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| Country |  Australia |
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| Residence | Gold Coast, Australia | |
| Date of birth | October 21, 1992 | |
| Place of birth | Stuttgart, Germany | |
| Height | ||
| Weight | ||
| Turned pro | Junior | |
| Plays | Right-handed; two-handed backhand | |
| Career prize money | ||
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 80-19 | |
| Career titles: | 8 | |
| Highest ranking: | 2 (2, June 2008) (ITF Junior Ranking) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | W (2008) (junior) | |
| French Open | QF (2008) (junior) | |
| Wimbledon | ||
| US Open | R16 (2007) (junior) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 10-13 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | ||
Bernard Tomic (Croatian: Bernard Tomić, born October 10, 1992) is a German-born Australian tennis player of Croatian descent. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. This article is about the Australian city Gold Coast For other uses see Gold Coast. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments held each year The French Open ( Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is a major Tennis tournament held over The Championships Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest Tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered as the most prestigious The US Open Tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world first contested in 1881 Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles)
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Junior Career
Playing since the age of 7, Tomic is considered by many as Australia's best player since Lleyton Hewitt. In 2004, 2006 and 2007 he won the 12s, 14s and 16s Orange Bowl titles respectively; one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour. [1]
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 Samuel Vonton-Boot of New Zealand 6-3 6-2 in the final. His success continued, winning the next three tournaments he played in (one of which was also and 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. [2]
Tomic wasn't to win another tournament until August 2007, where he took out 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. [3]
He began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Australian ITF Junior event in Melbourne, again without dropping a set. Two days later he started his campaign for the Australian Open Juniors title as the 5th seed. The Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments held each year 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. [4] His win made him the youngest winner of the Junior Australian Open. [5]
At Roland Garros four months later, Tomic the number one seed fell in the quarter finals to Guido Pella of Argentine, losing 6-7(2) 3-6.
As of June 2nd, Tomic is ranked second on the world ITF Junior Rankings.
Career statistics
Grand Slam singles finals
Win
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
Runner-up
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
Notes
- ^ "Tomic shows his class in his third Orange Bowl win", The Daily Telegraph 10 December, 2007.
- ^ "Playing History", ITF Junior Tennis
- ^ "2007 Junior Year End Rankings", ITF Junior Tennis
- ^ "2007 Australian Open Match History", Australian Open
- ^ "Tennis: Australia’s hottest talent Bernard Tomic heading for Liverpool International", Liverpool.co.uk
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