ivo Heuberger.

Gilles Muller entered the qualifying draws of the 2003 French Open and the 2003 US Open, losing both in the first round.

Gilles Muller began 2004 with his first ATP Tour match win at the 2004 Auckland Open where he defeated Nicolas Lapentti and his first grand slam at the 2004 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to David Ferrer.

Gilles Muller lost in the final to 2nd seed and world No 8 Lleyton Hewitt.

Gilles Muller defeated world No 10 David Nalbandian at the 2004 Japan Open for his second win over a top-10 player.

Gilles Muller finished 2004 his a year-end ranking of 69.

At the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, Gilles Muller stunned 4th seed and world No 3 Rafael Nadal in the second round.

Gilles Muller lost in the third round to 27th seed Richard Gasquet.

Gilles Muller made his second ATP Tour final at the 2005 Los Angeles Open where he lost to top seed and world No 6 Andre Agassi.

Gilles Muller lost in the second round to eventual semifinalist Robby Ginepri.

Gilles Muller started to get worse results in ATP events which dropped his ranking back outside of the top-100 to 105 by the end of the year.

At the 2008 US Open, Gilles Muller, ranked 130 at the time, had to go through the qualification tournament.

Gilles Muller reached the main draw and advanced to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career, earnining a win over fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko in the fourth round.

Gilles Muller lost to defending and eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets.

On 19 January 2009, Gilles Muller beat Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in an epic four-hour, 24-minute match in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open.

Gilles Muller's run in the tournament ended in the third round by the eighth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro.

Gilles Muller registered his 100th singles win by defeating Australian Marinko Matosevic in Atlanta.

Gilles Muller reached his first ATP final in seven years at the 2012 Atlanta Open final, losing to Andy Roddick after the American came back from one set and one break down to win what would be Roddick's last final on the ATP Tour.

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Gilles Muller finished the year at No 368 in the world rankings after missing the second half of the season with an elbow injury.

Gilles Muller lost in the first round at the US Open to Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Gilles Muller lost to Federer in the first round of the 2014 Swiss Indoors before falling in the qualifying rounds of the Paris Masters.

Gilles Muller finished the season with a ranking of No 47 and was elected Luxembourg's Sportsman of the Year.

Gilles Muller began 2015 at the Aircel Chennai Open, where he made the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka.

Gilles Muller then competed in the Sydney International losing in the semifinals to Viktor Troicki, the eventual champion.

Gilles Muller put together his best Australian Open campaign to date, losing in the fourth round to world No 1 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic.

Gilles Muller had a strong showing in Rotterdam, defeating David Goffin and Grigor Dimitrov, and then lost to Wawrinka in the quarterfinals.

Gilles Muller had a strong start to the grass court season, reaching the semifinals of the Topshelf Open as well as the quarterfinals at Queen's, beating defending champion Dimitrov for the second time in two meetings since the beginning of the year.

Gilles Muller reached the quarterfinals of the Moselle Open in addition to the semifinals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships.

Gilles Muller finished the season with a world ranking of No 38 and was elected Luxembourg's Sportsman of the Year for the second year in a row.

Gilles Muller started 2016 by reaching the semifinals of both the Sydney International and the 2016 Garanti Koza Sofia Open.

Gilles Muller represented Luxembourg in singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning in the first round against Jerzy Janowicz and then beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round before losing to Roberto Bautista Agut.

At the 2016 Swiss Indoors, Gilles Muller defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the first round and then went on to reach the semifinals, falling to Kei Nishikori in three sets.

Gilles Muller finished 2016 with a ranking of No 34 and was again elected Luxembourg's Sportsman of the Year.

Gilles Muller finally won his maiden ATP World Tour title at the 2017 Sydney International, over a decade after his first final.

Gilles Muller saved a match point in the first round against Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Gilles Muller made the final of Estoril, losing to Pablo Carreno Busta in what was his first ATP final played on clay.

Gilles Muller won the match in two straight tiebreaks, claiming his second ATP World Tour title in the process.

Gilles Muller entered an ATP tournament as a defending champion for the first time in his career at the 2018 Sydney International, ousting John Millman before subsequently losing to Benoit Paire.

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Gilles Muller then reached the third round of the 2018 Australian Open, ultimately bowing out to Pablo Carreno Busta in four sets.

Gilles Muller played his last match on the ATP World Tour at the 2018 US Open, losing in a five-setter to Lorenzo Sonego in the first round.

Gilles Muller was honored as one of the biggest retirees of the year at the 2018 ATP Finals alongside Florian Mayer and Andre Sa.

Gilles Muller made his Davis Cup debut for the Luxembourg Davis Cup team in April 2000 at the age of 16.

Gilles Muller competed in 30 ties and out of 73 matches, he won 56 and lost 17, which made him Luxembourg's most successful Davis Cup player.

Gilles Muller led the team to a surprise victory against Finland in February 2004.