Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Australia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	US$84,557
Singles
Career record	2–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 209 (8 February 2010)
Current ranking	No. 252 (14 June 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2009, 2010)
French Open	1R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Mixed doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
Last updated on: June 14, 2010.

Bernard Tomic (Croatian: Bernard Tomić, born 21 October 1992 in Stuttgart, Germany) is an Australian professional tennis player of Bosnian and Croatian descent.

Junior career

In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Tomic won the 12s and 14s Orange Bowl 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 Chinese Taipei 4-6, 7-6(5), 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(2), 3-6. At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen 7-6(3), 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 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.

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	Dae-Soung Oh	6–3, 6–2
2.	17 February 2006	Adelaide	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	6–3, 6–3
3.	6 March 2006	Gosford	Hard	Jared Easton	6–3, 6–2
4.	19 August 2007	Lautoka	Hard	Brendan Mckenzie	6–3, 6–4
5.	10 September 2007	Kentucky	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	6–2, 6–3
6.	12 January 2008	Nottinghill	Hard	Bradley Klahn	6–3, 7–6(8)
7.	20 January 2008	Australian Open	Hard	Tsung-Hua Yang	4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0
8.	31 August 2009	US Open	Hard	Chase Buchanan	6–1, 6–3

Professional career

2008

Tomic began 2008 at the Australian Open. He was given a place in the qualifiers where he played Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He ended up winning in a very difficult and close match 4-6, 7-6(13), 7-5. He was eliminated in the next round by Indian 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(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(7) 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(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.

2009

Bernard Tomic's first ATP Tour win, against Potito Starace at the 2009 Australian Open

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 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (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.

2010

Tomic started 2010 with participation at the 2010 Brisbane International 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), 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 picked to play singles for the Australian Davis Cup Team. He won both his matches in the tie of Australia against Chinese Taipei he defeated Tsung-Hua Yang 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 and Hsin-Han Lee 6-7(4), 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 the 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(8), 2-6.

Controversies

In March 2009, the International Tennis Federation 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:

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."

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, Hewitt criticised Tomic's on-court record and said that he should not be in Australia's Davis Cup team. After losing to 14 seed Marin Čilić in the 2nd round of the 2010 Australian Open, Tomic criticised the organisers of the tournament for scheduling his match on for so late-the match lasted for over four hours and finished at about 2am. Tomic labelled it "ridiculous" for someone of his age to be playing so late. Organisers and the media have generally said that Tomic should calm down, and that if he wants to play "with the professionals and the big boys" then he had better get used to playing long, hard, late matches. They also labelled it as "immature" of Tomic to seemingly blame his loss on time scheduling.

Also in January, The Australian newspaper reports that Bernard's father John has threatened to quit Australia, and Bernard would play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Craig Tiley (Australian Open Tournament Director) and John Tomic after Bernard's loss to Marin Čilić.

Davis Cup

Tomic played his first two Davis Cup singles matches for Australia in March, 2010. This was in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I 1st Round against Chinese Taipei. He was particularly impressive in his first match against Tsung-Hua Yang, winning 6-2 6-1 6-1. However in his second match, Tomic had more difficulty against Hsin-Han Lee, but still managed to win (4)6-7 6-0 6-3.

Career statistics

Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)

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
1.	2009	Melbourne	Hard	Marinko Matosevic	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
2.	2010	Burnie	Hard	Greg Jones	6–4, 6–2

Singles Performance timeline

NMS				means an event that was not an ATP Masters Series tournament.
NM1				means an event that was not an ATP Masters 1000 tournament.

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 2010 Australian Open in Melbourne, which he was eliminated in the second round

Tournament	2009	2010	Career W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	2R	2–2
French Open	1R	A	0–1
Wimbledon	LQ	1R	0-1
U.S. Open	A
Grand Slam W–L	1-2	1-1	2-3
Year-end championships
ATP World Tour Finals	A
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A
Miami Masters	A	A
Monte Carlo Masters	A	1R	0–1
Rome Masters	A
Madrid Masters	A
Canada Masters	A
Cincinnati Masters	A
Shanghai Masters	A
Paris Masters	A
Statistics
ATP Tournaments Played	3	4	7
ATP Finals Reached	0	0	0
ATP Tournaments Won	0	0	0
Overall Win–Loss	1–3	4-4	2-7
Win (%)	25%	50%	40%
Year-End Ranking	286		N/A

• Davis Cup and World Team Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.

References

16. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/cup-team-chases-return-to-elite-world-group/story-e6frg7mf-1225837964069

External links

• Bernard Tomic at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bernard Tomic official site
• Bernard Tomic profile on Tennis Australia
• Bernard Tomic profile on ITF
• Bernard Tomic Video on YouTube