Dominic Thiem

Dominic Thiem
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceLichtenwörth, Austria
Born (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31)
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Turned pro2011
Retired22 October 2024
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachGünter Bresnik (2002–2019)
Nicolás Massú (2019–2023)[2]
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh (2023–2024)[3]
Mate Delić (2024)[4]
Prize moneyUS$ 30,183,694[5]
Official websitedominicthiem.at
Singles
Career record348–213 (62.3%)[a]
Career titles17
Highest rankingNo. 3 (2 March 2020)[6]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (2020)
French OpenF (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon4R (2017)
US OpenW (2020)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsF (2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record40–78 (33.9%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 67 (7 October 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2016)
French Open1R (2014, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon2R (2014)
US Open2R (2014, 2016)
Team competitions
Davis Cup10–6

Dominic Thiem (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔmɪnɪk ˈtiːm];[7] born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, which he first achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2020 US Open where he came back from two sets down to defeat Alexander Zverev in the final. With the win, Thiem became the first male player born in the 1990s to claim a Major singles title, as well as the first Austrian to win the US Open singles title. He had previously reached three other Major finals, finishing runner-up at the 2018 and 2019 French Open to Rafael Nadal, and at the 2020 Australian Open to Novak Djokovic. Thiem was also runner-up at the 2019 and 2020 ATP Finals, where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev, respectively.

As a junior, Thiem was ranked as high as world No. 2. He was runner-up at the 2011 French Open boys tournament, and won the 2011 Orange Bowl. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2014. In 2015, he won his first ATP title at the 2015 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur in France. He reached his first major semifinal at the 2016 French Open. In doing so, he first entered the top ten in the ATP rankings. He went on to reach his first Masters 1000 final in 2017 at the Madrid Open, before reaching his first major final the following year. Thiem won his maiden Masters 1000 title at the 2019 Indian Wells Masters, beating Roger Federer in the final. In 2021, Thiem suffered a wrist injury that has since weakened his results. In October 2024, Thiem officially retired from professional tennis at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.

Thiem had some of the heaviest groundstrokes of the tour, consistently hitting big with both his forehand and single-handed backhand. Generally thought of as a baseliner, he added more variety with the use of a sliced backhand and more netplay since adding coach Nicolás Massú to his team in March 2019. At 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), he possessed a serve reaching up to 145 miles per hour (233 km/h), which he often used to set up effective one-two punches. Thiem won the 2020 Austrian Sportsman of the Year award, the fourth time a tennis player has won the award since its creation in 1949.

  1. ^ "Dominic Thiem | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ "Dominic Thiem & Nicolas Massu Announce Split | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ "Thiem coach Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh: "Tennis remains a repeat sport"". 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Dominic Thiem Turns to Mate Delic for Coaching Support Amidst Struggles"". 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "ATP Prize Money Leaders" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Dominic Thiem | Rankings History | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ "The pronunciation by Dominic Thiem himself". ATP Tour. Retrieved 22 October 2017.


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