Thiemo de Bakker
![]() Thiemo de Bakker at the 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands |
Born | The Hague, Netherlands | 19 September 1988
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2006 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Remko de Rijke and Huib Troost |
Prize money | $ 1,841,293 |
Singles | |
Career record | 70–94 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 40 (19 July 2010) |
Current ranking | No. 700 (8 April 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2010, 2011, 2016) |
French Open | 3R (2010) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2010) |
US Open | 3R (2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 18–29 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 115 (10 February 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 776 (15 April 2024) |
Last updated on: 15 April 2024. |
Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high ranking in singles of World No. 40 achieved on 19 July 2010.
Career
[edit]Considered a top prospect of his generation as a junior, he also made an impressive breakthrough as a young pro, reaching a career-high ranking in July 2010, before his career became largely marked by injuries, inconsistencies and a decline in his performances which coincided with the death of his father in 2011.
Junior career
[edit]De Bakker finished 2006 as the ITF Junior Champion, after having won the Boys' Singles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.
Early career
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De Bakker received a wildcard 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 second round he faced Frenchman Marc Gicquel and lost in three sets. As he was the reigning Junior Champion, De Bakker received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, where he would lose in five tight sets to qualifier Wayne Arthurs.
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. 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
[edit]On 22 March 2009, he finished as runner-up in the Caltanissetta Challenger tournament to compatriot Jesse Huta Galung, losing in straight sets. 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, 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 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
[edit]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 losing the first set, de Bakker lost the second and third set by 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. 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.
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. De Bakker lost this match in less than an hour, winning one game in a two sets loss. He then appeared at the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. He took out World No.58 Alejandro Falla, followed by a victory over world No.92 Daniel Gimeno-Traver. In the round of 16, he scored a win over World No.16 (and former World #1) Juan Carlos Ferrero. Before the match, Ferrero had an 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, his first win over a top 10 player. However, his run came to an end against World No.8 Robin Söderling in the semifinals. Thiemo rose to a career high World No.50 as a result of his semifinal appearance there.
Following his 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 five sets win, followed by a more comprehensive defeat 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, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2. This made Bakker the first, and one of only two players in history to bagel Isner (the other being Jannik Sinner in 2021), before losing in the third round 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. As a result, he reached the top 40 in singles on 19 July 2010.
At the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis, Thiemo reached his second ATP semi-final. Sergiy Stakhovsky defeated him in two sets.[2]
2013: Maiden ATP doubles final
[edit]He reached his maiden doubles final at the Rotterdam Open with Jesse Huta Galung where he lost to Nenad Zimonjić and Robert Lindstedt.
2024: United Cup selection
[edit]In October 2023, he was selected as the No. 2 ATP player at the 2024 United Cup as part of the Netherlands team.[3]
ATP career finals
[edit]Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 3–6, [8–10] |
Challenger and Futures finals
[edit]Singles: 34 (24–10)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2006 | Portugal F4, Albufeira | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2006 | Portugal F6, Ponta Delgada | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2006 | Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2007 | Netherlands F5, Enschede | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2008 | Portugal F5, Lagos | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Jun 2008 | Netherlands F1, Apeldoorn | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 7–6(7–2), 6–1 |
Win | 4–3 | Jun 2008 | Netherlands F2, Alkmaar | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–4 | Mar 2009 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–4 | Aug 2009 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
Win | 6–4 | Aug 2009 | Vigo, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Win | 7–4 | Aug 2009 | San Sebastián, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 8–4 | Sep 2009 | Braşov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–0 |
Loss | 8–5 | May 2012 | Spain F13, Getxo | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Win | 9–5 | Jun 2012 | Netherlands F1, Zuidwolde | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 10–5 | Jun 2012 | Netherlands F2, Alkmaar | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 10–6 | Jul 2012 | Netherlands F3, Breda | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Win | 11–6 | Jul 2012 | Bercuit, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
Win | 12–6 | Sep 2012 | Alphen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 12–7 | Oct 2012 | Belém, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 13–7 | Oct 2012 | San Juan, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 13–8 | Mar 2013 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 14–8 | Apr 2014 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 6–1 |
Loss | 14–9 | Jun 2014 | Marburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 14–10 | May 2015 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 15–10 | Oct 2015 | Las Vegas, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 16–10 | Oct 2015 | Monterrey, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 17–10 | Jun 2017 | Netherlands F1, Alkmaar | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 18–10 | Jul 2017 | Netherlands F3, Middelburg | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 19–10 | Aug 2017 | Netherlands F6, Rotterdam | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 20–10 | Oct 2017 | Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 21–10 | Mar 2018 | Italy F2, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 5–7, 6–1 |
Win | 22–10 | Jul 2018 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 23–10 | Sep 2019 | M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 24–10 | Aug 2023 | M15 Huy, Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 18 (13–5)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2006 | Netherlands F7, Almere | Futures | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2007 | Great Britain F10, Edinburgh | Futures | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | May 2007 | Italy F15, Parma | Futures | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 2007 | Netherlands F4, Vlaardingen | Futures | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 3–2 | Aug 2009 | Vigo, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 4–2 | Sep 2011 | Alphen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6] |
Win | 5–2 | Jun 2012 | Netherlands F1, Zuidwolde | Futures | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 6–2 | Aug 2013 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 7–2 | May 2015 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 7–3 | Oct 2015 | Casablanca, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8–3 | Oct 2015 | Monterrey, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | w/o |
Win | 9–3 | Jan 2018 | Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 10–3 | Jan 2018 | Egypt F2, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 11–3 | Apr 2019 | Sophia Antipolis, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 11–4 | May 2019 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Win | 12–4 | Sep 2019 | M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
Loss | 12–5 | Mar 2023 | M25 Palma Nova, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 13–5 | Jun 2023 | M15 Jakarta, Indonesia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Singles performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current till 2018 Rotterdam Open.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 13 | 6–13 |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 3R | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
Shanghai Masters | Not Held | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–8 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 11–15 | |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | PO | 1R | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | 1R | PO | Z1 | PO | 1R | 0 / 2 | 16–13 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0 / 2 | 16–13 | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | ||
Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 28–24 | 3–11 | 3–3 | 10–10 | 6–8 | 3–7 | 6–13 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 70–92 | ||
Year-end ranking | 464 | 444 | 249 | 96 | 43 | 223 | 124 | 146 | 144 | 99 | 257 | 372 | 242 | 43% |
Wins over top 10 players
[edit]# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | TdB Rank |
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2010 | |||||||
1. | ![]() | 10 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | QF | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | 67 |
2. | ![]() | 9 | Shanghai, China | Hard | 1R | 7–6(7–4), 7–5 | 47 |
2013 | |||||||
3. | ![]() | 6 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | QF | 7–5, 7–5 | 104 |
References
[edit]- ^ Viktor Troicki – Thiemo De Bakker Match report Archived 10 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tennis – ATP World Tour – New Haven Friday – Stakhovsky Out-Serves de Bakker For Final Berth". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "After Years Of Injury Struggles, De Bakker Slowly On His Way Back". 28 December 2023.
External links
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