71 Facts About Dominic Thiem

1. Dominic Thiem possesses a strong serve, capable of reaching 145 mph.

2. Dominic Thiem is primarily an aggressive baseline player who is adept at defending as well.

3. Dominic Thiem owns few of the best luxury cars in the world.

4. Dominic Thiem has not played since retiring with illness in the second round of the Australian Open.

5. Dominic Thiem returns to competition at Buenos Aires but withdrawals have hit this week's other events.

6. Dominic Thiem is sometimes characterized as the "Future" of the world's professional tennis.

7. Dominic Thiem had two coaches, Gunter Bresnik and Galo Blanco, until Blanco left for a position at the Davis Cup late last year.

8. Dominic Thiem is already on his way to Buenos Aires.

9. Dominic Thiem began dating fellow tennis player Kristina Mladenovic in mid 2017.

10. Dominic Thiem ended the 2018 season ranked world number 8.

11. At the 2018 ATP Finals, Dominic Thiem was eliminated in the group stage after winning one match, against Kei Nishikori, and losing his two others, against Kevin Anderson and Roger Federer.

12. Dominic Thiem was the top seed at the 2018 Erste Bank Open, advancing to the quarterfinals where he lost to Kei Nishikori.

13. At the Shanghai Masters, Dominic Thiem was upset by unseeded Matthew Ebden in his first match.

14. Dominic Thiem is sometimes characterized as the "Future" of the world's professional tennis.

15. Dominic Thiem once revealed that his favorite tournaments are his home tournaments in Kitzbuhel and Vienna.

16. Dominic Thiem has yet to tie the knot with his girlfriend.

17. Dominic Thiem is in a relationship with his girlfriend, Kristina Mladenovic, who is French.

18. Dominic Thiem currently dates his girlfriend, Kristina Mladenovic, and the couple seems to be in love.

19. Dominic Thiem had an esteemed junior career, one with an especially impressive ending in 2011.

20. Dominic Thiem is an Austrian professional tennis player who achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No 4 on November 4, 2017.

21. Dominic Thiem is looking to put his country on the tennis map by becoming the first Austrian to win a Grand Slam since Thomas Muster won in 1995.

22. Dominic Thiem began dating fellow tennis player, Kristina Mladenovic, in mid 2017.

23. Dominic Thiem has solid volleys, though they are not a major weapon in his game.

24. Dominic Thiem is notably one of the few younger ATP players to use a single-handed backhand.

25. Dominic Thiem is primarily an aggressive baseline player, who is adept at defending, as well.

26. Dominic Thiem lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in his first match at the Rogers Cup, and was forced to withdraw from Cincinnati due to illness.

27. Dominic Thiem was then upset at his home tournament in Kitzbuhel, Austria, losing to eventual champion Martin Klizan in his first match.

28. Dominic Thiem played in Hamburg, losing in the quarterfinals to Nicolas Jarry in a tight two setter.

29. At the French Open, Dominic Thiem advanced past Ilya Ivashka in straight sets and Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini in four sets.

30. Dominic Thiem was the sixth seed at Rome, but lost his first match to Fabio Fognini in three sets.

31. Dominic Thiem won his third-round match over Adrian Mannarino, but lost in the fourth against Tennys Sandgren.

32. Dominic Thiem reached the semifinals where he withdrew from his match against Gael Monfils due to illness.

33. Dominic Thiem began his season at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open as the top seed.

34. Dominic Thiem qualified for the ATP Finals for the second year running.

35. Dominic Thiem made a comeback in Wimbledon, reaching the fourth round for the first time in his career.

36. At the beginning of the grass court season, Dominic Thiem reached the second round of the Halle Open, losing to Robin Haase.

37. Dominic Thiem defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters 1000 tournament in two straight sets, before falling to Novak Djokovic in the Semifinals.

38. At the Australian Open, Dominic Thiem defeated Jan-Lennard Struff, Jordan Thompson, and Benoit Paire in the early rounds, but as in 2016 he lost to Goffin, this time in the fourth round.

39. Dominic Thiem began the year by playing at the Brisbane International, both in singles and doubles.

40. Dominic Thiem reached the semifinal of a grass tournament for the first time after coming from a set down against Mikhail Youzhny.

41. In early June, Dominic Thiem competed at the 2016 MercedesCup as the 3rd seed, defeating Sam Groth in the second round.

42. Dominic Thiem lost to No 1 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semis.

43. At the French Open, Dominic Thiem reached the semi-finals of a major for the first time by defeating Inigo Cervantes, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Alexander Zverev and Marcel Granollers before defeating David Goffin in the quarter-finals.

44. Dominic Thiem earned his fourth top 10 win by defeating him in straight sets.

45. Dominic Thiem beat Jan-Lennard Struff and Taro Daniel in three sets apiece, before losing to a resurgent Rafael Nadal in straights.

46. Dominic Thiem defeated Sam Groth and Yoshihito Nishioka, before succumbing to world No 1 and two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

47. Dominic Thiem defeated Jozef Kovalik, at which point he "notched a tour-leading 21st match win of the year", and Jack Sock, before falling to world number 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

48. Dominic Thiem ensured that he would contest his second semifinal in as many weeks with a second top-ten win in two weeks, this time over David Ferrer.

49. Dominic Thiem went on to win his fourth ATP title by defeating Nicolas Almagro in three sets.

50. Dominic Thiem reached the third round of the Australian Open, his best run yet.

51. Dominic Thiem defeated Albert Montanes in the quarterfinals, after his opponent retired five games into the second set.

52. Dominic Thiem defeated Israel's Dudi Sela in four sets, marking his first ever win at Wimbledon.

53. Dominic Thiem easily defeated Malek Jaziri to claim his first win on grass in 2015, but was knocked out in the next round by Alexandr Dolgopolov.

54. Dominic Thiem started his grass court campaign at the 2015 MercedesCup, where he entered as the seventh seed.

55. At the 2015 French Open, Dominic Thiem defeated Aljaz Bedene in four sets to progress to the second round, where he was defeated by 21st seed Pablo Cuevas in four close sets.

56. Dominic Thiem defeated Slovakian Lukas Lacko, 11th seed Ernests Gulbis, and 19th seed Feliciano Lopez, before losing to 6th seed Tomas Berdych.

57. At the 2014 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbuhel, Dominic Thiem was seeded fifth.

58. Dominic Thiem was seeded at an ATP tournament for the first time in his career at the 2014 Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad.

59. Dominic Thiem started his campaign at the 2014 French Open by beating Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets.

60. At the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open, Dominic Thiem qualified for a main tour event for the 7th time in 2014.

61. Dominic Thiem was defeated by the sixteenth seed, Tommy Robredo, in the second round in a tight two setter.

62. At the 2014 BNP Paribas Open Dominic Thiem was seeded sixth in qualifying and made it into the main draw.

63. Dominic Thiem qualified for the 2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, beating Kenny de Schepper and Adrian Sikora to be in the main draw of an ATP 500 event for the first time in his career.

64. At the 2014 Australian Open, Dominic Thiem made it through the three rounds of qualifying and defeating the second seed along the way, Martin Klizan, to get a spot in the main draw.

65. Dominic Thiem was given a wildcard, but lost to the top seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in three tough sets.

66. In 2013, Dominic Thiem received a wild card to the main draw in the 2013 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbuhel, where he made it through to the quarterfinals by defeating the fourth seed Jurgen Melzer in the second round.

67. Dominic Thiem completed his junior career by winning his last three singles tournaments, culminating in taking the singles title of the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl.

68. Dominic Thiem lost a close final match at the 2011 French Open Boys' event, to Bjorn Fratangelo, in three sets.

69. In 2018, Dominic Thiem reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open.

70. Dominic Thiem is an Austrian professional tennis player who has a career-high ATP ranking of world No 4, which he first achieved on 6 November 2017.

71. Dominic Thiem continued his bid to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the third consecutive year on Friday when he knocked out defending champion and American No 16 seed Jack Sock at the Rolex Paris Masters.