Bernard Tomic, Croatian: Bernard Tomić; born 21 October 1992 is an Australian professional tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Tomic is the highest ranked Australian male tennis player and the youngest player in the top 219. The highlight of Tomic's career thus far has been a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, which included a straight sets third round victory over the world Number 5 ranked player, Robin Söderling, before losing in four sets to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.
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 Söderling. 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.[19] 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 then 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.
2012
Tomic began his 2012 ATP World Tour season at the Brisbane International. In the first round, despite trailing a break in the final set, Tomic bounced back and defeated Julien Benneteau 6–2, 4–6, 7–5. In the second round, he breezed past the Japanese qualifier Tatsuma Ito in straight sets 6–1, 6–2. He was then victorious over Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals in straight sets 6–3, 7–6. He then played world Number 4 and top seed, Andy Murray, in his maiden semi-final on the ATP tour. Murray defeated Tomic in straight sets 6–3, 6–2.
After the Brisbane International, Tomic took part in the AAMI Classic seeded eighth. In the first round, he defeated World Numner 7 and second seed Tomáš Berdych 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. Tomic's semifinal match was with the fifth seed and last year's finalist Gaël Monfils, which was to be their second encounter. Tomic went on to defeat Mardy Fish 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 to win the tournament.
In the first round of the 2012 Australian Open, Tomic defeated Fernando Verdasco in 4 hours and 11 minutes, coming from two sets down, with a score of 4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5.[23] Tomic defeated Sam Querrey and Alexandr Dolgopolov in the next two rounds, however, Tomic was defeated by Roger Federer in the fourth round 6–4, 6–2, 6–2.
At the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tomic was seeded eight and in the first round was drawn to play Ivan Dodig. Tomic lost the match, 7–5, 4–6, 6–7. Tomic had two match points but lost them. At the 2012 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Tomic was seeded 8th and made the quarter finals losing to top seed John Isner 3–6, 2–6.
Tomic then moved onto the BNP Paribas Open, held at Indian Wells. Tomic played Gilles Muller but lost 6–4, 6–7, 0–6. At the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open Tomic defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky 7–6, 6–3 but lost in the second round to world number 5 David Ferrer 4–6, 4–6. At the Monte Carlo Masters Tomic advanced to the second round of a clay court event for the first time, defeating Denis Istomin in straight sets 6–4, 6–3. He then faced Alexandr Dolgopolov but lost in three sets 2–6, 7–5, 1–6. Bernard Tomic defeated Ernests Gulbis at the Barcelona Open 6–3, 6–4 before losing the second round to Albert Montanes 0–6, 7–5, 5–7. Tomic then entered the BMW Open in Munich, advancing to the quarter finals with wins over Olivier Rochus and Potito Starace. He lost his quarter final encounter 4–6, 2-6 against Feliciano Lopez.
In his first ever match at the Madrid Open, Tomic lost to Radek Stepanek 2–6, 7–5 in the first round. He played the qualifer Santiago Giraldo in his first round match at the Rome Masters, winning 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. Bernard then faced Novak Djokovic in the second round, losing 3-6, 3-6.
In 2009, the International Tennis Federation suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month after he walked off court in a game against Marinko Matosevic in a Perth Futures tournament in December 2008. Tomic was ordered to walk off the court by his father, who repeatedly accused officials of not taking action against Matosevic's alleged foot faults.
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:
We turned up and saw the Tomics around and we thought 'oh, maybe they got our message, and they were there to hit with Lleyton'. So Ivan (Gutierrez, Hewitt's physio) went over to Bernard's trainer at the time, Rudy (Sopko) and said 'Is Bernard here to hit?'. Rudy knew nothing of it but said 'Look, Bernard's looking for a practice partner and I think Bernard would like to do it', but then the agent came in and said, 'No, he's not hitting with Lleyton, Lleyton's not good enough'. They were his words: 'Lleyton's not good enough' and we just about dropped on the spot. We were pretty dumbfounded. Lleyton just could not believe it, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got about it."
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 had threatened to quit Australia and have him play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Tomic's father and the Australian Open Tournament Director, Craig Tiley, after Tomic's loss to Marin Čilić.
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 Australian and The Guardian, have written that Tomic's parents are also of Bosnian heritage.They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born. The family migrated to Queensland, Australia when Tomic was three years old. His younger sister, Sara, is a junior tennis player.
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 Söderling. 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.[19] 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 then 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.
2012
Tomic began his 2012 ATP World Tour season at the Brisbane International. In the first round, despite trailing a break in the final set, Tomic bounced back and defeated Julien Benneteau 6–2, 4–6, 7–5. In the second round, he breezed past the Japanese qualifier Tatsuma Ito in straight sets 6–1, 6–2. He was then victorious over Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals in straight sets 6–3, 7–6. He then played world Number 4 and top seed, Andy Murray, in his maiden semi-final on the ATP tour. Murray defeated Tomic in straight sets 6–3, 6–2.
After the Brisbane International, Tomic took part in the AAMI Classic seeded eighth. In the first round, he defeated World Numner 7 and second seed Tomáš Berdych 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. Tomic's semifinal match was with the fifth seed and last year's finalist Gaël Monfils, which was to be their second encounter. Tomic went on to defeat Mardy Fish 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 to win the tournament.
In the first round of the 2012 Australian Open, Tomic defeated Fernando Verdasco in 4 hours and 11 minutes, coming from two sets down, with a score of 4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5.[23] Tomic defeated Sam Querrey and Alexandr Dolgopolov in the next two rounds, however, Tomic was defeated by Roger Federer in the fourth round 6–4, 6–2, 6–2.
At the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tomic was seeded eight and in the first round was drawn to play Ivan Dodig. Tomic lost the match, 7–5, 4–6, 6–7. Tomic had two match points but lost them. At the 2012 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Tomic was seeded 8th and made the quarter finals losing to top seed John Isner 3–6, 2–6.
Tomic then moved onto the BNP Paribas Open, held at Indian Wells. Tomic played Gilles Muller but lost 6–4, 6–7, 0–6. At the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open Tomic defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky 7–6, 6–3 but lost in the second round to world number 5 David Ferrer 4–6, 4–6. At the Monte Carlo Masters Tomic advanced to the second round of a clay court event for the first time, defeating Denis Istomin in straight sets 6–4, 6–3. He then faced Alexandr Dolgopolov but lost in three sets 2–6, 7–5, 1–6. Bernard Tomic defeated Ernests Gulbis at the Barcelona Open 6–3, 6–4 before losing the second round to Albert Montanes 0–6, 7–5, 5–7. Tomic then entered the BMW Open in Munich, advancing to the quarter finals with wins over Olivier Rochus and Potito Starace. He lost his quarter final encounter 4–6, 2-6 against Feliciano Lopez.
In his first ever match at the Madrid Open, Tomic lost to Radek Stepanek 2–6, 7–5 in the first round. He played the qualifer Santiago Giraldo in his first round match at the Rome Masters, winning 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. Bernard then faced Novak Djokovic in the second round, losing 3-6, 3-6.
In 2009, the International Tennis Federation suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month after he walked off court in a game against Marinko Matosevic in a Perth Futures tournament in December 2008. Tomic was ordered to walk off the court by his father, who repeatedly accused officials of not taking action against Matosevic's alleged foot faults.
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:
We turned up and saw the Tomics around and we thought 'oh, maybe they got our message, and they were there to hit with Lleyton'. So Ivan (Gutierrez, Hewitt's physio) went over to Bernard's trainer at the time, Rudy (Sopko) and said 'Is Bernard here to hit?'. Rudy knew nothing of it but said 'Look, Bernard's looking for a practice partner and I think Bernard would like to do it', but then the agent came in and said, 'No, he's not hitting with Lleyton, Lleyton's not good enough'. They were his words: 'Lleyton's not good enough' and we just about dropped on the spot. We were pretty dumbfounded. Lleyton just could not believe it, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got about it."
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 had threatened to quit Australia and have him play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Tomic's father and the Australian Open Tournament Director, Craig Tiley, after Tomic's loss to Marin Čilić.
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 Australian and The Guardian, have written that Tomic's parents are also of Bosnian heritage.They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born. The family migrated to Queensland, Australia when Tomic was three years old. His younger sister, Sara, is a junior tennis player.
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