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Dominic Thiem
Full nameDominic Thiem
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceLichtenworth, Austria
Born (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 30)
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$360,680
Singles
Career record15–15 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 57 (26 May 2014)
Current rankingNo. 57 (26 May 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2014)
French Open2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record2–3 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 428 (18 November 2013)
Current rankingNo. 494 (19 May 2014)
Last updated on: 12 February 2014.

Dominic Thiem (born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian tennis player. As of May 2014 he is the youngest player in the top 100 on the ATP World Tour.

Tennis career

Juniors

Thiem reached an ITF Junior world ranking of No. 2 (combined singles and doubles).[1] He lost a close final match at the 2011 French Open boys' event, to Bjorn Fratangelo, 6–8 in the third.[2] Thiem completed his junior career by winning his last three singles tournaments, culminating in taking the singles title of the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl.

Singles

Tournament 2010 2011
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 2R
French Open 1R F
Wimbledon 1R 3R
US Open 1R 1R

Doubles

Tournament 2010 2011
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A QF
French Open 1R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R
US Open 2R SF

2013

In 2013, Thiem received a wild card to the main draw in the 2013 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, where he made it through to the quarterfinals by defeating the fourth seed Jürgen Melzer in the second round. He lost in the quarterfinals to Albert Montañés in straight sets. Dominic reached his second quarterfinal of the year of an ATP 250 event at the 2013 Erste Bank Open. He was given a wildcard, but lost to the top seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in three tough sets.

2014

Dominic started off the year at the 2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open by making it through the three rounds of qualifying to get a place in the main draw, but lost to Peter Gojowczyk in the first round. At the 2014 Australian Open, Thiem made it through the three rounds of qualifying and defeating the second seed along the way, Martin Klizan, to get a spot in the main draw. He defeated João Sousa in the first round in four sets, making it his first main-draw victory at a Grand Slam tournament. He then lost to 19th seed Kevin Anderson in straight sets.

Thiem qualified for the 2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, beating Kenny de Schepper and Adrian Sikora to be in the main draw of a ATP 500 event for the first time in his career. In the first round of the main draw, Thiem beat Jarkko Nieminen in three sets to progress to the second round. In the second round, Thiem gave an impressive performance, but lost to Andy Murray in three sets, having won the second.

At the 2014 BNP Paribas Open Thiem was seeded sixth in qualifying and made it into the main draw. He defeated American qualifier Daniel Kosakowski in the first round in his first Masters 1000. He then had his most remarkable win to date in the second round against the 21st seed and former World No. 6, Gilles Simon, in straight sets. He then lost to Julien Benneteau in two sets.

The next week at the 2014 Sony Open Tennis he made it through the qualifying rounds again to get a spot in the main draw. He defeated Lukas Rosol in straight sets in the first round. He was defeated by the sixteenth seed, Tommy Robredo, in the second round in a tight two setter.

Thiem received a wild card entry into the main draw of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters. But he got defeated in the first round by frenchman Nicolas Mahut in three sets. The next week he made it through the two rounds of qualifying at the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. In the first round he beat veteran player, Radek Štěpánek, in straight sets. In the 2nd round, Thiem beat Marcel Granollers, before losing to Santiago Giraldo.

At the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open, Thiem qualified for a main tour event for the 7th time in 2014. In the first round of the main draw, he beat Dmitry Tursunov 6-4 6-2 to progress to the 2nd round where he had the biggest win of his career when he defeated the world number 3 Stanislas Wawrinka in three sets. Thiem started his campaign at the 2014 French Open by beating Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4 7-6 6-2. In the second round he faced world number 1 and the defending champion Rafael Nadal but was defeated in straight sets 2-6 2-6 3-6.

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.

Current till 2014 French Open.

Tournament 2014 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50.00
French Open 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50.00
Wimbledon 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
US Open 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
Win–Loss 2–2 0 / 2 2–2 50.00
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters 3R 0 / 1 2–1 66.67
Miami Masters 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50.00
Monte Carlo Masters 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0.00
Madrid Masters 3R 0 / 1 2–0 100.00
Rome Masters A 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
Canada Masters 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
Cincinnati Masters 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
Shanghai Masters 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
Paris Masters 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
Win–Loss 5–3 0 / 4 5–3 62.50
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 0.00
Year End Ranking $297,535

Career titles

Singles (7)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (2)
Futures (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. May 13, 2012 Czech Republic Czech Republic F1 Clay Austria Marc Rath 6-2, 6-4
2. November 25, 2012 Morocco Morocco F9 Clay Italy Alberto Brizzi 6-3, 6-1
3. December 2, 2012 Morocco Morocco F10 Clay Italy Riccardo Bellotti 7–6(7–4), 6–1
4. March 31, 2013 Croatia Croatia F6 Clay Spain Pere Riba 2-6 6-3 3-1 Ret.
5. August 25, 2013 Italy Italy F22 Clay Slovakia Norbert Gombos 6-1, 6-4
6. September 22, 2013 Morocco Kenitra, Morocco Clay Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili 7–6(7–4), 5–1 ret.
7. November 3, 2013 Morocco Casablanca, Morocco Clay Italy Potito Starace 6–2, 7-5

Top 10 wins per season

Season 2014
Wins 1

Wins over top 10s per season

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2014
1. Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 3 Madrid, Spain Clay 2R 1–6, 6–2, 6–4

References

Template:Top ten Austrian male singles tennis players

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