Gilles Müller

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**Gilles Müller**

Country	Luxembourg
Residence	Schifflange, Luxembourg
Date of birth	May 9, 1983 (1983-05-09) (age 25)
Place of birth	Schifflange, Luxembourg
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	83 kg (180 lb/13.1 st)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	Active
Plays	Left
Career prize money	$812,974
Singles
Career record:	55 - 62
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 59 (1 August 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2005, 2006)
French Open	1st (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	3rd (2005)
US Open	2nd (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	15 - 28
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 147 (10 October 2005)
Infobox last updated on: 4 July 2007.

Gilles Müller (born on May 9, 1983) (Pronounced JEEL MOO-ler) is a professional male tennis player of Luxembourg. He was a U.S. Open junior champion and is one of the most successful players of his small country. He was born and raised in Schifflange.

He upset Andy Roddick in just 3 sets during the first round of the 2005 US Open, with a score of 7–6, 7–6, 7–6. In the second round, he lost to Robby Ginepri in straight sets after the upset, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4. He also upset Rafael Nadal, the fourth seed, in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships. In addition to his victories over Nadal and Roddick, Muller also defeated Andre Agassi in 2004 at the semifinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington D.C., only to lose to Lleyton Hewitt in the final.

In 2006, he reached the finals of the Bermuda Open, and was a semifinalist in the Casablanca Open (with Olivier Rochus).

[edit] Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 21, 2003	Valladolid	Hard	Ivan Navarro	6-4 6-3
2.	April 19, 2004	Napoli	Clay	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7-6 6-7 6-1
3.	June 28, 2004	Cordoba	Hard	Nicolas Almagro	6-1 6-2
4.	April 7, 2008	Humacao	Hard	Ivan Miranda	7-5 7-6
5.	May 26, 2008	Izmir	Hard	Kristian Pless	7-5 6-3