Dominik Thiem, a professional tennis player from Austria, has won the ATP singles championship twelve times in his career and reached the final. For some time he held the 4th position in.
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Dominic was born on September 3, 1993. His parents, who were engaged in professional coaching, brought him to tennis.
The player feels more comfortable on the unpaved surface. He is right-handed and has a powerful forehand. Adheres to a rather aggressive style of play. His strengths are fast movement on the court and the power of the blow.
The first seasons of Dominic Thiem
The athlete clearly showed himself at the junior level and by the age of eighteen he was one of the most talented and promising tennis players on the planet. In that season, he managed to get into the final stage of the open French championship for juniors. He also made his way far in various championships and beat all rivals in such a well-known and prestigious championship as the Orange Bowl.
In parallel with this, the Austrian began to participate in adult championships, compete in the Challenger Tours and the main ATP tours. He looked good against the background of his rivals, but at first he could not win due to the minuses in the game, which he got rid of by the fall of 2011. Then the gifted newcomer reached the final stage of the ITF Futures tournament.
The very next season, Dominik won three Futures tournaments in singles and two in pairs at once, and in 2013 he added four more singles victories to this.
The heyday of Dominic Thiem's career
At the end of May 2015, the tennis player took the debut title of the ATP champion. A couple of months later, he won two more ATP 250 series tournaments, which were held in Croatia and Switzerland. Thanks to these results, he climbed into the top twenty of the world ranking table in singles.
2016 brought him four more victories at the ATP championships.
A year later, he finally managed to successfully perform at the grand slam tournaments. First, the Austrian reached the fourth round of the Australian Open Championship, and then achieved a similar result on. This made it possible for the athlete to rise immediately to the fifth line of the world ranking.
In 2018, at the French Open, the Austrian advanced to the final round for the first time, knocking out several tennis players from the top 10 from the tournament. However, in the title decider, he was defeated by
Dominic Thiem was born into a family of tennis coaches on September 3, 1993, in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. He entered the court at the age of six. During his teen years, Dominic continued to hone his craft, leaving most of his peers behind.
By 2011, Tim had become one of the leading junior tennis players. He won the Roland Garros in singles and finished first in the fall USA tournaments. First, Dominic won the competition in Bradenton (Bradenton), and then became the winner of the match "Orange Bowl".
With the status of one of the leading juniors in Austria, Tim participated in the tournaments of the basic series of the adult tour, and also played in the challenger series and the main tours of the ATP. Dominik quickly got used to the professional level, but a number of shortcomings prevented him from winning, which were eliminated by November 2011. During this period, the tennis player managed to break into his first final of an adult singles tournament; a landmark event took place on the "futures" in Turkey (Turkey).
In May 2012, Tim won the first victory on the "futures" of the International Tennis Federation, in the Czech Republic (Czechia). Continuing to practice and be inspired by new achievements, Dominik won the first match in the main draws of ATP tournaments in Vienna (Vienna), where he fought on the court against Lukas Lacko (Lukáš Lacko).
In 2013, after a series of victories on the "futures", Tim again participated in the main draw of the ATP tournament, in Kitzbühel. Playing on his favorite clay surface, Dominik turned out to be stronger than two players from the Top 100 at once and reached the quarterfinals. In September 2013, after defeating Jurgen Melzer, Tim won the Challenger.
In October of the same year, the Austrian played practically on an equal footing with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, whom he lost only in the tie-break of the decisive set, at the Austrian ATP tournament. Tim finished the 2013 season with a victory at the Challenger in singles; at the end of the year, the tennis player got into the Top 200.
The following year, Dominik not only appeared more often at significant ATP tournaments, but also played at Grand Slam qualifiers. The first appearance at a game of this status, at the "Australian Open" in Melbourne (Melbourne), ended for the athlete very well. In the first round, Thiem snatched victory from Rik de Voest (Rik de Voest), and then won one match in the main draw.
Increasingly confident in his abilities, Dominic agreed to play at the American tournament "Indian Wells Masters" in Indian Wells. He also managed to pass the Frenchman Gilles Simon, at that time the 23rd racket of the world, and enter the Top 300. Playing on clay in Barcelona (Barcelona) and Madrid (Madrid), Thiem celebrated his first victory in a match at Roland Garros. Matches on the grass surface were less successful, but by the end of the summer of 2014, Dominik returned to his former form - and reached the third round in Hamburg (Hamburg) and the final in Kitzbühel. In the final match in Kitzbühel, the Austrian lost to David Goffin.
Best of the day
Having moved to the hard courts, Tim again started with defeats, but then managed to catch up. He won three matches at the US Open, beat out Feliciano Lopez Diaz-Guerra and Ernests Gulbis, and reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his professional career.
In the autumn of 2014, Dominic's luck almost turned away, and only by February 2015 did the tennis player begin to show the previous high level of play. At the tournament in Marseilles (Marseilles), Tim got to the third round - both in doubles and in singles. In March 2015, the Austrian reached the quarterfinals at a major tournament in Miami (Miami), where he again defeated Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.
By the end of May 2015, Thiem made it to the final in the ATP main event in Nice, where he finally defeated Leonardo Mayer. In July 2015, the athlete showed himself well at the Croatian Open in Umag (Umago), "Suisse Open Gstaad" in Gstaad and the Austrian Open in Kitzbühel. He achieved two titles and one semi-final, which helped him to take 18th place in the rankings.
When Dominik was just starting his professional career, the choice of players with Austrian citizenship in the national team remained rather meager, but the budding Dominik was still in no hurry to take the team. Only in April 2014, Tim got the opportunity to prove himself in the national team in the Davis Cup. Dominic entered the court as a substitute; the injured Jürgen Meltzer gave way to him. Unfortunately, Tim failed to live up to the expectations placed on him - and lost both of his matches.
Renowned for his forehand, Dominik is primarily a basic-aggressive player who also has extensive experience playing defense. His kicks are solid from the rebound, in both directions, with a heavy right hand and a tenacious, powerful blow with one hand backhand. Thiem's technique, with his back-line specificity, has been compared to Fernando González, Thomas Muster and Tommy Robredo on the court.
Off the court, Dominic is known as a modest and shy guy who rarely gets involved in any controversy. Against the backdrop of many young rackets in ATP tournaments, Tim looks like a more mature player. He is registered on the social network Facebook, where he often shares the results of his fights, and also reflects on each of his matches. Tim leaves posts on the social network in English and German.
At the French Open in 2018, Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem reached the final for the first time. He lost, but still noted this match as one of the biggest achievements of his career. The athlete has won a total of eleven ATP singles titles. Tim's strength and speed are two of his main assets, as he can outrun most players.
Carier start
Dominic Thiem was born in 1993 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. His father Wolfgang was a tennis coach. From childhood, he took his son to the court. Over time, the young guy began to find the sport interesting. He went so far as to idolize veteran tennis players such as Stefan Koubek and Jurgen Melzer and train hard to be like them.
The first coach of Dominik, besides his parents, was Gunther Bresnik, who began to train with the boy when he was 9 years old. Playing for juniors, the tennis player climbed to second place in the ITF Junior rankings. In 2011, he completed his youth career and turned professional. This was preceded by three victories in tournaments in singles. The culmination was the title of the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl.
Significant victories for Dominic Thiem
The Austrian athlete won his first career ATP World Tour title in 2015 in Nice, France and then in Argentina in 2016. Just a week later, he won for the third time at the Swiss Open Gstaad competition. Tim is famous for hitting the ball at 145 mph or 233 km/h. This rare ability is one of the reasons why he is respected in the sports world.
Dominic competed in the 2016 Argentina Open. He beat Pablo Carreno, Gaštan Elias and Dušan Lajović to reach the semi-finals. There he defeated one of the best players and the reigning champion Rafael Nadal. He ended up winning his fourth ATP title by defeating Spaniard Nicolás Almagro.
The next year the champion began with Brisbane. He played in singles and doubles. Tim became a partner on the court. After a series of victories, Dominik has risen to 4th place in the world rankings. At the BNP Paribas Open, Thiem went through the first three matches with Jeremy Chardy, Misha Zverev and Gael Monfils, but ultimately lost to Stan Wawrinka. In 2017, Dominic managed to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon and the Australian Open. The main victory in France was not far off.
French Open Final
At the end of December 2017, Galo Blanco joined the coaching team of Dominic Thiem. After that, the tennis player won the ATP title in Argentina and in Rio. This was followed by a victory over Gilles Simon in Leon and over Martin Klizhan in St. Petersburg. But this was preceded by the final at the French Open.
German brand adidas created a collection of high-performance apparel especially for the event in Paris. Dominic Thiem, who is the brand's ambassador, received a navy blue adidas Roland Garros Climachill polo with a striped collar and contrasting cuffs. The Roland Garros logo is emblazoned on the chest. The athlete also has several models of sneakers, including adidas Barricade and SoleCourt Boost.
At the French Open, Dominic Thiem edged out Ilya Ivashko, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini, Kei Nishikori, Alexander Zverev and Marco Cecchinato to advance to his first Grand Slam final. There he still lost to Rafael Nadal.
Dominic Thiem and Kristina Mladenovic
Dominic's personal life was kept secret for some time. He began dating his colleague tennis player Kristina Mladenovic in 2017, but only six months later he officially announced it. In an interview with Sport 360, Tim praised his girlfriend for her excellent work ethic and fighting spirit:
“The only thing I can say is that I have seen her work hard, she works as hard as I do and her whole life is about tennis, improvement and practice.”
Kristina Mladenovic began her tennis career in May 2006 as a junior. Subsequently, she was able to get two Grand Slam titles in doubles and two more awards in mixed doubles.