About Dominic Thiem
Dominic ‘Domi’ Thiem started playing tennis at the age of six and had his first professional experience at the age of 18 by participating in the Generali Open held in Kitzbühel, Austria, with a wild card in 2011. Dominic comes from a family of tennis players. While his parents are coaching tennis and his brother is actively playing tennis. Therefore, it is not surprising that Dominic, who loves playing football and skiing very much, has decided to pursue his career in tennis.
Thiem’s first match win at the major level took place on the ATP World Tour in 2011, at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, against Thomas Muster. He won four ITF Futures tournaments in 2012 and secured three Challenger titles in 2013. Then in 2014, he entered the top 100 of the ATP rankings. In the same year, he saw the second and third rounds at the Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells, Miami, Barcelona and Madrid, and even enjoyed his first win against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland as well.
Thiem is primarily an aggressive baseline player and uses a one-handed backhand. He has been identified as a potential successor by Nadal and other members of the Big Four. Roland Garros described him as the “heir to the throne”
Dominic Thiem’s Career
Thiem, who has achieved many important achievements throughout his career, played the final of the French Open in 2018 and 2019. Also in 2019, he played the final at the ATP World Tour Finals and lost to Novak Djokovic. In 2020, he reached the championship match at Grand Slam tournaments for the first time by playing the final at the US Open. Thiem was named the athlete of the year at the ATP Awards distributed for the 2020 season.
Dominic Thiem is known for his serving power, technique, endurance and powerful ball striking. Thiem, who has also performed quite successfully on the clay court, is also achieving successful results on hard court. At the same time, he is considered by many tennis experts as one of the most successful tennis players of the future.
Theme, who has been away from the courts for about 9 months after a wrist injury, is preparing to return with the Andalucia Open. Expressing his happiness in a statement on his social media account, Thiem also stated that he was going through a difficult period. The successful tennis player, who has dropped down to 50th place in the rankings, said that returning to tournaments again is what he needs. The former world No. 3 had been away from the courts since the 2021 Mallorca Open.
As a teenager, Thiem was ranked No. 2 in the world rankings. In 2011, he played the final at the French Open for junior men and won the 2011 Orange Bowl final. As a professional, he reached the final at the 2018 and 2019 French Open, losing to Rafael Nadal on both occasions. in 2019, he won his first ATP Tour Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells, defeating Roger Federer.
