Jordan Thompson (tennis)

Jordan Thompson

Country	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	(1994-04-20) 20 April 1994 Sydney, Australia
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$62,449
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 206 (6 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 206 (6 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 266 (13 October 2014)
Current ranking	No. 269 (27 October 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
Last updated on: 6 April 2015.

Jordan Thompson (born 20 April 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player, reaching a career high ranking of World No. 206 on 6 April 2015.^[1] He made his grand slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the Australian Open wild card play off on 15 December 2013.^[2]

Junior career

Thompson reached as high as No. 18 in the combined world rankings in October 2012, compiling a singles win/loss record of 82–38.

Professional career

2013

In 2013, Thompson made his debut on the professional circuit in qualifying at the 2013 Apia International Sydney where he lost to world number 81 Guillermo García-López. After receiving a wildcard he won his first professional match in qualifying at the 2013 Australian Open against Nicolas Renavand 9–7 in the third set. He lost in the second round to 21st seed Ryan Sweeting. Thompson then qualified and made the second round of the 2013 Burnie International losing to third seed John Millman. For the rest of the year he played mainly in futures, where he made three finals. He won 2 titles, the Austria F5 ITF, Alice Springs F8 ITF and was runner up of Sydney F9 ITF.^[3] Thompson will make his Grand slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the wildcard play off against Benjamin Mitchell. He finished 2013 with an ATP ranking of 320.

2014

Thompson started 2014 at the 2014 Brisbane International in qualifying where he lost in the first round against Tatsuma Ito. Thompson then competed at the 2014 AAMI Classic where he replaced Lleyton Hewitt in the draw.^[4] His first match was against world number nine Richard Gasquet. He alsmost caused a huge upset when he served for the match at 5-3 in the third set. And he had two match points on Gasquet's serve in the next game. However he lost the final set in a tiebreal by seven points to four.^[5] He lost his second match to Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. Thompson ended up finishing in seventh place after he upset world number 42 Juan Monaco. This was Thompson's first victory over a top 50 player.^[6] Thompson lost in 5 sets to world number 21 Jerzy Janowicz in the first round of the 2014 Australian Open 6-1 6-4, 4-6 2-6 1-6.

On 21 January, Thompson was announced in the Australian squad of the 2014 Davis Cup ^[7]

In May, Thompson made the semi-final of the China International Challenger, which increased his ranking to a career high of #277. In August, Thompson made his first Challenger Final, but lost to Hyeon Chung in Bangkok. This further increased his ranking to #219.

Professional Career Finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Challenger and Futures Finals: 3 Titles, 4 Runner-ups

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	02013-07-28-000028 July 2013	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	Clay	Patrick Ofner	1-6, 6-4, 6-0
Winner	2.	02013-09-29-000029 September 2013	Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Yuichi Ito	6-4, 6-1
Runner-up	3.	02013-10-12-000012 October 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Greg Jones	6-3, 5-7, 1-6
Runner-up	4.	02014-03-02-00002 March 2014	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	2-6, 1-3 retired.
Runner-up	5.	02014-05-25-000025 May 2014	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Maverick Banes	6-7, 6-4, 3-6
Runner-up	6.	02014-08-31-000031 August 2014	Bangkok Challenger, Thailand	Hard	Hyeon Chung	6-7, 4-6
Winner	7.	02015-03-29-000029 March 2015	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Jose Rubin Statham	6-1, 7-5

Doubles Finals: 5 (4-1)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner Up	1.	02014-03-02-00002 March 2014	Port Pirie F2, Australia	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Maverick Banes Gavin Van Peperzeel	3-6, 3-6
Winner	2.	02014-04-06-00006 April 2014	Melbourne F4, Australia	Clay	Bradley Mousley	Adam Hubble Matt Reid	w/o
Winner	3.	02014-05-11-000011 May 2014	F8, Croatia	Clay	Matthew Barton	Tomislav Ternar Mike Urbanija	6-2, 6-3
Winner	4.	02014-05-18-000018 May 2014	F9, Croatia	Clay	Matthew Barton	Tomislav Draganja Dino Marcan	6-2, 6-1
Winner	5.	02014-05-25-000025 May 2014	F10, Croatia	Clay	Matthew Barton	Maverick Banes Gavin Van Peperzeel	2–6, 6–3, [10–3]

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