Michiel Schapers

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.

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Miloslav Mečíř	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1988	Metz, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Jonas Svensson	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Mar 1989	Nancy, France	Grand Prix	Hard	Guy Forget	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–4	Jun 1991	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Christian Saceanu	1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1985	Marbella, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Loïc Courteau	Andrés Gómez   Cássio Motta	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Oct 1985	Cologne, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Alex Antonitsch	Jan Gunnarsson   Peter Lundgren	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Mar 1986	Metz, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Francisco González	Wojciech Fibak   Guy Forget	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Oct 1987	Toulouse, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Wojciech Fibak	Kelly Jones   Patrik Kühnen	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Jan 1990	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Alexander Mronz	Andrew Castle   Nduka Odizor	6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 1990	Toulouse, France	World Series	Carpet	Michael Mortensen	Neil Broad   Gary Muller	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Championship Series	Carpet	Libor Pimek	Mark Woodforde   Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 0–6
Win	3–5	Oct 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	Grand Prix	Hard	David Rikl	Javier Frana   Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	3–6	Jan 1992	Wellington, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Jared Palmer   Jonathan Stark	3–6, 3–6

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1990	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Cristiano Caratti	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Jul 1991	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Christo Van Rensburg	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Nov 1991	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Carpet	Alex Antonitsch	7–6, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1990	The Hague, Netherlands	Challenger	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Alexander Mronz   Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Dec 1990	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Roger Smith	Henrik Holm   Nils Holm	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Jan 1991	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Christian Saceanu	Diego Nargiso   Stefano Pescosolido	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jul 1991	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Nduka Odizor	Paul Hand   Branislav Stankovič	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	3–2	Dec 1991	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Alex Antonitsch   Menno Oosting	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	May 1993	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Hendrik-Jan Davids   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–3	Aug 1993	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Cristian Brandi   Federico Mordegan	6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Singles

Doubles

Mixed Doubles

• Michiel Schapers at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• Michiel Schapers at the International Tennis Federation  
• Michiel Schapers at the Davis Cup