He has won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, including one Grand Slam title at the 2020 US Open where he came back from two sets down to defeat German Alexander Zverevin the final. He is the second highest-ranked Austrian player in history, behind former world No. Dominic Thiem's defense—and a slow backhand—led to a fast win v. Cilic. Nadal won the Italian and the, Reilly Opelka Admits Being a ‘Big Fan’ of Daniil Medvedev after St. Petersburg Open 2020 Victory, Iga Swiatek Vouches for Working with Psychologists, “Unfair Advantage”: Three-Time French Open Champion on Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s Unparalleled Dominance, “Not Taking It For Granted”- Nick Kyrgios On His Time Away From Tennis, US Open 2020 Finals: Dominic Thiem Sets Unbelievable Records That Even ‘Big 3’ Couldn’t Come Close To. I've won the last five finals [I have played in]... now I've lost one. [67] Thiem then proceeded to play at the Apia International Sydney, as the top seed. 13 Marin Čilić, but losing to Roger Federer in straight sets. [155] Thiem was one of many players to arrive early at Indian Wells to defend his 2019 title, where he also planned to play doubles with Grigor Dimitrov. [125] At the Australian Open, he defeated Benoît Paire in five sets before retiring to Alexei Popyrin in the second round.
[106] At the French Open, Thiem advanced past Ilya Ivashka in straight sets and Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini in four sets. Cloudflare Ray ID: 5e308fb78ecdff60 Your IP: 188.95.113.26 [64] He next played at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris and was beaten heavily by American Jack Sock. He will straight away fly to Paris for the French Open.
Apart from the joy of being a Grand Slam champion, Thiem made huge gains in the ATP rankings. He is one of the few younger ATP players to use a single-handed backhand. In the fifth set Nadal won the tiebreaker to bring the match to an end at 2:04 AM local time, after 4 hours and 49 minutes of play. [163] On the tour's resumption in August, at the Western & Southern Open in New York—the first ATP Tour event after the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic— Thiem lost his opening match to Filip Krajinović. [76] In May at the Madrid Open, Thiem defeated Jared Donaldson, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Ćorić, and Pablo Cuevas to play against Rafael Nadal in his first Masters 1000 final. This was the first set Thiem had ever won against Nadal at a Grand Slam tournament. As a result of this performance, Thiem ended the week ranked No. [123][124] He ended the 2018 season ranked world No. Thiem often uses heavy, penetrating groundstrokes to construct points and outlast his opponents. [10] But he was defeated in the first round by Nicolas Mahut in three sets. [58] At Wimbledon, Thiem encountered again Florian Mayer in the first round, but Thiem won in straight sets this time. The Serb is 1010 points clear of world no. [42], Thiem started his season at the Qatar Open, but was upset in the first round by Pierre-Hugues Herbert. [nL4N2GA0ME], Born: Sept. 3, 1993 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (age 27).
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