Bernard Tomic
![]() Bernard Tomic at the 2011 Australian Open. | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Gold Coast, Australia |
Born | Stuttgart, Germany | 21 October 1992
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] |
Turned pro | 2008 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $663,701 |
Singles | |
Career record | 24-25 |
Highest ranking | No. 37 (9 January 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 37 (9 January 2012)[2] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2011) |
French Open | 1R (2009, 2011) |
Wimbledon | QF (2011) |
US Open | 2R (2011) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 1–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 767 (3 October 2011) |
Current ranking | No. 768 (1 November 2011) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2009) |
Last updated on: 4 July 2011. |
Bernard Tomic (Croatian: Bernard Tomić; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Tomic is the highest ranked Australian male tennis player and the youngest player in the top 100. The highlight of Tomic's career thus far has been a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, which included a straight sets third round victory over world number 5 Robin Soderling, before losing in four sets to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.
Personal life
Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 21 October 1992.[3]. Tomic's parents, John (Ivica) and Ady (Adisa), left Croatia, then a part of Yugoslavia,[4] several years before his birth.[5] In an interview, Tomic stated that his parents "have a Croatian background".[6] Other sources, such The Australian and The Guardian, have written that Tomic's parents are also of Bosnian heritage.[7][8] They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born, before relocating to Queensland when he was three years old.[9] His younger sister Sara is also a professional tennis player.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12]
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.[13]
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, 6–0 in the final.[14] His win made him the youngest winner of the Australian Open Junior Boys' Championships in the Open Era.[15]
Four months later, at Roland Garros, Tomic, the number one seed, fell in the quarter finals to Guido Pella of Argentina, losing 6–7, 3–6. At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen 7–6, 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 at 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) |
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Grand Slam (2) |
Grade A (0) |
Grade B (1) |
Grade 1–5 (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
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1. | 14 February 2006 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
2. | 17 February 2006 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
3. | 6 March 2006 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
4. | 19 August 2007 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
5. | 10 September 2007 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
6. | 12 January 2008 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(10–8) |
7. | 20 January 2008 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0 |
8. | 31 August 2009 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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, 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. 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 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, 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
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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, 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, 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.[16]
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, 6–3, 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 Yang Tsung-hua 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 and Lee Hsin-han 6–7, 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.[17] He then received a wildcard at the 2010 Zagreb Open but lost to Michael Yani in the first round.
He then 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, 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, despite taking the first set against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomic eventually lost his first round match 6–7, 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 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, 7–6, 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.[18] In February, Tomic competed in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, where he was given a main draw wild card.[19] In the first round, Tomic defeated Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna in three sets 6–7, 7–6, 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 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.[20] Tomic was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion, Novak Djokovic 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5.[21] With this showing, Tomic moved 87 places up in the ATP rankings, to number 71 in the world.[22]
Tomic won his first round match against Lu Yen-hsun 7–6, 6–3 at the Rogers Cup before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 7–6 in the second round.[23]
Tomic earned direct entry into the US Open, and in the first round defeated Michael Yani 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. He lost in the second round 6–1, 6–0, 6–2 to Marin Cilic.
Tomic then returned home to Australia to compete in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland. He defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 in the opening match at Royal Sydney Golf Club, but lost his second match, to World No. 3 Roger Federer 2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6.
Tomic then competed at the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open but lost 2–6, 2–6 in the first round to Flavio Cipolla. Tomic's next event was the 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. He upset the fifth seed, Victor Troicki in straight sets, 7–6, 7–6 in the first round and defeated Japanese wildcard Tatsuma Ito in the second round 6–7, 6–1, 7–5 before losing to fourth seed Mardy Fish 7–6, 4–6, 1–6 in the quarterfinals. Tomic achieved a new career high singles ranking of World No. 49.
Tomic most recently competed at the 2011 If Stockholm Open. He defeated qualifier, Jürgen Zopp 7–6, 4–6, 6–0 in the first round but lost to Gael Monfils in the second round 4–6, 7–6, 4–6.
2012
Tomic began his 2012 ATP World Tour season at the Brisbane International. In the first round, despite trailing a break in the final set, Tomic bounced back and defeated Julien Benneteau 6–2, 4–6, 7–5. In the second round, Tomic breezed past the Japanese qualifier Tatsuma Ito in straight sets, 6–1, 6–2. Tomic was then victorious over Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals in straight sets 6–3, 7–6. Tomic then had to play world no. 4 and top seed, Andy Murray in his maiden semi-final on the ATP tour. Murray defeated Tomic in straight sets, 6–3, 6–2.
After the Brisbane International, Tomic took part in the AAMI Classic seeded eighth. In the first round, Tomic defeated world no. 7 and second seend Tomáš Berdych 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. Tomic's semifinal match was with the fifth seed and last year's finalist Gaël Monfils, which was to be their second encounter. Tomic went on to defeat Mardy Fish 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 to win the tournament.
Davis Cup
Tomic made his Davis Cup debut for Australia in Melbourne against Chinese Taipei in 2010 and won both singles rubbers he competed in. In 2011 at the Davis Cup World Group Playoffs Tomic pulled off the biggest scalp of his Davis Cup to date by defeating the then 19th ranked Stanislas Wawrinka in four sets. He followed up his victory by taking a set off the then ranked world number 3 Roger Federer in the forth rubber.
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.[24]
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.[25] 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."[26]
Bernard Tomic's team cited Hewitt's different playing style as the reason for turning down the practice offer.[26] 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.[27][28]
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.[29]
Career statistics
Singles Titles
Legend (Singles) |
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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 |
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1. | 29 February 2009 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
2. | 7 February 2010 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Singles Performance Timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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 Davis Cup.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | W–L | ||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | 2R | 2R | 3R | 4–3 | |||||
French Open | 1R | A | 1R | 0–2 | |||||
Wimbledon | Q3 | 1R | QF | 4–2 | |||||
US Open | A | Q2 | 2R | 1–1 | |||||
Win–Loss | 1–2 | 1–2 | 7–4 | 0–0 | 9–8 | ||||
Davis Cup | |||||||||
Singles | A | PO | PO | 4–1 | |||||
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 | 2R | 1–1 | |||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | Q1 | 0–0 | |||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | 3R | 2–1 | |||||
Paris Masters | A | A | Q1 | 0–0 | |||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 4–5 | ||||
Career Statistics | |||||||||
Tournaments | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 24 | ||||
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||
Hard Win–Loss | 1–2 | 3–3 | 10–11 | 3–1 | 17–17 | ||||
Grass Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 6–4 | ||||
Clay Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | ||||
Overall Win–Loss | 1–3 | 4–6 | 16–15 | 3–1 | 24–25 | ||||
Win (%) | 25% | 40% | 52% | 75% | 49% | ||||
Year-End Ranking | 286 | 208 | 42 |
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External links
- Bernard Tomic at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Bernard Tomic official site
- Bernard Tomic profile on Tennis Australia
- Bernard Tomic profile on ITF
- Bernard Tomic Video on YouTube