Dominic Thiem

Dominic Thiem

Thiem at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Lichtenworth, Austria
Born	(1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Gunter Bresnik
Prize money	$2,120,817
Singles
Career record	74–61 (54.81% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 18 (10 August 2015)
Current ranking	No. 19 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	4R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	10–27
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 199 (8 June 2015)
Current ranking	No. 204 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	1R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2014)
US Open	2R (2014)
Last updated on: 14 February 2016.

Dominic Thiem (born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian tennis player who has an ATP high ranking of World No. 18, which was first achieved on 10 August 2015. Thiem is currently the youngest player in the top 20 and top 30 of the world rankings.

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

Doubles

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: First ATP final

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 an 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 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 in straight sets. In the second round he faced world number 1 and the defending champion Rafael Nadal, but was defeated in straight sets, only winning 7 games in the process.

Thiem next played at the 2014 Aegon Championships in London but lost in the first round to David Goffin. He suffered a second consecutive first-round loss on grass when he was defeated by Australian qualifier Luke Saville at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships in four sets.

After Wimbledon, Thiem played at the 2014 International German Open. He defeated Jiří Veselý in straight sets and No. 8 seed Marcel Granollers in three sets before being defeated by Leonardo Mayer in the third round. Thiem was seeded at an ATP tournament for the first time in his career at the 2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad. Seeded 8th, he lost in the first round to wildcard Viktor Troicki.

At the 2014 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Thiem was seeded fifth. In the quarterfinals he defeated defending champion and number two seed Marcel Granollers in straight sets. He then beat Juan Monaco to reach his first ATP World Tour 250 final at the age of 20. In the final, he fell to David Goffin despite being a set up.

Competing in his first ever US Open in 2014, Thiem reached the fourth round after two first round defeats in both Toronto and Cincinnati Masters. He defeated Slovakian Lukáš Lacko, 11th seed Ernests Gulbis, and 19th seed Feliciano López, before losing to 6th seed Tomáš Berdych.

2015: Career best ranking and three ATP titles

At the 2015 Australian Open, Thiem lost in first round to Roberto Bautista Agut. At Rotterdam he won over Ernests Gulbis in first round but fell to Sergiy Stakhovsky in second round. At Marseille, he defeated João Sousa and David Goffin to reach the quarter-finals, where he was beaten by Bautista Agut. The next week at Dubai he lost again to the Spaniard in first round. The Austrian reached quarter-finals of the Miami Open, after defeating Diego Schwartzman, Feliciano López, Jack Sock and Adrian Mannarino, then lost to Andy Murray in three sets. At the Rome Masters he won over Gilles Simon to reach third round, where he was defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka.

Thiem won his first career ATP World Tour title in Nice, France, defeating Nick Kyrgios, Ernests Gulbis and John Isner en route before winning a close three-setter against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in the final.

At the 2015 French Open, Thiem defeated Aljaž Bedene in four sets to progress to the second round, where he was defeated by 21st seed Pablo Cuevas in four close sets.

Thiem started his grass court campaign at the 2015 MercedesCup, where he entered as the seventh seed. Despite this, he fell in the first round to qualifier Mischa Zverev. At the 2015 Gerry Weber Open, Thiem suffered another first round loss, against second seed Kei Nishikori. The Austrian entered the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham as the seventh seed, which gained him a bye into the second round. He easily defeated Malek Jaziri to claim his first win on grass in 2015, but was knocked out in the next round by Alexandr Dolgopolov. Thiem competed at the third grand slam of the year, the 2015 Wimbledon Championships as the 32nd seed, marking the first time he had been seeded at a grand slam tournament. He defeated Israel's Dudi Sela in four sets, marking his first ever win at Wimbledon. In the second round, Thiem lost a close five-setter against Fernando Verdasco, despite being 2–1 up in sets.

After Wimbledon, he next participated at the 2015 Croatia Open Umag as the fourth seed, giving him a bye into the second round. With wins over Dušan Lajović and compatriot Andreas Haider-Maurer (after both players retired), Thiem advanced to the semifinals, where he came back from a set down to win against Gaël Monfils and earn himself a place in his third career final. In the final, he defeated Portugal's João Sousa in straight sets to claim his second career ATP World Tour title. A week later, Thiem won his third title at the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad, beating David Goffin in the final, and winning back to back tournaments for the first time. As a result of these tournament wins, Thiem achieved a new career high ATP ranking of world No. 21.

Thiem next played at his home tournament, the 2015 Generali Open Kitzbühel as the No. 1 seed, marking the first time he entered an ATP tournament as the top seeded player. After receiving a bye, he managed to avoid an early exit, as he gained a close three set win against Andreas Haider-Maurer, despite being a set down, and a break down in the final set. He defeated Albert Montañés in the quarterfinals, after his opponent retired five games into the second set. In the semifinals, he was denied a place in his third consecutive final when he lost to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in two sets, ending his winning streak of 10 matches. After the tournament ended, Thiem entered the top 20 for the first time, reaching a new career high of world No. 18.

2016: Fourth ATP title

Thiem started the year with a Semi-Final run in Brisbane, where he lost to Federer in straight sets. He reached the third round in the Australian Open, his best run yet, but lost to David Goffin in 4 sets. Thiem next competed at Buenos Aires for the Argentina open where he was seeded 5th. He beat Pablo Carreno, Gastao Elias, and Dusan Lajovic to reach the semi-finals where he uspest and beat no.1 seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal in three sets after saving a match point. Thiem went on to win the title after defeating Nicolas Almagro in three sets in the final to capture the Argentina title and win his 4th ATP Title overall.

Playing style and reputation

Thiem is primarily an aggressive baseline player who is adept at defending as well. His groundstrokes are solid on both wings, with a heavy forehand and a tenacious, powerful single-handed backhand. He is notably one of the few younger ATP players to use a single-handed backhand. Thiem often uses heavy, penetrating groundstrokes to construct points and hit winners or outlast his opponents. He has a long take-back on both wings, and the top-spin he produces on his groundstrokes allow him to both attack and defend well. His play-style, specifically his baseline play, has been likened to Fernando Gonzales, Thomas Muster and Tommy Robredo's. ^[3]

Thiem has solid volleys, but are not a major weapon in his game. He often only comes up to the net to finish off points with a single volley, though he has been known to occasionally serve-and-volley as well, especially when playing on clay and serving from the ad side to his opponents' backhand. Thiem employs a top-spin serve for both his first and second serves, resulting in a relatively slow, but looping serve that forces his opponents back.

Compared to the younger players on the ATP tour such as Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Thiem does not possess as much flair or shot-making skills, but uses prolonged baseline play and careful construction of points to win. His play-style, particularly the long take-back on his groundstrokes, ability to sustain long baseline rallies and top-spin serves have greatly benefitted his clay game, where he has had the most success in (winning all his four ATP titles there). He has beaten many great clay-court players on clay before, most notably Nicolás Almagro and Rafael Nadal en route to his Argentina Open title, as well as Stanislas Wawrinka in 2014 in the Madrid Open. His mental game has also been praised, especially his tie-break win percentage, which is currently 4-0 in 2016. ^[4]

Off-court, Thiem is known as a humble, shy character, rarely entering any controversy, and is relatively mature as compared to the other young guns on the ATP tour. He operates his own Facebook page, in which he often posts his match results, along with personal reflections on each match he has played in both Austrian and English. ^[5]

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 August 2014	Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	David Goffin	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	23 May 2015	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Leonardo Mayer	6–7(8–10), 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	2.	26 July 2015	Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia	Clay	João Sousa	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	2 August 2015	Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	David Goffin	7–5, 6–2
Winner	4.	14 February 2016	Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Singles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2016 Argentina Open

Doubles performance timeline

Top 10 wins per season

Wins over top 10s per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2014
1.	Stan Wawrinka	3	Madrid, Spain	Clay	2R	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
2016
2.	Rafael Nadal	5	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	SF	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)

References

External links

• Dominic Thiem at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Dominic Thiem at the International Tennis Federation
• Dominic Thiem at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Austrian male singles tennis players as of 18 January 2016 1. Dominic Thiem (20 ) 2. Andreas Haider-Maurer (66 1) 3. Gerald Melzer (140 4) 4. Jürgen Melzer (158 1) 5. Dennis Novak (202 1) 6. Bastian Trinker (248 1) 7. Michael Linzer (271 1) 8. Maximilian Neuchrist (355 26) 9. Lucas Miedler (380 4) 10. Pascal Brunner (397 1)