Thiem Reflects: A Lighter Schedule Could Have Extended His Career Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion, has revealed a heartfelt regret about his time on the tennis court. Forced into retirement at the age of 31 due to lingering injuries, Thiem believes a lighter tournament schedule could have potentially prolonged his career. The Austrian … Read more
Dominic Thiem, former champion of the United States Open, fell this Tuesday 7-6(6) and 6-2 against the Italian Luciano Darderi at the Vienna Open, in what was the 31-year-old Austrian’s last professional match. The former world number three was emotional after his first round defeat in his own country and received a standing ovation from … Read more
Dominic Thiem is now looking forward to many things, especially one thing: not having to pack his bags anymore. “I loved playing on the tour,” he said, “but to be honest, I always enjoyed being at home and living a normal life.” He has plans: he is interested in the topic of sustainability, his father … Read more
Dominic Thiem He never got to hear the unmistakable roar of the New York crowd when he was crowned US Open champion for the only Grand Slam title of his career. The stadium Arthur Ashe was nearly empty during their historic comeback win that night in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the tournament to … Read more
New York bids farewell to Dominic Thiem, the man who raised the title in the cursed year of the pandemic and, also, the tennis player who was left halfway between what he has been and what he could have been by a cursed wrist. A magnificent career, no doubt, but surely inferior to what he … Read more
So that was it for Dominic Thiem’s Grand Slam career. In his 37th appearance in the main draw of a major event, he was eliminated early in the first round of the US Open on Monday (match report>>>). As feared, young US star Ben Shelton was a size too big for the 30-year-old from Lower … Read more
Two-time runner-up Dominic Thiem succumbed on Wednesday within the second spherical of Roland Garros qualifying, in what was the Austrian’s final match on the French Open. Thiem misplaced 6-2, 7-5 to Finland’s Otto Virtanen on the Suzanne Lenglen court docket and will likely be unable to seem for the eleventh and ultimate time in the … Read more
Thiem skips the Rome qualifier and hopes for the Paris wildcard/archive Photo: WHAT/Barbara GINDL DLichtenwörther Dominic Thiem may not return to competitive tennis until he qualifies for the French Open. The 30-year-old canceled his trip to Rome after losing in the second round of qualifying for the Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid against Thanasi Kokkinakis … Read more
Numbers are not to be trusted in tennis. A first-round match in Brisbane, at a tournament in Queensland that is considered preparation for the Australian Open, can serve as an example. Every seat in the vast arena was occupied as dusk colored the sky above the stadium’s roof and No. 672 in the tennis world … Read more
Although it wasn’t enough to achieve the victory he had hoped for, Dominic Thiem was certainly not dissatisfied with his performance after his first-round defeat at the Erste Bank Open against Stefanos Tsitsipas. If the former world number three and 2020 US Open winner had played like this more often in the past season, in … Read more