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Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic at the 2011 Australian Open.
Country (sports)Australia Australia
ResidenceGold Coast, Australia
Born (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 32)
Stuttgart, Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$271,148
Singles
Career record8–15
Highest rankingNo. 158 (13 June 2011)
Current rankingNo. 158 (13 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2011)
French Open1R (2009, 2011)
WimbledonQF (2011)
US Open–
Doubles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Mixed doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2009)
Last updated on: 14 February 2011.

Bernard Tomic (Croatian: Bernard Tomić; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player.

Personal life

Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany to ethnic Croatian parents[3][4][5][6][7], father John (Ivica) and Bosnian born mother Ady (Adisa). [8][9][10][11][12] His father was working in Germany where Tomic was born, before relocating to Queensland when he was 3 years old.[13] His younger sister Sara is also a professional tennis player.[14]

Junior career

In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Tomic won the 12s and 14s Orange Bowl titles – one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour.[15]

Playing his first singles event on the junior tour in 2006, he successfully qualified for the Sunsmart 18 and Under Canterbury Championships, and went on to win the title defeating Dae-Soung Oh of Korea 6–3, 6–2 in the final. His success continued, winning the next three tournaments he played in (one of which was also an 18 and under tournament), giving him a 25 match winning streak. Tomic was able to extend this streak to 26 at the Riad 21 Junior tournament in Morocco before falling in the round of 16.[16]

Tomic did not win another tournament until August 2007, where he won the Oceania Closed Junior Championships without dropping a set. He was unable to continue his dominance at the Junior US Open, falling in the round of 16. Tomic finished 2007 with a junior world ranking of 23.[17]

He began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Australian ITF Junior event in Melbourne without dropping a set. Two days later he started his campaign for the Australian Open Juniors title as the 5th seed. Tomic went on to win defeating the 25th, 11th, 8th and 1st seed before beating 10th seed Tsung-Hua Yang of Taiwan 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0 in the final.[18] His win made him the youngest winner of the Australian Open Junior Boys' Championships in the Open Era.[19]

Four months later, at Roland Garros, Tomic, the number one seed, fell in the quarter finals to Guido Pella of Argentina, losing 6–7(2), 3–6. At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen 7–6(3), 6–4. In a notable quarter final match, Tomic played another rising star, Henrique Cunha of Brazil, and came through victorious in three sets 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. Tomic also finished runner-up in the Wimbledon Junior Boys' Doubles Championships with fellow Australian junior Matt Reid.

At the 2008 US Open (Boys' Singles), Tomic lost in the first round to Devin Britton of the United States in three sets.

At the 2009 Roland Garros he once again reached the quarter finals in the boy's single tournament and later once again reached the semi finals Wimbledon. At the 2009 US Open (Boys' Singles), however, Tomic won the junior grandslam title, defeating Chase Buchanan of the United States, 6–1 6–3.

Junior singles titles (8)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (2)
Grade A (0)
Grade B (1)
Grade 1–5 (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 14 February 2006 New Zealand Wellington Hard South Korea Oh Dae-Soung 6–3, 6–2
2. 17 February 2006 Australia Adelaide Hard Japan Hiroki Moriya 6–3, 6–3
3. 6 March 2006 Australia Gosford Hard Australia Jared Easton 6–3, 6–2
4. 19 August 2007 Fiji Lautoka Hard Australia Brendan Mckenzie 6–3, 6–4
5. 10 September 2007 United States Kentucky Hard United States Jarmere Jenkins 6–2, 6–3
6. 12 January 2008 Australia Nottinghill Hard United States Bradley Klahn 6–3, 7–6(8)
7. 20 January 2008 Australia Australian Open Hard Taiwan Yang Tsung-Hua 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0
8. 31 August 2009 United States US Open Hard United States Chase Buchanan 6–1, 6–3

Professional career

2008

Bernard Tomic began 2008 at the Australian Open. He was given a place in the qualifiers where he played Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He ended up victorious, 4–6, 7–6(13), 7–5, however he was easily eliminated in the next round by American Prakash Amritraj 3–6, 2–6 in the second round.

He played in the Australia F4 tournament in March. In the first round, he defeated Tom Rushby of Great Britain 7–5, 7–6(6). He was again eliminated in the second round after Australia's Adam Feeney defeated him 3–6, 4–6.

After not getting past the second round in any of his tournaments so far, he had his breakthrough at the Indonesia F2 tournament in August. He beat Kittipong Wachiramanowong of Thailand 6–0, 7–6(7) in the first round. Hsien-Yin Peng of Chinese Taipei was eliminated by Tomic in the second round 6–1, 6–4. He won his quarter-final against Thailand's Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana 6–3, 6–3. He advanced to the final without conceding a single set after defeating Kento Takeuchi of Japan 6–3, 6–1 in the semi-final. Japan's Yuichi Sugita ended his dream run, with Tomic losing 3–6, 7–6(6), 3–6 in the final.

He was involved in serious controversy in the Australia F12 tournament in December. He defeated fellow Australian James O'Brien 6–2, 6–1 in the first round. He met another Australian, Marinko Matosevic, in the second round. Tomic lost the first set 2–6 and when he was down 1–3 in the second set, Tomic walked off the court. In March 2009, the ITF suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month.

2009

Bernard Tomic's first ATP Tour win, against Potito Starace at the 2009 Australian Open
Bernard Tomic in 2009 at Brisbane

Towards the end of 2008, Tomic stated that he would no longer compete in junior tournaments and focus solely on senior tournaments. In 2009, Tomic was given a wildcard into his first ATP event, the Brisbane International, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the first round, 6–4, 6–2. Bernard was granted a wildcard into the 2009 Australian Open and drew Potito Starace in round 1. He won the match, 7–6 (5), 1–6, 7–6 (5), 7–6 (6), saving two set points in the 4th set tiebreak. He became the youngest ever male tennis player to win a senior Australian Open Grand Slam match. In the second round he lost to Gilles Müller 6–3, 1–6, 4–6, 2–6. He also played mixed doubles at the event with fellow 16-year-old Australian Monika Wejnert, losing to the Canadian pairing of Aleksandra Wozniak and Daniel Nestor in the first round 3–6, 2–6.

Tomic received wildcards into Australian Challenger tournaments in Burnie and Melbourne held in February. He reached the quarter-finals of Burnie before winning his first Challenger title in Melbourne.

Tomic earned a wildcard to the 2009 French Open but lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6.

Tomic lost in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying to Édouard Roger-Vasselin. He contested the Junior tournament and made it to the semi-finals before being beaten by Andrey Kuznetsov.

Tomic won the 2009 US Open Juniors title by defeating Chase Buchanan in the final 6–1, 6–3.

In December 2009, Tomic lost in the final of the Australian open wildcard playoffs. He finished the year as the World No. 286.[20]

2010

Tomic started 2010 with participation at the 2010 Brisbane International where he lost in the first round to qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.. Even though he lost at the wildcard playoff, he was granted a main draw wildcard at the 2010 Australian Open. Tomic took part in an exhibition match at the AAMI Classic in Kooyong, Melbourne against the World No. 3 Novak Djokovic. Tomic won the match 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In the 2010 Australian Open Tomic played Guillaume Rufin in the first round and won in straight sets, 6–3 6–4 6–4. He played perhaps his most high-profile match up to that point against 14th seed Marin Čilić in the 2nd round, where he produced the match of his short career. After a tight five-set battle, in which Tomic had several opportunities to win the match, Cilic won 6–7(6), 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.

In February, Tomic entered the Burnie Challenger tournament in Tasmania and won the event defeating Greg Jones 6–4 6–2 in the final after coming through the qualifying draw. His ranking rose to World No. 208 for a new career high. At the start of March, Tomic was selected to play singles for the Australian Davis Cup Team. He won both his matches in the tie against Chinese Taipei; defeating Tsung-Hua Yang 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 and Hsin-Han Lee 6–7(4), 6–0, 6–3. He competed at the 2010 Tennis Napoli Cup as a Wildcard but lost to Paolo Lorenzi in the first round in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4. Tomic's next tournament was the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he lost in the first round to the unseeded German Benjamin Becker 6–4 6–2.[21] He then received a wildcard at the 2010 Zagreb Open but lost to Michael Yani in the first round.

He the reached the Semifinals of the Challenger event, 2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi cruising through the semi-finals but lost to Marius Copil in tight match. He has been awarded a wildcard at the 2010 AEGON Championships and upset 15th seed Andreas Seppi 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the first round, but lost in the second round to Belgium's Xavier Malisse 2–6 6–3 2–6. Tomic won 3 qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. This is the first time he has earnt a place in a grandslam, having received wildcards on his three previous occasions. He lost in the first round to Mardy Fish 3–6, 6–7(8), 2–6. He then entered the 2010 US Open qualifiers but lost in the second round to Noam Okun 6–1, 3–6, 2–6. He then made it through the second round of 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open a Challenger event as a qualifier losing to Konstantin Kravchuk 6–3, 6–1. His next tournament is the 2010 Chang-SAT Bangkok 2 Open where he lost to Danai Udomchoke 4–6, 2–6 in the first round. He then entered the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open as a Wildcard but lost David Ferrer 3–6, 4–6 in the first round. In December 2010, Tomic withdrew from the Australian Open Wild Card Play Offs due to illness, despite training the next day. Tomic finished the year at a career high singles ranking of World No. 208.

2011

Tomic began his 2011 season at the Brisbane International where he was given a main draw wild card. However, he lost to Florian Mayer in the first round 6–2, 6–2. At the Medibank International in Sydney, Tomic won through the qualifying draw with three straight set wins, all of which were against top 100 players. Despite taking the first set against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomic eventually lost his first round match 6–7(3), 6–1, 6–2. His performance in Sydney also earned him the final discretionary wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open.

In Melbourne, Tomic matched his two prior Open performances when he defeated Jérémy Chardy 6–3, 6–2, 7–6 (5) in the first round. He then recorded back-to-back main draw wins for the first time in his career when he defeated the 31st seed Feliciano López 7–6(4), 7–6(3), 6–3. In a much anticipated night match, Tomic lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round 2–6, 5–7, 3–6, despite having led 4–0 in the second set.[22] In February, he made the semi finals of the Burnie Challenger, before reaching the final of the Caloundra Challenger, losing to Grega Žemlja. Tomic competed in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, where he was given a main draw wild card.[23] In the first round, Tomic defeated Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna in three sets, 6–7(5), 7–6(1), 6–4 to reach the second round of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time. He faced sixteenth seeded Serbian, Viktor Troicki in the second round where he lost 4–6 4–6. Tomic was granted a main draw wild card for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, losing in the first round to Pablo Andujar. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Tomic managed to win three rounds in qualifying. He then went on to upset the 28th seeded Nikolay Davydenko 7–5 6–3 7–5 in the first round. In the second round, he came back from two sets to love down to beat another Russian, Igor Andreev, 4–6 5–7 6–3 6–4 6–1. He then caused the upset of the tournament by stunning 5th seeded and two-time Grand Slam finalist Robin Soderling. He defeated the Swede 6–1 6–4 7–5 to advance to the fourth round. Tomic defeated Xavier Malisse in three sets 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to advance to the quarter finals, becoming the youngest player since Boris Becker in 1986 to reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon.[24] Tomic will enter the top 70 for the first time.

Controversies

In March 2009, the International Tennis Federation suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month after Tomic walked off court against Marinko Matosevic in a Perth Futures tournament in December 2008.[25]

In September 2009, reports began to surface about Tomic's team rejecting an invitational practice session with Lleyton Hewitt during the middle Sunday of Wimbledon.[26] Hewitt's manager David Drysdale stated:

We turned up and saw the Tomics around and we thought 'oh, maybe they got our message, and they were there to hit with Lleyton'. So Ivan (Gutierrez, Hewitt's physio) went over to Bernard's trainer at the time, Rudy (Sopko) and said 'Is Bernard here to hit?'. Rudy knew nothing of it but said 'Look, Bernard's looking for a practice partner and I think Bernard would like to do it', but then the agent came in and said, 'No, he's not hitting with Lleyton, Lleyton's not good enough'. They were his words: 'Lleyton's not good enough' and we just about dropped on the spot. We were pretty dumbfounded. Lleyton just could not believe it, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got about it."[27]

Bernard Tomic's team cited Hewitt's different playing style as the reason for turning down the practice offer.[27] He was later seen requesting for a practice hit with former world number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, but was subsequently turned down. A few weeks later Tomic revealed that he was forced to turn away the opportunity due to his own infection with swine flu. He further denied any approach to Ferrero as an alternative hitting partner, despite the Spanish tennis player's claim.[28][29]

In January 2010 The Australian newspaper reported that Tomic's father John had threatened to quit Australia, having Bernard play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley and John Tomic after Bernard's loss to Marin Čilić.[30]

Career statistics

Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (2)
Futures (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 29 February 2009 Australia Melbourne Hard Australia Marinko Matosevic 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
2. 7 February 2010 Australia Burnie Hard Australia Greg Jones 6–4, 6–2

Singles Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 2R 3R 4–3
French Open 1R A 1R 0–2
Wimbledon Q3 1R 0–1
US Open A Q2 0–0
Win–Loss 1–2 1–2 2–2 4–6
Davis Cup A PO 2–0
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A 2R 1–1
Miami Masters A A 1R 0–1
Monte Carlo Masters A 1R Q2 0–1
Rome Masters A A A 0–0
Madrid Masters A A A 0–0
Canada Masters A A 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A 0–0
Paris Masters A A 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–3
Career Statistics
Tournaments 3 6 6 15
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Hard Win–Loss 1–2 3–3 3–5 7–10
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2
Clay Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2
Overall Win–Loss 1–3 4–6 3–6 8–15
Win (%) 25 40 38 34.78
Year-End Ranking 286 208

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