Arne Thoms

Arne Thoms
Country Germany Germany
Residence Hanover
Born 1 January 1971
Osnabrück,
West Germany
Height 6'2" (188 cm)
Turned pro 1989
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $392,142
Singles
Career record 23-35
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 98 (18 May 1992)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 1R (1992)
Wimbledon 2R (1992, 1994, 1995)
Doubles
Career record 8-17
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 169 (5 Jul 1993)

Arne Thoms (born 1 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Career

As a junior, Thoms had a good year in 1989, making the semi-finals of the boy's singles at Wimbledon and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.

Thoms made his first big impression on the ATP Tour with his performance at the Manchester Open in 1991. He was a quarter-finalist, beating two top 30 players en route, Horst Skoff and Omar Camporese. The following year he had an upset win over world number six Ivan Lendl in the opening round of the 1992 Milan Indoor tournament, which he entered as a qualifier. He did well again at Manchester in 1992, reaching another quarter-final. The German was also a quarter-finalist at both Newport and Zaragoza in 1993 and at the 1994 CA-TennisTrophy in Vienna. His best showing as a doubles player came in the 1995 Tel Aviv Open, when he and parter Brent Larkham were semi-finalists.[1]

He made the second round of three Wimbledon Championships during his career, with wins over Todd Witsken in 1992, Bernd Karbacher in 1994 and Eyal Erlich in 1995.[2]

Challenger Titles

Singles: (4)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 1991 Germany Munich, Germany Carpet Germany Markus Naewie 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2. 1994 Israel Jerusalem, Israel Hard Belgium Filip Dewulf 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
3. 1996 Germany Neumünster, Germany Carpet United States Jeff Salzenstein 6–4, 6–4
4. 1997 Germany Lippstadt, Germany Carpet Germany Dirk Dier 7–6, 6–3

Doubles: (6)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1991 France Brest, France Hard Germany Lars Koslowski Germany Patrik Kühnen
Germany Alexander Mronz
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
2. 1992 Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland Hard Netherlands Sander Groen Sweden Douglas Geiwald
South Africa Robbie Koenig
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
3. 1992 Germany Munich, Germany Carpet Netherlands Sander Groen South Africa Marcos Ondruska
South Africa Grant Stafford
6–4, 7–6
4. 1993 Germany Munich, Germany Carpet Netherlands Sander Groen Australia Jon Ireland
United States John Yancey
6–3, 6–3
5. 1994 Germany Lippstadt, Germany Carpet Germany Alexander Mronz South Africa Brent Haygarth
South Africa Marius Barnard
6–2, 6–4
6. 1996 Germany Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet Germany Dirk Dier United States Jim Pugh
Netherlands Joost Winnink
6–4, 6–4

References