Gilles Müller

Gilles Müller (; born 9 May 1983) is a Luxembourgish former professional tennis player. He is a two-time major singles quarterfinalist, making him by far the most successful male tennis player in Luxembourgish history. Müller won two titles on the ATP Tour and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 21 on 31 July 2017. He was known for his powerful left-handed serve and net skills. Following his retirement, Müller was appointed as Luxembourg's Davis Cup team captain.

Career

Junior tennis

Müller played his first junior match in 1997 at the age of 14 at a grade 4 tournament in Luxembourg. 2001 was Müller's most successful year in juniors. He started off by making the semifinals of the Junior Australian Open where he lost to the No. 1 ranked junior Janko Tipsarević of Yugoslavia (1–6, 6–4, 2–6). Following an early exit at the Junior French Open, He reached the final of the Boys' Singles at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, where he was defeated by Roman Valent of Switzerland (6–3, 5–7, 3–6). He won the Boys' Singles final at the 2001 US Open, defeating Taiwan's Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (7–6, 6–2). He attained No. 1 ranking on the junior circuit on September 10, 2001, and finished the year with the ranking. He ended his junior career after an early exit at the Orange Bowl with an overall singles record of 81–29 throughout his junior career.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: SF (2001)

French Open: 3R (2001)

Wimbledon: F (2001)

US Open: W (2001)

2001–2003: The beginning

Although beginning to play ITF events in 2000, Müller did not turn pro until 2001 at the age of 18. Between April 2001 and August 2002, He won a total of four ITF futures events. He 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 (2–6, 6–3, 6–7(8–10)).

By the time 2003 came, Müller had already broke into the top 300 and started consistently playing in ATP Challenger Tour events where he made his first challenger final in April and won his first challenger title in July. He qualified for his second ATP event, the 2003 Copenhagen Open where he lost in the first round to Jean-René Lisnard (5–7, 4–6).

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

2004–2005: ATP Tour finals and wins against top-10 players

Müller began 2004 with his first ATP Tour match win at the 2004 Auckland Open where he defeated Nicolás Lapentti (7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–1) and his first grand slam at the 2004 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to David Ferrer (6–7(4–7), 1–6, 3–6). His breakthrough event came at the 2004 Legg Mason Tennis Classic where he made his first ATP Tour final and defeated 1st seed and world No. 6 Andre Agassi (4–6, 5–7) to register his first win over a top-10 player. He lost in the final to 2nd seed and world No. 8 Lleyton Hewitt (3–6, 4–6). His result at the tournament would push his ranking into the top-100 for the first time in his career. He also defeated world No. 10 David Nalbandian (7–6(7–4), 3–6, 4–6,) at the 2004 Japan Open for his second win over a top-10 player. He finished 2004 his a year-end ranking of 69.

At the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, Müller stunned 4th seed and world No. 3 Rafael Nadal (6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4) in the second round. He lost in the third round to 27th seed Richard Gasquet (6–7(3–7), 3–6, 3–6). He made his second ATP Tour final at the 2005 Los Angeles Open where he lost to top seed and world No. 6 Andre Agassi (4–6, 5–7). At the 2005 US Open, he stunned 4th seed and world No. 3 Andy Roddick (6–7(4–7), 6–7(8–10), 6–7(1–7)). He lost in the second round to eventual semifinalist Robby Ginepri (1–6, 1–6, 4–6). He finished 2005 with a year-end ranking of 76.

2006–2007: Back outside of the top 100

Müller's success started to die down in 2006. He 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. After January 2007, he returned to solely playing challenger events and had to start qualifying for grand slams and ATP events despite usually gaining automatic entry since 2005.

2008: First Grand Slam quarterfinal

At the 2008 US Open, Müller, ranked 130 at the time, had to go through the qualification tournament. He 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. He lost to defending and eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets (6–7, 4–6, 6–7).

2009–2013: Struggles with injuries

On 19 January 2009, Müller beat Spaniard Feliciano López (6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 16–14) in an epic four-hour, 24-minute match in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open. His run in the tournament ended in the third round by the eighth-seeded Juan Martín del Potro.

thumb|Müller at the 2011 US Open

In September 2011, he advanced to the fourth round of the US Open, losing to Rafael Nadal, whom he had already lost to in the third round of Wimbledon earlier that same year.

Müller registered his 100th singles win by defeating Australian Marinko Matosevic (7–6, 6–4) in Atlanta. He also reached his first ATP final in seven years at the 2012 Atlanta Open final, losing to Andy Roddick (6–1, 6–7, 2–6) 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.

Müller's final match in 2013 was at the 2013 French Open where he lost in round 1 to Roberto Bautista Agut. He finished the year at No. 368 in the world rankings after missing the second half of the season with an elbow injury.

2014: Back inside the top 50

In January, Müller returned to playing tennis and competed mostly on the Challenger Tour, winning five titles.

Müller qualified for the 2014 Wimbledon Championships where he lost to Roger Federer in the second round.

Müller lost in the first round at the US Open to Paul-Henri Mathieu (7–6, 5–7, 6–7, 7–6, 1–6).

Müller lost to Federer in the first round of the 2014 Swiss Indoors before falling in the qualifying rounds of the Paris Masters. He finished the season with a ranking of No. 47 and was elected Luxembourg's Sportsman of the Year.

2015: Breaking the top 40

Müller began 2015 at the Aircel Chennai Open, where he made the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka. He then competed in the Sydney International losing in the semifinals to Viktor Troicki, the eventual champion. He put together his best Australian Open campaign to date, losing in the fourth round to world No. 1 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic (4–6, 5–7, 5–7). His performance during the entire month saw him crack the top 40 for the first time in his career on 2 February. He won the match in two straight tiebreaks (7–6, 7–6), claiming his second ATP Tour singles title in the process.

Despite being ranked 26 in the world, Müller's excellent form on grass in the last 12 months saw him earn a seeding of 16th at Wimbledon, where he made the quarterfinals after defeating world No. 2 Rafael Nadal in a five-set thriller, winning (6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 15–13) in 4 hours and 48 minutes. The Luxembourger would subsequently have his run at The Championships ended by the eventual runner-up Marin Čilić, who beat him in another match that went five sets (6–3, 6–7, 5–7, 7–5, 1–6), after Müller experienced physical fatigue during the 5th set.

After reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 on 31 July and ending the season ranked world No. 25, he was elected Luxembourg's Sportsman of the Year for the fourth year in a row.

2018: Final season

Müller 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 Benoît Paire. He then reached the third round of the 2018 Australian Open, ultimately bowing out to Pablo Carreño Busta in four sets.

Müller announced on 16 July that he would retire at the end of the season. He 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.

Müller was honored as one of the biggest retirees of the year at the 2018 ATP Finals alongside Florian Mayer and André Sá.

National representation

Davis Cup

Müller made his Davis Cup debut for the Luxembourg Davis Cup team in April 2000 at the age of 16. He 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. Following his retirement in 2018, Müller was appointed as Luxembourg's Davis Cup team captain.

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

Olympic Games

Müller qualified for the Olympic Games twice: in London 2012 and in Rio 2016, reaching the second round at the former and the third round at the latter.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Müller was the official flagbearer for Luxembourg.

Post professional tennis career

TV Commentating

Following his professional tennis career, Müller has been working as a TV commentator for Tennis TV, World Feed, Amazon Prime Video UK & Ireland and SkySports among others. In this capacity Müller has been commentating on both men's and women's professional tennis tours.

ATP career finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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|0–1

|2004 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles|

|Washington Open, US

|International

|Hard

| Lleyton Hewitt

|3–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|2005 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Singles|

|Los Angeles Open, US

|International

|Hard

| Andre Agassi

|4–6, 5–7

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–3

|2012 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles|

|Atlanta Open, US

|250 Series

|Hard

| Andy Roddick

|6–1, 6–7(2–7), 2–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–4

|2016 Ricoh Open – Men's singles|

|Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands

|250 Series

|Grass

| Nicolas Mahut

|4–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–5

|2016 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles|

|Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, US

|250 Series

|Grass

| Ivo Karlović

|7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(12–14)

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–5

|2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles|

|Sydney International, Australia

|250 Series

|Hard

| Dan Evans

|7–6(7–5), 6–2

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|1–6

|2017 Estoril Open – Singles|

|Estoril Open, Portugal

|250 Series

|Clay

| Pablo Carreño Busta

|2–6, 6–7(5–7)

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–6

|2017 Ricoh Open – Men's singles|

|Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands

|250 Series

|Grass

| Ivo Karlović

|7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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|0–1

|2015 BB&T Atlanta Open – Doubles|

|Atlanta Open, US

|250 Series

|Hard

| Colin Fleming

| Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

|6–4, 6–7(2–7), [4–10]

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|2017 Brisbane International – Men's doubles|

|Brisbane International, Australia

|250 Series

|Hard

| Sam Querrey

| Thanasi Kokkinakis Jordan Thompson

|6–7(7–9), 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 31 (15–16)

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|1–0

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Kuwait F1, Meshref

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

| Hermes Gamonal

|4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–0

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Great Britain F3, Glasgow

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Carpet

| Maximilian Abel

|7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–0

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Jamaica F3, Montego Bay

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

| Julien Cassaigne

|6–3, 7–6(7–4)

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|4–0

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Brazil F2, Goiânia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

| Rodrigo Monte

|3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–1

|style="background:moccasin;"|Napoli, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

| Richard Gasquet

|4–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|5–1

|style="background:moccasin;"|Valladolid, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Iván Navarro

|6–4, 6–3

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|5–2

|style="background:moccasin;"|Salinas, Ecuador

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Alejandro Falla

|7–6(7–5), 2–6, 2–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|6–2

|style="background:moccasin;"| Napoli, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

| Arnaud Di Pasquale

|7–6(9–7), 6–7(1–7), 6–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|6–3

|style="background:moccasin;"|Andorra la Vella, Andorra

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Kevin Kim

|4–6, 0–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|7–3

|style="background:moccasin;"| Córdoba, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Nicolás Almagro

|6–1, 6–2

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|7–4

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bermuda, Bermuda

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

| Fernando Vicente

|6–2, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|7–5

|style="background:moccasin;"|Rennes, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

| Philipp Petzschner

|3–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|7–6

|style="background:moccasin;"|Kolding, Denmark

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Lukáš Lacko

|6–7(3–7), 4–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|8–6

|style="background:moccasin;"|Humacao, Puerto Rico

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Iván Miranda

|7–5, 7–6(7–2)

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|9–6

|style="background:moccasin;"|Izmir, Turkey

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Kristian Pless

|7–5, 6–3

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|9–7

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Germany F1, Schwieberdingen

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Carpet

| Jesse Huta Galung

|2–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|9–8

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bergamo, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Karol Beck

|4–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|9–9

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cherbourg, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Nicolas Mahut

|4–6, 3–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|9–10

|style="background:moccasin;"|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Karol Beck

|7–6(7–4), 4–6, 5–7

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|9–11

|style="background:moccasin;"|Nouméa, New Caledonia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Vincent Millot

|6–7(6–8), 6–2, 4–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|9–12

|style="background:moccasin;"|Courmayeur, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Nicolas Mahut

|6–7(4–7), 4–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|9–13

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bergamo, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Andreas Seppi

|6–3, 3–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|10–13

|style="background:moccasin;"|Nottingham, United Kingdom

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

| Matthias Bachinger

|7–6(7–4), 6–2

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|10–14

|style="background:moccasin;"|Rome, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

| Jerzy Janowicz

|6–7(3–7), 3–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|10–15

|style="background:moccasin;"|Astana, Kazakhstan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Andrey Golubev

|4–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|11–15

|style="background:moccasin;"|Guadalajara, Mexico

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Denis Kudla

|6–2, 6–2

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|12–15

|style="background:moccasin;"|Shenzhen, China

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Lukáš Lacko

|7–6(7–4), 6–3

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|13–15

|style="background:moccasin;"|Taipei, Taiwan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

| John-Patrick Smith

|6–3, 6–3

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|14–15

|style="background:moccasin;"|Gimcheon, South Korea

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Tatsuma Ito

|7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|14–16

|style="background:moccasin;"|Potoroz, Slovenia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Blaž Kavčič

|5–7, 7–6(7–4), 1–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|15–16

|style="background:moccasin;"|Recanati, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Ilija Bozoljac

|6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

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|1–0

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Luxembourg F1, Luxembourg

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

| Mike Scheidweiler

| Stephen Adamson Raoul Snijders

|6–4, 6–3

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|1–1

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Great Britain F2, Glasgow

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Carpet

| Mike Scheidweiler

| Yves Allegro Arnaud Fontaine

|3–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–1

|style="background:moccasin;"|Andorra la Vella, Andorra

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Aisam Qureshi

| Santiago González Alejandro Hernández

|6–3, 7–5

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–2

|style="background:moccasin;"|Heilbronn, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

| Gilles Elseneer

| Sébastien de Chaunac Michal Mertiňák

|2–6, 6–3, 3–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–3

|style="background:moccasin;"|Córdoba, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Nicolas Mahut

| Sergiy Stakhovsky Vladimir Voltchkov

|5–7, 7–5, 3–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–4

|style="background:moccasin;"|Brsancon, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Gregory Carraz

| Christopher Kas Alexander Peya

|4–6, 4–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–5

|style="background:moccasin;"|Segovia, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Michel Kratochvil

| Rohan Bopanna Aisam Qureshi

|3–6, 6–7(8–10)

|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–6

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lanzarote, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Aisam Qureshi

| Łukasz Kubot Rik de Voest

|2–6, 6–7(2–7)

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–6

|style="background:moccasin;"|St. Remy, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Édouard Roger-Vasselin

| Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs

|6–0, 2–6, [13–11]

|bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|4–6

|style="background:moccasin;"|Orleans, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

| Lukáš Dlouhý

| Xavier Malisse Ken Skupski

|6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Performance timelines

Singles

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|align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 11

|12–11

|align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 10

|10–10

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–1

|3–4

|1–4

|2–2

|4–1

|2–3

|0–0

|6–3

|2–4

|0–2

|1–2

|4–4

|2–4

|6–4

|3–4

|0 / 42

|36–42

| colspan="22" align="left" |ATP World Tour Masters 1000

|align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 8

|5–8

|align=left|Miami Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 10

|2–10

|align=left|Monte-Carlo Masters

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 3

|2–3

|align=left|Madrid Open

|colspan=2 style=color:#767676|NH

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 2

|1–2

|align=left|Italian Open

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

|0%

|align=left|Canadian Open

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 2

|3–2

|align=left|Cincinnati Masters

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 2

|1–2

|align=left|Shanghai Masters

|colspan=9 style=color:#767676|Not Masters Series

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

|0%

|align=left|Paris Masters

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 2

|1–2

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–1

|2–2

|0–2

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|0–1

|2–2

|0–2

|0–0

|2–6

|3–5

|5–5

|1–4

|0 / 31

|15–31

| colspan="22" align="left" |National representation

|align=left|Summer Olympics

|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|colspan=2 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|0 / 2

|3–2

|align="left"|Davis Cup

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z2

|0 / 0

|35–11

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|3–0

|2–3

|3–0

|2–1

|3–1

|1–2

|2–0

|1–3

|2–0

|0–0

|5–0

|3–1

|2–1

|2–0

|2–1

|0–0

|1–0

|0 / 2

|38–13

| colspan="23" align="left" |Career statistics

!!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!! colspan="3" |Career

|-bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Tournaments

|21

|20

|11

|21

|24

|20

|19

|colspan=3|204

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Titles / Finals

|0 / 0

|0 / 1

|0 / 0

|0 / 1

|0 / 0

|0 / 2

|2 / 3

|0 / 0

|colspan=3|2 / 8

|-bgcolor=efefef

|style=text-align:left|Hard Win–loss

|0–0

|3–0

|1–2

|12–8

|13–13

|10–10

|2–5

|5–4

|4–5

|1–1

|15–11

|14–14

|4–4

|3–5

|25–18

|22–17

|16–12

|6–10

|1 / 132

|156–139

|-bgcolor=efefef

|style=text-align:left|Clay Win–loss

|3–0

|1–2

|0–0

|1–0

|0–0

|4–5

|3–5

|0–0

|2–0

|0–1

|0–0

|4–2

|0–4

|2–0

|3–3

|0–2

|5–4

|1–4

|0 / 30

|29–32

|-bgcolor=efefef

|style=text-align:left|Grass Win–loss

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|3–3

|0–4

|1–1

|0–1

|1–3

|1–1

|2–1

|4–5

|0–0

|1–1

|5–3

|13–5

|11–2

|3–5

|1 / 37

|45–36

|-bgcolor=efefef

|style=text-align:left|Carpet Win–loss

|0–0

|1–1

|0–0

|1–1

|1–2

|0–1

|0–0

|0–1

| colspan="10" style="color:#767676" |Discontinued

|0 / 5

|3–6

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Overall win–loss

|3–0

|2–3

|3–1

|2–2

|13–9

|21–23

|13–20

|3–6

|7–6

|5–9

|2–2

|17–12

|22–21

|4–8

|6–6

|33–24

|35–24

|32–18

|10–19

|2 / 204

|colspan=3|233–213

|-style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win %

|100%

|colspan=3|

|-bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|840

|535

|255

|195

|69

|76

|105

|117

|95

|248

|134

|54

|67

|368

|47

|38

|34

|25

|138

|colspan=3|US$5,991,874

Doubles

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:96%

!Tournament!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!SR!!W–L

| colspan="17" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments

|align=left|Australian Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 4

|2–4

|align=left|French Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 5

|0–5

|align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 6

|2–6

|align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 4

|2–4

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–3

|0–0

|0–1

|1–2

|2–4

|1–2

|0–0

|0 / 19

|6–19

| colspan="17" align="left" |ATP World Tour Masters 1000

|align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|0 / 2

|5–2

|align=left|Miami Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 2

|1–2

|align=left|Monte-Carlo Masters

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

|align=left|Madrid Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

|align=left|Canadian Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–1

|4–4

|2–1

|0 / 7

|6–7

| colspan="17" align="left" |Career statistics

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Titles / Finals

|0 / 0

|0 / 1

|0 / 0

|0 / 1

|0 / 0

|colspan=2|0 / 2

|-bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|158

|244

|221

|331

|740

|372

|758

|242

|664

|214

|139

|153

|104

|222

|colspan=2|

Wins over top 10 players

{| class="wikitable sortable"

| Season || 2001 || 2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005 || 2006 || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || Total

|- align=center

| Wins || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 12

{|class="wikitable sortable"

!Player

!Rank

!Event

!Surface

!Rd

!class="unsortable"|Score

| colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2004

|1.

| Andre Agassi

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

|Washington, D.C., United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|6–4, 7–5

|align=center|124

|2.

| David Nalbandian

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|bgcolor=d0f0c0|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4

|align=center|78

| colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2005

|3.

| Rafael Nadal

|align=center bgcolor=99ccff|3

|bgcolor=f3e6d7|Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=CCFFCC|Grass

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

|align=center|69

|4.

| Andy Roddick

|align=center bgcolor=99ccff|3

|bgcolor=f3e6d7|US Open, New York, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1)

|align=center|68

| colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2008

|5.

| Nikolay Davydenko

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|5

|bgcolor=f3e6d7|US Open, New York, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(12–10)

|align=center|130

| colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2013

|6.

| Richard Gasquet

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|Marseille, France

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

|align=center|70

| colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2015

|7.

| Gilles Simon

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|bgcolor=d0f0c0|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|6–3, 6–4

|align=center|43

| colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2016

|8.

| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|9

|bgcolor=gold|Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|bgcolor=ccccff|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|6–4, 6–3

|align=center|37

|9.

| Tomáš Berdych

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|9

|bgcolor=d0f0c0|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|7–6(9–7), 6–1

|align=center|36

| colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2017

|10.

| Alexander Zverev

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|Rosmalen, Netherlands

|bgcolor=CCFFCC|Grass

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|7–6(7–5), 6–2

|align=center|28

|11.

| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|bgcolor=d0f0c0|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=CCFFCC|Grass

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|6–4, 6–4

|align=center|26

|12.

| Rafael Nadal

|align=center bgcolor=thistle|2

|bgcolor=f3e6d7|Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=CCFFCC|Grass

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 15–13

|align=center|26

Record against top 10 players

Müller's ATP-only record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher. Statistics correct as of 16 November 2024.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:97%;text-align:center

!Player

!width=80|Years

!Matches

!width=60|Record

!Win %

!width=50|Hard

!width=50|Clay

!width=50|Grass

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 1 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Andre Agassi

|2004–2005

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|1–1

|0–0

|align=left| Rafael Nadal

|2005–2017

|2–4

|bgcolor=eee8AA|33%

|0–2

|0–1

|2–1

|align=left| Andy Roddick

|2005–2012

|1–4

|bgcolor=eee8AA|20%

|1–4

|0–0

|align=left| Juan Carlos Ferrero

|2007

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–0

|0–1

|align=left| Lleyton Hewitt

|2004–2012

|0–2

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–2

|0–0

|align=left| Novak Djokovic

|2015–2016

|0–4

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–3

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Roger Federer

|2005–2014

|0–5

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–4

|0–0

|0–1

|align=left| Andy Murray

|2011–2017

|0–6

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–4

|0–1

|align=left| Daniil Medvedev

|2018

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–1

|0–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 2 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Tommy Haas

|2006–2017

|3–1

|bgcolor=98fb98|75%

|1–1

|1–0

|align=left| Alexander Zverev

|2017–2018

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|0–0

|0–1

|1–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 3 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| David Nalbandian

|2004

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Grigor Dimitrov

|2012–2016

|3–2

|bgcolor=98fb98|60%

|2–1

|0–0

|1–1

|align=left| Milos Raonic

|2011–2017

|2–2

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|1–1

|0–1

|1–0

|align=left| David Ferrer

|2004–2016

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|0–1

|0–0

|1–0

|align=left| Dominic Thiem

|2016

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|1–1

|0–0

|align=left| Nikolay Davydenko

|2006–2012

|1–3

|bgcolor=eee8AA|25%

|1–2

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Juan Martín del Potro

|2000–2012

|0–2

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–2

|0–0

|align=left| Ivan Ljubičić

|2006–2011

|0–2

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–2

|0–0

|align=left| Stan Wawrinka

|2015

|0–3

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–3

|0–0

|align=left| Marin Čilić

|2016–2018

|0–4

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–1

|0–0

|0–3

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 4 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Tomáš Berdych

|2016–2017

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|1–1

|0–0

|align=left| Sébastien Grosjean

|2005

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Tim Henman

|2004

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Robin Söderling

|2009–2011

|0–3

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–2

|0–0

|0–1

|align=left| Kei Nishikori

|2009–2017

|0–4

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–4

|0–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 5 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Gastón Gaudio

|2007

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Kevin Anderson

|2008–2017

|3–2

|bgcolor=98fb98|60%

|2–1

|1–0

|0–1

|align=left| Tommy Robredo

|2005–2017

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|0–0

|1–0

|0–1

|align=left| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

|2014–2017

|2–3

|bgcolor=eee8AA|40%

|1–2

|0–0

|1–1

|align=left| Fernando González

|2006

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Jiří Novák

|2004

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Rainer Schüttler

|2006

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 6 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Nicolás Lapentti

|2004–2006

|2–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Gaël Monfils

|2015–2016

|1–2

|bgcolor=eee8AA|33%

|1–1

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Gilles Simon

|2014–2015

|1–2

|bgcolor=eee8AA|33%

|1–2

|0–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 7 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| David Goffin

|2015

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|1–0

|0–0

|0–1

|align=left| Richard Gasquet

|2005–2015

|2–4

|bgcolor=eee8AA|33%

|2–3

|0–0

|0–1

|align=left| Mardy Fish

|2011–2012

|1–2

|bgcolor=eee8AA|33%

|1–2

|0–0

|align=left| Fernando Verdasco

|2005–2016

|1–3

|bgcolor=eee8AA|25%

|1–2

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Thomas Johansson

|2005

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–0

|0–1

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 8 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Karen Khachanov

|2016

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Mark Philippoussis

|2005

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Radek Štěpánek

|2005

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Janko Tipsarević

|2002–2012

|2–1

|bgcolor=98fb98|67%

|1–1

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Mikhail Youzhny

|2005–2018

|4–3

|bgcolor=98fb98|57%

|2–1

|0–2

|2–0

|align=left| Marcos Baghdatis

|2015–2018

|2–3

|bgcolor=eee8AA|40%

|1–2

|0–1

|1–0

|align=left| John Isner

|2010–2017

|2–4

|bgcolor=eee8AA|33%

|1–4

|0–0

|1–0

|align=left| Jürgen Melzer

|2005–2012

|1–2

|bgcolor=eee8AA|33%

|1–0

|0–1

|align=left| Jack Sock

|2015

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–1

|0–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 9 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Nicolás Almagro

|2008–2016

|2–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|2–0

|0–0

|align=left| Fabio Fognini

|2016

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Nicolás Massú

|2005

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|1–0

|0–0

|align=left| Roberto Bautista Agut

|2013–2017

|1–5

|bgcolor=eee8AA|17%

|1–3

|0–2

|0–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Number 10 ranked players||colspan=7|

|align=left| Félix Mantilla

|2005

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|0–0

|1–0

|align=left| Denis Shapovalov

|2018

|1–0

|bgcolor=lime|100%

|0–0

|1–0

|align=left| Ernests Gulbis

|2011–2018

|1–1

|bgcolor=99ccff|50%

|1–0

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Pablo Carreño Busta

|2015–2018

|1–3

|bgcolor=eee8AA|25%

|1–1

|0–2

|0–0

|align=left| Juan Mónaco

|2006

|0–1

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|align=left| Arnaud Clément

|2004–2005

|0–2

|bgcolor=FFA07A|0%

|0–2

|0–0

|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"

|Total

|2002–2018

|167

|57–110

|34%

|38–75

|5–19

|14–16

References

External links

Gilles Müller at stevegtennis.com