Thiemo de Bakker

Thiemo de Bakker

Serving during the Ricoh NTK 2006 in Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Residence	's-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Born	19 September 1988 (1988-09-19) (age 23)
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$ 407.859
Singles
Career record	20–22
Career titles	–
Highest ranking	No. 40 (19 July 2010)
Current ranking	No. 197 (12 September 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2011)
French Open	3R (2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	3–8
Career titles	–
Highest ranking	No. 220 (17 September 2007)
Last updated on: 24 May 2010.

Thiemo de Bakker (born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch tennis player, who is currently ranked 99th in the world, and is the second ranked Dutch tennis player. He is coached by Croatian Ivica Ančić.

Career

Junior career

De Bakker finished 2006 as the ITF Junior Champion, after having won the Boys' Singles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.

Early career

De Bakker received a wild card into the ATP Amersfoort event in July 2006 and defeated top 100 and French Open Quarterfinalist Julien Benneteau in the 1st round, winning in straight sets 6–3, 6–3. In the 2nd round he faced Frenchman Marc Gicquel and lost in 3 sets 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. As he was the reigning Junior Champion, De Bakker received a wild card into the main draw of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, where he would lose in 5 tight sets to qualifier Wayne Arthurs 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6. In October 2006, De Bakker won his first senior international title in a Futures event in Albufeira, Portugal, where he beat Briton Morgan Phillips in the final 7–6, 6–4. This was followed by another win in a Futures tournament two weeks later in San Miguel, Portugal. He reached a career high ATP ranking of 228 on 25 August 2008.

2009

On 22 March 2009, he finished as runner-up in the Caltanissetta Challenger tournament to compatriot Jesse Huta Galung, losing in straight sets 2–6, 3–6. On 5 May 2009, as a qualifier and ranked 236, he defeated the 5th seed Rainer Schüttler in the first round of the BMW Open in Münich in straight sets, 6–3 6–3, before losing to former world number one, Lleyton Hewitt. De Bakker would follow this up in the 2009 Ordina Open, by qualifying for the tournament and losing in the second round to Rainer Schüttler, after defeating Björn Phau in three tight sets. De Bakker hit a rich vein of form in the month of August, winning four Challenger tournaments, and bumping his ranking from 256 to 122, in the span of one month. His form continued in Davis Cup competition, by beating World Number 13 Gaël Monfils in 4 sets, and putting the Netherlands up 1–0 on France, but lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four tight sets. De Bakker would finish the year ranked 96th.

2010

De Bakker started 2010 in much the same way he finished 2009. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 Aircel Chennai Open, after defeating the eighth seed, Rajeev Ram, and compatriot Robin Haase, he lost to Janko Tipsarević. This would boost his ranking to number 81 in the world, and gave him a high enough ranking to receive direct entrance into the 2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles. In his first Grand Slam in three years, the Dutchman was paired up against the 6th seed Andy Roddick. After a nervous first set, de Bakker regained some composure and made a contest out of it, losing the second and third set by only one break each.

De Bakker's next tournament was his first ever Masters event, the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. He started off winning his opening match against Marcos Daniel in straight sets, before advancing to the third round after beating 30th seed Janko Tipsarević where he retired just after five games of play at 3–2 first set. In the third round, he fell to eventual finalist Andy Roddick 3–6, 4–6. De Bakker played his second Masters event two weeks later the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, winning his first round match against Rajeev Ram in straight sets, before falling again to the eventual finalist, this time Tomáš Berdych with the same scoreline as in Indian Wells 3–6, 4–6.

De Bakker's next Masters event was the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he had to qualify this time. After defeating Eduardo Schwank, de Bakker lost to the five-time reigning champion, and world number two, Rafael Nadal. With slight nervousness on the occasion, de Bakker lost this match in less than an hour, winning only one game in two sets in a 1–6, 0–6 loss. He then appeared at the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, with good form. He took out World No.58 Alejandro Falla 6–1, 6–0; followed by a 7–6, 6–3 victory over world No.92 Daniel Gimeno-Traver. In the round of 16, he scored an impressive win over World No.16 (and former World #1) Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–6, 3–6, 7–6. Before the match, Ferrero had a 18–2 record on clay for the year. He followed it up with his best career victory, with a superb performance to take out World No.10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 – his first win over a top 10 player. However, his excellent run came to an end against World No.8 Robin Söderling 1–6, 4–6 in the semifinals. Thiemo rose to a career high World No.50 as a result of his semifinal appearance there. Following his superb performance at Barcelona, de Bakker received a Special Exempt to enter the main draw of Rome Masters where he faced Viktor Troicki in the first round, but retired due to a groin injury.^[1] At the 2010 French Open, he made a third round showing where he lost to an injured Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, de Bakker advanced to the third round of the men's singles tournament after defeating Colombian Santiago Giraldo in a hotly contested 6–7, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 16–14 win, followed by a more comprehensive defeat 6–0, 6–3, 6–2 of an exhausted John Isner, the winner of the longest tennis match in history, which finished on its third day of play on 24 June, before losing in the third round 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6 to Paul-Henri Mathieu of France. De Bakker also participated in the men's doubles tournament, in which his partner was his Dutch colleague Haase. After defeating Viktor Troicki and Christopher Kas in the first round, they lost to the Ratiwatana twins, who entered the main tournament as lucky losers, in 4 sets 4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 2–6. At the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis, Thiemo reached his second ATP semi-final. Sergiy Stakhovsky defeated him by a scoreline of 6–3, 6–4.^[2]

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 0 (0–0)

Legend 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)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Surface Outdoors (0–0) Indoors (0–0)

Challenger finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date (Final)	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 March 2009	Caltanissetta, Italy	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	2 August 2009	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Peter Luczak	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Winner	3.	15 August 2009	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Thierry Ascione	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	23 August 2009	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Filip Krajinović	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	6 September 2009	Brasov, Romania	Clay	Pere Riba	7–5, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date (Final)	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	15 August 2009	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Raemon Sluiter	Pedro Clar-Rosselló Albert Ramos-Viñolas	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	11 September 2011	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Hard	Antal van der Duim	Matwé Middelkoop Igor Sijsling	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open					1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
French Open				LQ	3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2
Wimbledon		1R			3R		0 / 2	2–2
US Open					3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	6–4	0–3	0 / 8	6–8
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			Not Held			0 / 0	0–0
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters					3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2
Miami Masters					2R		0 / 1	1–1
Monte Carlo Masters					2R		0 / 1	1–1
Rome Masters					1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Madrid Masters						2R	0 / 1	1–1
Canada Masters					2R		0 / 1	1–1
Cincinnati Masters					2R		0 / 1	1–1
Shanghai Masters	Held as ATP YEC				2R		0 / 1	1–1
Paris Masters					1R		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	7–8	1–3	0 / 11	8–11
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 /	0–0
Year End Ranking	464	444	249	96	43

References

1. ^ http://www.tennistalk.com/en/match_report/Internazionali_BNL_d%27Italia/2010/Viktor_Troicki_-_Thiemo_De_Bakker Viktor Troicki – Thiemo De Bakker Match report
2. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/08/34/New-Haven-Friday-Stakhovsky-Into-Final.aspx

External links

• Official website
• Thiemo de Bakker at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• ITF Juniors Profile
• De Bakker Recent Match Results
• De Bakker World Ranking History

Preceded by Donald Young

ITF Junior World Champion 2006

Succeeded by Ričardas Berankis

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Name	Bakker, Thiemo De
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Date of birth	19 September 1988
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
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