Jordan Thompson (tennis)

Jordan Thompson
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Born (1994-04-20) 20 April 1994
Sydney, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2013
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $204,995
Singles
Career record 1–4
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 90 (2 May 2016)
Current ranking No. 90 (2 May 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2014, 2015, 2016)
French Open Q1 (2015)
Doubles
Career record 2–2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 194 (18 January 2016)
Current ranking No. 206 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2014)
Last updated on: 2 May 2016.

Jordan Thompson (born 20 April 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player, reaching a career high ranking of World No. 90 on 2 May 2016.[1] He made his grand slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the Australian Open wild card play off on 15 December 2013.

Junior career

Thompson reached as high as No. 18 in the combined world rankings in October 2012, compiling a singles win/loss record of 82–38.

Tournament201020112012
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open Q1 1R 1R
French Open A A 2R
Wimbledon A A 2R
US Open A A 2R

Professional career

2013

In 2013, Thompson made his debut on the professional circuit in qualifying at the 2013 Apia International Sydney where he lost to world number 81 Guillermo García-López. After receiving a wildcard he won his first professional match in qualifying at the 2013 Australian Open against Nicolas Renavand 9–7 in the third set. He lost in the second round to 21st seed Ryan Sweeting. Thompson then qualified and made the second round of the 2013 Burnie International losing to third seed John Millman. For the rest of the year he played mainly in futures, where he made three finals. He won 2 titles, the Austria F5 ITF, Alice Springs F8 ITF and was runner up of Sydney F9 ITF.[2] Thompson will make his Grand slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the wildcard play off against Benjamin Mitchell. He finished 2013 with an ATP ranking of 320.

2014

Thompson started 2014 at the 2014 Brisbane International in qualifying where he lost in the first round against Tatsuma Ito. Thompson then competed at the 2014 AAMI Classic where he replaced Lleyton Hewitt in the draw.[3] His first match was against world number nine Richard Gasquet. He alsmost caused a huge upset when he served for the match at 5-3 in the third set. And he had two match points on Gasquet's serve in the next game. However he lost the final set in a tiebreal by seven points to four.[4] He lost his second match to Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. Thompson ended up finishing in seventh place after he upset world number 42 Juan Monaco. This was Thompson's first victory over a top 50 player.[5] Thompson lost in 5 sets to world number 21 Jerzy Janowicz in the first round of the 2014 Australian Open 6-1 6-4, 4-6 2-6 1-6. On 21 January, Thompson was announced in the Australian squad of the 2014 Davis Cup [6]

In May, Thompson made the semi-final of the China International Challenger, which increased his ranking to a career high of #277. In August, Thompson made his first Challenger Final, but lost to Hyeon Chung in Bangkok. This further increased his ranking to #219. From September to November, Thompson competed in eight challenger tournaments throughout China, USA, Australia and Japan, with the second round being his best result. In December, Thompson won the Australian Open wildcard play off again, gaining him entry into the 2015 Australian Open.

2015: Top 200

Thompson earned a wild card into the 2015 Australian Open but lost in round 1 to João Sousa in straight sets. He then played in the Hong Kong Challenger and Burnie Challenger but lost in round at both. In February, Thompson made the semi final of the Launceston Challenger before playing in Challenger events in Japan and China where his performance was a round 2. Thompson did win his first Challenger Doubles title with Ben Mitchell at Shimadzu Challenger. In March, Thompson returned to Australia where he won the F4 ITF title. In May, Thompson lost in round 1 of qualifying for the 2015 French Open before reaching the semi final of the Romanian F4. In June, Thompson turned to grass where he lost in the first round of Manchester Challenger and in qualifying for 2015 Topshelf Open and Ilkley Challenger. His broke into the world's top 200 on the 24 August, with a ranking of 193. In October, Thompson made the finals of the Ho Chi Minh City and Traralgon challengers, further increasing his ranking. He ended the year with a ranking of 154.

2016: Top 100

Thompson began the year at New Caledonia, where he made the semi final. He was then given a wild card into the Sydney International, where he scored his world ATP World Tour win, when his opponent Martin Klizan retired when trailing 6-2, 4-0.[7] In round two, Thompson played Bernard Tomic but lost 2-6, 2-6. At the 2016 Australian Open, Thompson was given a wild card, but lost to Thomaz Bellucci in round 1. In February, Thompson won his first ATP Challenger Tour title at the La Mache Challenger. [8]

On 1 May, Thompson won the biggest title of his career at the $100,000 2016 Kunming Open, which increased his ranking into the top 100 for the first time in his career. [9]

Career finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
ITF Futures Tour (5–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Challenger and Futures finals: 3 titles, 4 runners-up

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 28 July 2013 Bad Waltersdorf, Austria Clay Austria Patrick Ofner 1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner 2. 29 September 2013 Alice Springs, Australia Hard Japan Yuichi Ito 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 12 October 2013 Sydney, Australia Hard Australia Greg Jones 6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 2 March 2014 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Australia Luke Saville 2–6, 1–3 retired.
Runner-up 5. 25 May 2014 Bol, Croatia Clay Australia Maverick Banes 6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 31 August 2014 Bangkok Challenger, Thailand Hard South Korea Hyeon Chung 6–7, 4–6
Winner 7. 29 March 2015 Melbourne, Australia Clay New Zealand Jose Rubin Statham 6–1, 7–5
Winner 8. 9 August 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Ti 6–2, 6-2
Winner 9. 16 August 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Ti 6-0, 3-6, 6-2
Runner-up 10. 18 October 2015 Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam Hard India Saketh Myneni 5-7, 3-6
Runner-up 11. 1 November 2015 Traralgon, Australia Hard Australia Matthew Ebden 5-7, 3-6
Winner 12. 28 February 2016 Cherbourg Challenger, France Hard Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Winner 13. 1 May 2016 Anning Challenger, China Clay France Mathias Bourgue 6-3, 6-2

Doubles finals: 9 (7-2)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (3-0)
ITF Futures Tour (4-2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2-1)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner Up 1. 2 March 2014 Port Pirie F2, Australia Hard Australia Bradley Mousley Australia Maverick Banes
AustraliaGavin Van Peperzeel 		3–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 6 April 2014 Melbourne F4, Australia Clay Australia Bradley Mousley Australia Adam Hubble
Australia Matt Reid		 w/o
Winner 3. 11 May 2014 F8, Croatia Clay Australia Matthew Barton Slovenia Tomislav Ternar
Slovenia Mike Urbanija 		6–2, 6–3
Winner 4. 18 May 2014 F9, Croatia Clay Australia Matthew Barton Croatia Tomislav Draganja
Croatia Dino Marcan 		6–2, 6–1
Winner 5. 25 May 2014 F10, Croatia Clay Australia Matthew Barton Australia Maverick Banes
Australia Gavin Van Peperzeel		 2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Winner 6. 1 March 2015 Shimadzu, Japan Carpet Australia Benjamin Mitchell Japan Go Soeda
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama		 6-3, 6-2
Runner-up 7. 9 August 2015 Thailand F6 Futures, Thailand Hard Australia Benjamin Mitchell Japan Toshihide Matsui
Poland Christopher Rungkat		 6–4, 3-6, [9-11]
Winner 8. 5 February 2016 Launceston, Australia Hard Australia Luke Saville Australia Dayne Kelly
Australia Matt Reid 		6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Winner 9. 27 March 2016 Shenzhen, China Hard Australia Luke Saville India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
India Saketh Myneni 		3–6, 6–4, [12–10]

References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Thompson – Tennis Players - Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  2. ↑ "Jordan Thompson – Player Profiles - Players and Rankings - News and Events - Tennis Australia". Tennis.com.au. 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  3. ↑ "A cautious Lleyton Hewitt pulls out of Kooyong Classic ahead of Australian Open". Herald Sun. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aussie teen Jordan Thompson makes a point against Richard Gasquet". Herald Sun. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Young guns Jordan Thompson and Nick Kyrgios complete Australian Open preparations". Herald Sun. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-21/rafter-names-teen-trio-for-davis-cup/5211132
  7. ↑ "Seppi Makes Winning Return To Sydney". www.atpworldtour.com. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "THOMPSON CLAIMS BIGGEST EVER TITLE". www.tennis.com.au. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Evans, Thompson Make Top 100 Debuts With Challenger Titles". www.atpworldtour.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

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