Bernard Tomic
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Bernard Tomic is an Australian professional tennis
player. As of 24 October 2011, Tomic is ranked the World No. 41, making him the highest ranked Australian male tennis player and the youngest player in the top 100. The highlight of Tomic's career thus far has been a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
, which included a straight sets victory over world number 5 Robin Soderling
, before losing in four sets to eventual champion Novak Djokovic
.
and The Guardian
, have written that Tomic's parents are also of Bosnian
heritage. They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born, before relocating to Queensland when he was three years old. His younger sister Sara is also a professional tennis player.
titles – one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour
.
Playing his first singles event on the junior tour in 2006, he successfully qualified for the Sunsmart 18 and Under Canterbury Championships, and went on to win the title defeating Dae-Soung Oh of Korea 6–3, 6–2 in the final. His success continued, winning the next three tournaments he played in (one of which was also an 18 and under tournament), giving him a 25 match winning streak. Tomic was able to extend this streak to 26 at the Riad 21 Junior tournament in Morocco before falling in the round of 16.
Tomic did not win another tournament until August 2007, where he won the Oceania Closed Junior Championships without dropping a set. He was unable to continue his dominance at the Junior US Open, falling in the round of 16. Tomic finished 2007 with a junior world ranking of 23.
He began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Australian ITF Junior event in Melbourne without dropping a set. Two days later he started his campaign for the Australian Open
Juniors title as the 5th seed. Tomic went on to win defeating the 25th, 11th, 8th and 1st seed before beating 10th seed Tsung-Hua Yang of Taiwan 4–6, 7–6, 6–0 in the final. His win made him the youngest winner of the Australian Open Junior Boys' Championships in the Open Era.
Four months later, at Roland Garros, Tomic, the number one seed, fell in the quarter finals to Guido Pella of Argentina, losing 6–7, 3–6. At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen
7–6, 6–4. In a notable quarter final match, Tomic played another rising star, Henrique Cunha of Brazil, and came through victorious in three sets 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. Tomic also finished runner-up in the Wimbledon Junior Boys' Doubles Championships with fellow Australian junior Matt Reid.
At the 2008 US Open (Boys' Singles), Tomic lost in the first round to Devin Britton
of the United States in three sets.
At the 2009 Roland Garros he once again reached the quarter finals in the boy's single tournament and later once again reached the semi finals at Wimbledon. At the 2009 US Open (Boys' Singles), however, Tomic won the junior grandslam title, defeating Chase Buchanan
of the United States, 6–1 6–3.
. He was given a place in the qualifiers where he played Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He ended up victorious, 4–6, 7–6, 7–5, however he was easily eliminated in the next round by American Prakash Amritraj
3–6, 2–6 in the second round.
He played in the Australia F4 tournament in March. In the first round, he defeated Tom Rushby of Great Britain 7–5, 7–6. He was again eliminated in the second round after Australia's Adam Feeney
defeated him 3–6, 4–6.
After not getting past the second round in any of his tournaments so far, he had his breakthrough at the Indonesia F2 tournament in August. He beat Kittipong Wachiramanowong
of Thailand 6–0, 7–6 in the first round. Hsien-Yin Peng of Chinese Taipei was eliminated by Tomic in the second round 6–1, 6–4. He won his quarter-final against Thailand's Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana 6–3, 6–3. He advanced to the final without conceding a single set after defeating Kento Takeuchi of Japan 6–3, 6–1 in the semi-final. Japan's Yuichi Sugita
ended his dream run, with Tomic losing 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the final.
He was involved in serious controversy in the Australia F12 tournament in December. He defeated fellow Australian James O'Brien 6–2, 6–1 in the first round. He met another Australian, Marinko Matosevic
, in the second round. Tomic lost the first set 2–6 and when he was down 1–3 in the second set, Tomic walked off the court. In March 2009, the ITF
suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month.
Towards the end of 2008, Tomic stated that he would no longer compete in junior tournaments and focus solely on senior tournaments. In 2009, Tomic was given a wildcard into his first ATP event, the Brisbane International
, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco
in the first round, 6–4, 6–2. Bernard was granted a wildcard into the 2009 Australian Open
and drew Potito Starace
in round 1. He won the match, 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, saving two set points in the 4th set tiebreak. He became the youngest ever male tennis player to win a senior Australian Open Grand Slam match. In the second round he lost to Gilles Müller
6–3, 1–6, 4–6, 2–6. He also played mixed doubles at the event with fellow 16-year-old Australian Monika Wejnert
, losing to the Canadian pairing of Aleksandra Wozniak
and Daniel Nestor
in the first round 3–6, 2–6.
Tomic received wildcards into Australian Challenger tournaments in Burnie and Melbourne held in February. He reached the quarter-finals of Burnie before winning his first Challenger title in Melbourne.
Tomic earned a wildcard to the 2009 French Open
but lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
in the first round, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6.
Tomic lost in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying to Édouard Roger-Vasselin
. He contested the Junior tournament and made it to the semi-finals before being beaten by Andrey Kuznetsov
.
Tomic won the 2009 US Open Juniors title by defeating Chase Buchanan
in the final 6–1, 6–3.
In December 2009, Tomic lost in the final of the Australian open wildcard playoffs. He finished the year as the World No. 286.
where he lost in the first round to qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.. Even though he lost at the wildcard playoff, he was granted a main draw wildcard at the 2010 Australian Open
. Tomic took part in an exhibition match at the AAMI Classic in Kooyong, Melbourne against the World No. 3 Novak Djokovic
. Tomic won the match 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In the 2010 Australian Open Tomic played Guillaume Rufin
in the first round and won in straight sets, 6–3 6–4 6–4. He played perhaps his most high-profile match up to that point against 14th seed Marin Čilić
in the 2nd round, where he produced the match of his short career. After a tight five-set battle, in which Tomic had several opportunities to win the match, Cilic won 6–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
In February, Tomic entered the Burnie Challenger tournament in Tasmania and won the event defeating Greg Jones
6–4 6–2 in the final after coming through the qualifying draw. His ranking rose to World No. 208 for a new career high. At the start of March, Tomic was selected to play singles for the Australian Davis Cup Team. He won both his matches in the tie against Chinese Taipei; defeating Tsung-Hua Yang 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 and Hsin-Han Lee 6–7, 6–0, 6–3. He competed at the 2010 Tennis Napoli Cup
as a Wildcard but lost to Paolo Lorenzi
in the first round in straight sets 6–2, 6–4. Tomic's next tournament was the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
where he lost in the first round to the unseeded German Benjamin Becker
6–4 6–2. He then received a wildcard at the 2010 Zagreb Open
but lost to Michael Yani
in the first round.
He then reached the Semifinals of the Challenger event, 2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
cruising through the semi-finals but lost to Marius Copil
in tight match. He has been awarded a wildcard at the 2010 AEGON Championships
and upset 15th seed Andreas Seppi
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the first round, but lost in the second round to Belgium's Xavier Malisse
2–6, 6–3, 2–6. Tomic won 3 qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships
. This is the first time he has earnt a place in a grandslam, having received wildcards on his three previous occasions. He lost in the first round to Mardy Fish
3–6, 6–7, 2–6. He then entered the 2010 US Open
qualifiers but lost in the second round to Noam Okun
6–1, 3–6, 2–6. He then made it through the second round of 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open
a Challenger event as a qualifier losing to Konstantin Kravchuk
6–3, 6–1. His next tournament is the 2010 Chang-SAT Bangkok 2 Open where he lost to Danai Udomchoke
4–6, 2–6 in the first round. He then entered the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open
as a Wildcard but lost David Ferrer
3–6, 4–6 in the first round. In December 2010, Tomic withdrew from the Australian Open Wild Card Play Offs due to illness, despite training the next day. Tomic finished the year at a career high singles ranking of World No. 208.
where he was given a main draw wild card. However, he lost to Florian Mayer
in the first round 6–2, 6–2. At the Medibank International in Sydney, despite taking the first set against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomic eventually lost his first round match 6–7, 6–1, 6–2. His performance in Sydney also earned him the final discretionary wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open
.
In Melbourne, Tomic matched his two prior Open performances when he defeated Jérémy Chardy
6–3, 6–2, 7–6 in the first round. He then recorded back-to-back main draw wins for the first time in his career when he defeated the 31st seed Feliciano López 7–6, 7–6, 6–3. In a much anticipated night match, Tomic lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal
in the 3rd round 2–6, 5–7, 3–6, despite having led 4–0 in the second set. In February, Tomic competed in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
, where he was given a main draw wild card. In the first round, Tomic defeated Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna
in three sets 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 to reach the second round of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time. He faced sixteenth seeded Serbian, Viktor Troicki
in the second round where he lost 4–6, 4–6. Tomic was granted a main draw wild card for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, losing in the first round to Pablo Andujar
.
At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Tomic upset the 28th seeded Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–3, 7–5 in the first round. In the second round, he came back from two sets to love down to beat another Russian, Igor Andreev 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1. He then caused the upset of the tournament by stunning 5th seeded and two-time Grand Slam finalist Robin Soderling
. He defeated the Swede 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 to advance to the fourth round. Tomic defeated Xavier Malisse
in three sets 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to advance to the quarter finals, becoming the youngest player since Boris Becker
in 1986 to reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon. Tomic was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion, Novak Djokovic 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. With this showing, Tomic moved 87 places up in the ATP rankings, to number 71 in the world.
Tomic won his first round match against Lu Yen-hsun
7–6, 6–3 at the Rogers Cup before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 7–6 in the second round.
Tomic earned direct entry into the US Open
, and in the first round defeated Michael Yani
6–3, 6–4, 6–4. He lost in the second round 6–1, 6–0, 6–2 to Marin Cilic
.
Tomic then returned home to Australia to compete in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland. He defeated Stanislas Wawrinka
4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 in the opening match at Royal Sydney Golf Club, but lost his second match, to World No. 3 Roger Federer
2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6.
Tomic then competed at the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open
but lost 2–6, 2–6 in the first round to Flavio Cipolla
. Tomic's next event was the 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
. He upset the fifth seed, Victor Troicki in straight sets, 7–6, 7–6 in the first round and defeated Japanese wildcard Tatsuma Ito
in the second round 6–7, 6–1, 7–5 before losing to fourth seed Mardy Fish
7–6, 4–6, 1–6 in the quarterfinals. Tomic achieved a new career high singles ranking of World No. 49.
Tomic most recently competed at the 2011 If Stockholm Open
. He defeated qualifier, Jürgen Zopp
7–6, 4–6, 6–0 in the first round but lost to Gael Monfils
in the second round 4–6, 7–6, 4–6.
suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month after Tomic walked off court against Marinko Matosevic
in a Perth Futures tournament in December 2008.
In September 2009, reports began to surface about Tomic's team rejecting an invitational practice session with Lleyton Hewitt
during the middle Sunday of Wimbledon. Hewitt's manager David Drysdale
stated:
Bernard Tomic's team cited Hewitt's different playing style as the reason for turning down the practice offer. He was later seen requesting for a practice hit with former world number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero
, but was subsequently turned down. A few weeks later Tomic revealed that he was forced to turn away the opportunity due to his own infection with swine flu
. He further denied any approach to Ferrero as an alternative hitting partner, despite the Spanish tennis player's claim.
In January 2010 The Australian
newspaper reported that Tomic's father John had threatened to quit Australia, having Bernard play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley and John Tomic after Bernard's loss to Marin Čilić.
.
Tennis
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player. As of 24 October 2011, Tomic is ranked the World No. 41, making him the highest ranked Australian male tennis player and the youngest player in the top 100. The highlight of Tomic's career thus far has been a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No...
, which included a straight sets victory over world number 5 Robin Soderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
, before losing in four sets to eventual champion Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
.
Personal life
Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 21 October 1992. Tomic's parents, John (Ivica) and Ady (Adisa), left Croatia, then a part of Yugoslavia, several years before his birth. In an interview, Tomic stated that his parents "have a Croatian background". Other sources, such The AustralianThe Australian
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and The Guardian
The Guardian
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, have written that Tomic's parents are also of Bosnian
Bosnians
Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...
heritage. They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born, before relocating to Queensland when he was three years old. His younger sister Sara is also a professional tennis player.
Junior career
In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Tomic won the 12s and 14s Orange BowlOrange Bowl (tennis)
The Orange Bowl is an annual college football bowl game. Orange Bowl may also refer to:* Miami Orange Bowl, a demolished stadium formerly in Miami, Florida* One of two tennis tournaments, one for juniors and the other for youth...
titles – one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour
Junior tennis
Junior Tennis refers to tennis games where the participants are aged 18 and under. Eligibility to compete is not based on age, but year of birth: as a result, some players must move out of juniors soon after their 18th birthday, while others can play juniors until they are nearly 19...
.
Playing his first singles event on the junior tour in 2006, he successfully qualified for the Sunsmart 18 and Under Canterbury Championships, and went on to win the title defeating Dae-Soung Oh of Korea 6–3, 6–2 in the final. His success continued, winning the next three tournaments he played in (one of which was also an 18 and under tournament), giving him a 25 match winning streak. Tomic was able to extend this streak to 26 at the Riad 21 Junior tournament in Morocco before falling in the round of 16.
Tomic did not win another tournament until August 2007, where he won the Oceania Closed Junior Championships without dropping a set. He was unable to continue his dominance at the Junior US Open, falling in the round of 16. Tomic finished 2007 with a junior world ranking of 23.
He began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Australian ITF Junior event in Melbourne without dropping a set. Two days later he started his campaign for the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
Juniors title as the 5th seed. Tomic went on to win defeating the 25th, 11th, 8th and 1st seed before beating 10th seed Tsung-Hua Yang of Taiwan 4–6, 7–6, 6–0 in the final. His win made him the youngest winner of the Australian Open Junior Boys' Championships in the Open Era.
Four months later, at Roland Garros, Tomic, the number one seed, fell in the quarter finals to Guido Pella of Argentina, losing 6–7, 3–6. At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen
Henri Kontinen
Henri Kontinen is a Finnish tennis player. His highest ranking is 220th which was archived on 18 October 2010. His brother Micke is also a tennis player.-Junior career:...
7–6, 6–4. In a notable quarter final match, Tomic played another rising star, Henrique Cunha of Brazil, and came through victorious in three sets 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. Tomic also finished runner-up in the Wimbledon Junior Boys' Doubles Championships with fellow Australian junior Matt Reid.
At the 2008 US Open (Boys' Singles), Tomic lost in the first round to Devin Britton
Devin Britton
Devin Britton is an American professional tennis player who formerly played for the University of Mississippi's men's tennis team. He is a native of Brandon, Mississippi.-Juniors:...
of the United States in three sets.
At the 2009 Roland Garros he once again reached the quarter finals in the boy's single tournament and later once again reached the semi finals at Wimbledon. At the 2009 US Open (Boys' Singles), however, Tomic won the junior grandslam title, defeating Chase Buchanan
Chase Buchanan
Chase Buchanan Buchanan grew up and attended grade school and high school in New Albany, Ohio and now attends The Ohio State University and is a member of the tennis team) is an American men's tennis player.-Career:...
of the United States, 6–1 6–3.
Junior singles titles (8)
| Legend (Singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (2) |
| Grade A (0) |
| Grade B (1) |
| Grade 1–5 (5) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 February 2006 |  Wellington |
Hard |  Oh Dae-Soung |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 2. | 17 February 2006 |  Adelaide |
Hard |  Hiroki Moriya |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 3. | 6 March 2006 | Gosford Gosford, New South Wales Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 76 km north of the Sydney central business district... |
Hard | Jared Easton |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 4. | 19 August 2007 |  Lautoka |
Hard | Brendan Mckenzie |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 5. | 10 September 2007 |  KentuckyLexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region... |
Hard | Jarmere Jenkins |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 6. | 12 January 2008 | Nottinghill |
Hard | Bradley Klahn |
6–3, 7–6(10–8) |
| 7. | 20 January 2008 | Australian Open |
Hard |  Yang Tsung-HuaYang Tsung-hua Yang Tsung-hua is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside... |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0 |
| 8. | 31 August 2009 | US Open 2009 US Open (tennis) The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,... |
Hard | Chase Buchanan Chase Buchanan Chase Buchanan Buchanan grew up and attended grade school and high school in New Albany, Ohio and now attends The Ohio State University and is a member of the tennis team) is an American men's tennis player.-Career:... |
6–1, 6–3 |
2008
Bernard Tomic began 2008 at the Australian Open2008 Australian Open
The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.After twenty years of playing on...
. He was given a place in the qualifiers where he played Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He ended up victorious, 4–6, 7–6, 7–5, however he was easily eliminated in the next round by American Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...
3–6, 2–6 in the second round.
He played in the Australia F4 tournament in March. In the first round, he defeated Tom Rushby of Great Britain 7–5, 7–6. He was again eliminated in the second round after Australia's Adam Feeney
Adam Feeney
Adam Feeney is a professional Australian tennis player.Feeney's highest ATP singles ranking is 248th, which he reached on 10 September 2007. His career high in doubles was 110th, which he reached on 27 August 2007.-External links:...
defeated him 3–6, 4–6.
After not getting past the second round in any of his tournaments so far, he had his breakthrough at the Indonesia F2 tournament in August. He beat Kittipong Wachiramanowong
Kittipong Wachiramanowong
Kittipong Wachiramanowong is a professional tennis player. Nicknamed "Pong" in Thailand , he began playing tennis at age 7. Clay is his favorite surface, and he is coached by Khun Sombat Euam-mongkol.-2009:...
of Thailand 6–0, 7–6 in the first round. Hsien-Yin Peng of Chinese Taipei was eliminated by Tomic in the second round 6–1, 6–4. He won his quarter-final against Thailand's Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana 6–3, 6–3. He advanced to the final without conceding a single set after defeating Kento Takeuchi of Japan 6–3, 6–1 in the semi-final. Japan's Yuichi Sugita
Yuichi Sugita
Yuichi Sugita is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 29, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 181.-Singles finals: 2 :-External links:*...
ended his dream run, with Tomic losing 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the final.
He was involved in serious controversy in the Australia F12 tournament in December. He defeated fellow Australian James O'Brien 6–2, 6–1 in the first round. He met another Australian, Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia...
, in the second round. Tomic lost the first set 2–6 and when he was down 1–3 in the second set, Tomic walked off the court. In March 2009, the ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month.
2009
Brisbane International
The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association Tour...
, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
in the first round, 6–4, 6–2. Bernard was granted a wildcard into the 2009 Australian Open
2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
and drew Potito Starace
Potito Starace
Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...
in round 1. He won the match, 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, saving two set points in the 4th set tiebreak. He became the youngest ever male tennis player to win a senior Australian Open Grand Slam match. In the second round he lost to Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country...
6–3, 1–6, 4–6, 2–6. He also played mixed doubles at the event with fellow 16-year-old Australian Monika Wejnert
Monika Wejnert
Monika Wejnert is an Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 324, which she reached on 30 November 2009. Her career high ranking in doubles is No...
, losing to the Canadian pairing of Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of no. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth-highest ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eight ITF tournaments...
and Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
in the first round 3–6, 2–6.
Tomic received wildcards into Australian Challenger tournaments in Burnie and Melbourne held in February. He reached the quarter-finals of Burnie before winning his first Challenger title in Melbourne.
Tomic earned a wildcard to the 2009 French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
but lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
in the first round, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6.
Tomic lost in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying to Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...
. He contested the Junior tournament and made it to the semi-finals before being beaten by Andrey Kuznetsov
Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis)
Andrey Kuznetsov , is a professional Russian tennis player.Kuznetsov won the Boy's Singles title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.He is coached by his father, Alexander ....
.
Tomic won the 2009 US Open Juniors title by defeating Chase Buchanan
Chase Buchanan
Chase Buchanan Buchanan grew up and attended grade school and high school in New Albany, Ohio and now attends The Ohio State University and is a member of the tennis team) is an American men's tennis player.-Career:...
in the final 6–1, 6–3.
In December 2009, Tomic lost in the final of the Australian open wildcard playoffs. He finished the year as the World No. 286.
2010
Tomic started 2010 with participation at the 2010 Brisbane International2010 Brisbane International
The 2010 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and was played at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. The centre court, Pat Rafter Arena is named in honour of Australian tennis hero...
where he lost in the first round to qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.. Even though he lost at the wildcard playoff, he was granted a main draw wildcard at the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
. Tomic took part in an exhibition match at the AAMI Classic in Kooyong, Melbourne against the World No. 3 Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
. Tomic won the match 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In the 2010 Australian Open Tomic played Guillaume Rufin
Guillaume Rufin
Guillaume Rufin is a professional French tennis player. His highest ranking so far has been World Number 139, which he achieved on February 8, 2010. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his ATP-tier debut...
in the first round and won in straight sets, 6–3 6–4 6–4. He played perhaps his most high-profile match up to that point against 14th seed Marin Čilić
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
in the 2nd round, where he produced the match of his short career. After a tight five-set battle, in which Tomic had several opportunities to win the match, Cilic won 6–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
In February, Tomic entered the Burnie Challenger tournament in Tasmania and won the event defeating Greg Jones
Greg Jones (tennis)
Greg Jones is an Australian professional tennis player.-Early life:Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher...
6–4 6–2 in the final after coming through the qualifying draw. His ranking rose to World No. 208 for a new career high. At the start of March, Tomic was selected to play singles for the Australian Davis Cup Team. He won both his matches in the tie against Chinese Taipei; defeating Tsung-Hua Yang 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 and Hsin-Han Lee 6–7, 6–0, 6–3. He competed at the 2010 Tennis Napoli Cup
2010 Tennis Napoli Cup
The 2010 Tennis Napoli Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
as a Wildcard but lost to Paolo Lorenzi
Paolo Lorenzi
Paolo Lorenzi is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 241, on January 12, 2009...
in the first round in straight sets 6–2, 6–4. Tomic's next tournament was the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
The 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, a tennis tournament for male professional players, was played from April 10 through April 18, 2010, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 104th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which is sponsored by Rolex for the second time...
where he lost in the first round to the unseeded German Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
6–4 6–2. He then received a wildcard at the 2010 Zagreb Open
2010 Zagreb Open
The 2010 Zagreb Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Zagreb, Croatia between May 10 and May 16, 2010.-Seeds:* Rankings are as of May 3, 2010....
but lost to Michael Yani
Michael Yani
Michael Yani is a Singaporean-American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.Yani is 6 ft 1 in and 75 kg . He resides in Durham, North Carolina. His high singles ranking to date is World No. 143, which he reached March 1, 2010.Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009...
in the first round.
He then reached the Semifinals of the Challenger event, 2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
The 2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cremona, Italy between May 17 and May 23 2010.-Seeds:*Rankings are as of May 10, 2010....
cruising through the semi-finals but lost to Marius Copil
Marius Copil
Marius Copil is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. On February 7, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking to date, World No. 205 whilst in doubles his highest ranking was No...
in tight match. He has been awarded a wildcard at the 2010 AEGON Championships
2010 AEGON Championships
The 2010 AEGON Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 39th edition of the AEGON Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from June 7 through June 13,...
and upset 15th seed Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi is a professional tennis player from South Tyrol, northern Italy, who turned professional in 2000. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces. and is coached by Massimo Sartori....
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the first round, but lost in the second round to Belgium's Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
2–6, 6–3, 2–6. Tomic won 3 qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships
2010 Wimbledon Championships
The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from Monday 21 June until Sunday 4 July 2010. It was the 124th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand...
. This is the first time he has earnt a place in a grandslam, having received wildcards on his three previous occasions. He lost in the first round to Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
3–6, 6–7, 2–6. He then entered the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....
qualifiers but lost in the second round to Noam Okun
Noam Okun
Noam Okun is a professional tennis player.In 2002, Okun reached a career-high singles ranking of # 95 in the world...
6–1, 3–6, 2–6. He then made it through the second round of 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open
2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open
The 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard court. It was the second edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
a Challenger event as a qualifier losing to Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player.Kravchuk competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 129, on November 8, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...
6–3, 6–1. His next tournament is the 2010 Chang-SAT Bangkok 2 Open where he lost to Danai Udomchoke
Danai Udomchoke
Danai Udomchoke is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and is coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking is World No...
4–6, 2–6 in the first round. He then entered the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open
2010 Proton Malaysian Open
The 2010 Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Proton Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
as a Wildcard but lost David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
3–6, 4–6 in the first round. In December 2010, Tomic withdrew from the Australian Open Wild Card Play Offs due to illness, despite training the next day. Tomic finished the year at a career high singles ranking of World No. 208.
2011
Tomic began his 2011 season at the Brisbane International2011 Brisbane International
The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. It was held from 2 to 9 January...
where he was given a main draw wild card. However, he lost to Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....
in the first round 6–2, 6–2. At the Medibank International in Sydney, despite taking the first set against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomic eventually lost his first round match 6–7, 6–1, 6–2. His performance in Sydney also earned him the final discretionary wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open
2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic...
.
In Melbourne, Tomic matched his two prior Open performances when he defeated Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy is a French professional tennis player. He won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, and finished as the runner-up at the 2005 US Open Boys' Singles, losing to Ryan Sweeting. His career high rank is no...
6–3, 6–2, 7–6 in the first round. He then recorded back-to-back main draw wins for the first time in his career when he defeated the 31st seed Feliciano López 7–6, 7–6, 6–3. In a much anticipated night match, Tomic lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
in the 3rd round 2–6, 5–7, 3–6, despite having led 4–0 in the second set. In February, Tomic competed in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
2011 BNP Paribas Open
The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 36th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011...
, where he was given a main draw wild card. In the first round, Tomic defeated Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...
in three sets 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 to reach the second round of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time. He faced sixteenth seeded Serbian, Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has Serb and Russian ethnic roots. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Tver and Rostov-on-Don to Serbia in 1917. His career-high ranking is no. 12, achieved on 6 June 2011. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup,...
in the second round where he lost 4–6, 4–6. Tomic was granted a main draw wild card for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, losing in the first round to Pablo Andujar
Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
.
At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Tomic upset the 28th seeded Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–3, 7–5 in the first round. In the second round, he came back from two sets to love down to beat another Russian, Igor Andreev 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1. He then caused the upset of the tournament by stunning 5th seeded and two-time Grand Slam finalist Robin Soderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
. He defeated the Swede 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 to advance to the fourth round. Tomic defeated Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
in three sets 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to advance to the quarter finals, becoming the youngest player since Boris Becker
Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...
in 1986 to reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon. Tomic was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion, Novak Djokovic 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. With this showing, Tomic moved 87 places up in the ATP rankings, to number 71 in the world.
Tomic won his first round match against Lu Yen-hsun
Lu Yen-hsun
Lu Yen-hsun is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He goes by the nickname Rendy. As of November 1, 2010, Lu is ranked #33 in the world and #1 in Asia. His favorite surface is hardcourt.- Junior career:...
7–6, 6–3 at the Rogers Cup before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 7–6 in the second round.
Tomic earned direct entry into the US Open
2011 US Open (tennis)
The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
, and in the first round defeated Michael Yani
Michael Yani
Michael Yani is a Singaporean-American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.Yani is 6 ft 1 in and 75 kg . He resides in Durham, North Carolina. His high singles ranking to date is World No. 143, which he reached March 1, 2010.Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009...
6–3, 6–4, 6–4. He lost in the second round 6–1, 6–0, 6–2 to Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
.
Tomic then returned home to Australia to compete in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland. He defeated Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 in the opening match at Royal Sydney Golf Club, but lost his second match, to World No. 3 Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6.
Tomic then competed at the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open
2011 Proton Malaysian Open
The 2011 Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Proton Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
but lost 2–6, 2–6 in the first round to Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open...
. Tomic's next event was the 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known that year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
. He upset the fifth seed, Victor Troicki in straight sets, 7–6, 7–6 in the first round and defeated Japanese wildcard Tatsuma Ito
Tatsuma Ito
is a Japanese professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-Doubles: 1 :-External links:*...
in the second round 6–7, 6–1, 7–5 before losing to fourth seed Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
7–6, 4–6, 1–6 in the quarterfinals. Tomic achieved a new career high singles ranking of World No. 49.
Tomic most recently competed at the 2011 If Stockholm Open
2011 If Stockholm Open
The 2011 If Stockholm Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
. He defeated qualifier, Jürgen Zopp
Jürgen Zopp
Jürgen Zopp is the current number one Estonian male tennis player. He is a prominent member of the Estonia Davis Cup team.Zopp reached the second round of the Australian and US Open Boys' Tournaments in 2006....
7–6, 4–6, 6–0 in the first round but lost to Gael Monfils
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the...
in the second round 4–6, 7–6, 4–6.
Controversies
In March 2009, the International Tennis FederationInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month after Tomic walked off court against Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia...
in a Perth Futures tournament in December 2008.
In September 2009, reports began to surface about Tomic's team rejecting an invitational practice session with Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
during the middle Sunday of Wimbledon. Hewitt's manager David Drysdale
David Drysdale
David Drysdale is a Scottish professional golfer.Drysdale was born in Edinburgh. He turned professional in 1995.Drysdale currently competes on the European Tour, having graduated through qualifying school for the fourth time at the end of 2008...
stated:
Bernard Tomic's team cited Hewitt's different playing style as the reason for turning down the practice offer. He was later seen requesting for a practice hit with former world number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...
, but was subsequently turned down. A few weeks later Tomic revealed that he was forced to turn away the opportunity due to his own infection with swine flu
Swine flu
Swine influenza, also called pig influenza, swine flu, hog flu and pig flu, is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus or S-OIV is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs...
. He further denied any approach to Ferrero as an alternative hitting partner, despite the Spanish tennis player's claim.
In January 2010 The Australian
The Australian
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
newspaper reported that Tomic's father John had threatened to quit Australia, having Bernard play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley and John Tomic after Bernard's loss to Marin Čilić.
Singles Titles
| Legend (Singles) |
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| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (2) |
| Futures (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
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| 1. | 29 February 2009 | Melbourne 2009 Maccabi Men's Challenger The 2009 Maccabi Men's Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour... |
Hard | Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia... |
5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2. | 7 February 2010 | Burnie 2010 McDonald's Burnie International The 2010 McDonald's Burnie International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour... |
Hard | Greg Jones Greg Jones (tennis) Greg Jones is an Australian professional tennis player.-Early life:Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher... |
6–4, 6–2 |
Singles Performance Timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Davis Cup2011 Davis Cup
The 2011 Davis Cup is the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis.The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.-World Group:...
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| Tournament | 2009 2009 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2010 2010 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2011 2011 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | |W–L | |||||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
2R | 2R 2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but retired due to a right knee injury trailing 3–6, 6–7, 0–3 in the quarterfinals against Andy Murray.Roger Federer met Andy Murray in the final of this event... |
3R 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic... |
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| French Open | 1R 2009 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to Robin Söderling. This was Nadal's first ever defeat at the French Open, having won the title in all six of his other appearances... |
A | 1R 2011 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal, the defending champion and, after this tournament, six-time winner of this event defended his title by beating long-time rival Roger Federer for his sixth French Open title, tying him with Björn Borg for most all-time in the open era. Notably, the Spaniard played his first ever... |
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| Wimbledon | Q3 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying -Seeds:# Sergiy Stakhovsky # Simon Greul # Flavio Cipolla # Roko Karanušić # Rui Machado # Thiago Alves ... |
1R 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles The Men's Singles event at the 2010 saw Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1 and 2nd seed, defeat 12th seed Tomáš Berdych 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win his 2nd Wimbledon title, and his 8th Grand Slam title overall.... |
QF 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No... |
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| US Open | A | Q2 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying -Seeds:# Marsel İlhan # Go Soeda # Karol Beck # Édouard Roger-Vasselin # Simone Bolelli # Grega Žemlja # Adrian Ungur ... |
2R 2011 US Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:... |
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| Win–Loss | 1–2 | 1–2 | 7–4 | 9–8 | |||||
| Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By... |
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| Singles Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By... |
A | PO 2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.In the Asia/Oceania Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.-Draw:... |
PO 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs The 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, scheduled to be held from September 16–18, 2011, are the main play-offs of 2011 Davis Cup. Winners of the playoffs will advance to the 2012 World Group, and losers will play in their respective Zonal Regions I.... |
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| ATP Masters Series ATP Masters Series The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America... |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
A | A | 2R 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
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| Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
A | A | 1R 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost to Pablo Cuevas in the second round.Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final for the second week in a row after also beating him in the Indian Wells final the previous week... |
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| Monte Carlo Masters | A | 1R 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles Rafael Nadal defended the 2009 title by defeating his compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6–0, 6–1 to break an 11-month title drought, and to win a historic 6th consecutive title here in Monte-Carlo.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.... |
Q2 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles Qualifying This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.-Seeds:# Mikhail Kukushkin # Philipp Petzschner # Tobias Kamke # Filippo Volandri ... |
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| Rome Masters Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
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| Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
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| Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
A | A | 2R 2011 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Kevin Anderson in the second round.World No.1 Novak Djokovic won his 10th Masters 1000 title of his career and his 9th title of the year, beating Mardy Fish in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–4... |
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| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
A | A | Q1 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's Singles Qualifying This article shows the Qualifying Draw for the 2011 Western & Southern Open. -Seeds:# Radek Štěpánek # Pablo Andújar # Kei Nishikori # Jarkko Nieminen ... |
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| Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
A | A | 3R 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion and successfully defended his title by beating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray ... |
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| Paris Masters Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
A | A | Q1 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Qualifying This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters.-Seeds:# Bernard Tomic # Donald Young # Santiago Giraldo # Philipp Kohlschreiber # Andreas Seppi... |
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| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–4 | |||||
| Career Statistics | |||||||||
| Tournaments | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Hard Win–Loss | 1–2 | 3–3 | 10–11 | 14–16 | |||||
| Grass Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 6–4 | |||||
| Clay Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |||||
| Overall Win–Loss | 1–3 | 4–6 | 16–15 | 22–24 | |||||
| Win (%) | 25% | 40% | 52% | 47% | |||||
| Year-End Ranking | 286 | 208 | 41 | ||||||
External links
- Bernard Tomic official site
- Bernard Tomic profile on Tennis Australia
- Bernard Tomic profile on ITF