Arne Thoms

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Arne Thoms
Country (sports) Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Residence Hanover, Germany
Born (1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 (age 54)
Osnabrück, West Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$392,142
Singles
Career record23–35
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 98 (18 May 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1992)
Wimbledon 2R (1992, 1994, 1995)
Doubles
Career record8–17
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 169 (5 Jul 1993)

Arne Thoms (born 1 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

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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.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1991 Munich, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Markus Naewie 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.1994 Jerusalem, Israel Hard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Filip Dewulf 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
3.1996 Neumünster, GermanyCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Salzenstein 6–4, 6–4
4.1997 Lippstadt, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Dier 7–6, 6–3

Doubles: (6)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1991 Brest, France Hard Flag of Germany.svg Lars Koslowski Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Kühnen
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Mronz
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
2.1992 Dublin, Ireland Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Groen Flag of Sweden.svg Douglas Geiwald
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Robbie Koenig
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
3.1992 Munich, GermanyCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Groen Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Marcos Ondruska
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Grant Stafford
6–4, 7–6
4.1993Munich, GermanyCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Groen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jon Ireland
Flag of the United States.svg John Yancey
6–3, 6–3
5.1994 Lippstadt, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Mronz Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Brent Haygarth
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Marius Barnard
6–2, 6–4
6.1996 Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Dier Flag of the United States.svg Jim Pugh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joost Winnink
6–4, 6–4

References

  1. ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ITF Tennis Profile