Arne Thoms
German tennis player
Country (sports) | Germany |
---|---|
Residence | Hanover |
Born |
(
1971-01-01
)
1 January 1971
(age
52)
Osnabrück , West Germany |
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 1989 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $392,142 |
Singles | |
Career record | 23–35 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 98 (18 May 1992) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 1R ( 1992 ) |
Wimbledon | 2R ( 1992 , 1994 , 1995 ) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 8–17 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 169 (5 Jul 1993) |
Arne Thoms (born 1 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career
As a junior, Thoms had a good year in 1989, making the semi-finals of the boys' singles at Wimbledon and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros .
Thoms made his first big impression on the ATP Tour with his performance at the Manchester Open in 1991 . He was a quarter-finalist, beating two top 30 players en route, Horst Skoff and Omar Camporese . The following year he had an upset win over world number six Ivan Lendl in the opening round of the 1992 Milan Indoor tournament, which he entered as a qualifier. He did well again at Manchester in 1992, reaching another quarter-final. The German was also a quarter-finalist at both Newport and Zaragoza in 1993 and at the 1994 CA-TennisTrophy in Vienna. His best showing as a doubles player came in the 1995 Tel Aviv Open , when he and partner Brent Larkham were semi-finalists. [1]
He made the second round of three Wimbledon Championships during his career, with wins over Todd Witsken in 1992, Bernd Karbacher in 1994 and Eyal Erlich in 1995. [2]
Challenger titles
Singles: (4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | 1991 | Munich , Germany | Carpet | Markus Naewie | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
2. | 1994 | Jerusalem , Israel | Hard | Filip Dewulf | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
3. | 1996 | Neumünster , Germany | Carpet | Jeff Salzenstein | 6–4, 6–4 |
4. | 1997 | Lippstadt , Germany | Carpet | Dirk Dier | 7–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: (6)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1991 | Brest, France | Hard | Lars Koslowski |
Patrik Kühnen
Alexander Mronz |
6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
2. | 1992 | Dublin , Ireland | Hard | Sander Groen |
Douglas Geiwald
Robbie Koenig |
5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
3. | 1992 | Munich , Germany | Carpet | Sander Groen |
Marcos Ondruska
Grant Stafford |
6–4, 7–6 |
4. | 1993 | Munich, Germany | Carpet | Sander Groen |
Jon Ireland
John Yancey |
6–3, 6–3 |
5. | 1994 | Lippstadt , Germany | Carpet | Alexander Mronz |
Brent Haygarth
Marius Barnard |
6–2, 6–4 |
6. | 1996 | Wolfsburg , Germany | Carpet | Dirk Dier |
Jim Pugh
Joost Winnink |
6–4, 6–4 |