Thiemo de Bakker

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**Thiemo de Bakker**

Country	Netherlands
Residence	's-Gravenzande
Date of birth	September 19, 1988 (1988-09-19) (age 19)
Place of birth	The Hague
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	66.8 kg (147 lb)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right
Career prize money	US$70,840 (USD)
Singles
Career record:	2–5
Career titles:	-
Highest ranking:	No. 389 (June 11, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	1r (2007)
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record:	3–6
Career titles:	-
Highest ranking:	No. 242 (July 23, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: July 23, 2007.

Thiemo de Bakker (born September 19, 1988 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch Junior tennis player, who won the Boys' Singles Championship at Wimbledon 2006. He is coached by Huib Troost and Eddy Bank.

Thiemo received a Wild Card into the ATP Amersfoort event in July 2006 and shocked top 100 and French Open Quarterfinalist Julien Benneteau in the 1st round of the event winning in straight sets 6–3 6–3. In the 2nd round he faced Frenchman Marc Gicquel and lost in 3 sets, 6–4 3–6 2–6.

In October 2006, Thiemo won his first senior international title in a Futures event in Albufeira, Portugal, where he beat Briton Morgan Phillips in the final 7–6 6–4. This was followed by another win in a Futures tournament two weeks later in San Miguel, Portugal. He reached his career high ATP ranking of 331 on October 15, 2007.