ATP Monte Carlo: Dominic Thiem could attack Roger Federer
In the past few years, only three active players have been more successful on clay than Dominic Thiem.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Apr 16, 2019, 01:17 pm
Even though Dominic Thiem won the biggest title of his career to date in Indian Wells on hard court a few weeks ago: the Lower Austrian shows the greatest championship on clay. Thiem got eight titles to ashes, was in the final of Roland Garros (defeat against Rafael Nadal) last year and also in Madrid, where he lost to Alexander Zverev in 2018 and Nadal in 2017.
Among the still active players, Thiem is seventh with his success on ashes - taking the soon-to-be tennis retirees Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer (13 titles each) off this list, even fifth. In view of the match-win rate even one higher.
| player | Tournament victory on sand | Victories / losses | Win rate |
| Rafael Nadal | 57 | 415-36 | 92% |
| Novak Djokovic | 13 | 199-52 | 79.3% |
| Roger Federer | 11 | 214-68 | 75.9% |
| Dominic Thiem | 8th | 115-40 | 74.2% |
| Kei Nishikori | 2nd | 84-34 | 71.2% |
After Klizan, Goffin could wait
If the course of the coming weeks is strong, Dominic Thiem could attack Roger Federer. The Maestro only mentioned for Madrid and the French Open, Thiem with his appearance in Hamburg and Kitzbühel in the summer of 2019 had even more chances of winning the title. And an improvement in the quota.
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In Monte Carlo, however, the 25-year-old Lichtenwörther is not faced with easy tasks: First of all, Martin Klizan, with whom Dominic Thiem traditionally has problems. After that, David Goffin could wait. The Belgian is also not one of the favorite opponents of Austria's number one.