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Dominic Thiem's career in pictures: the milestones of the Austrian

Dominic Thiem already achieved a lot at the age of 26 - and also won. We picked out the greatest milestones of the Austrian and summarized them in pictures.

by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Apr 17, 2020, 09:14 am

The final entry at the Australian Open 2020 was only one of many milestones in Dominic Thiem's career.

It has been almost nine years since an 18-year-old Austrian beat Thomas Muster at the home tournament in Vienna. While this is a remarkable success, for the man who succeeded in doing so, it was just the starting signal for a much more remarkable career. Of course we are talking about Dominic Thiem, the Austrian number one, the current number three in the world, the triple Grand Slam finalist.

Dominic Thiem's career is a lot, but one thing in any case: poor at high points. Austria has so far been denied the very big title, in the form of a victory in a Grand Slam, but the 26-year-old has already collected 16 titles on the tour. Including a very big one, namely at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells. We have selected images of Dominic Thiem's greatest milestones and review Dominic Thiem's career highlights so far.

# GALLERY #

It was the highly anticipated duel: Dominic Thiem against old master Thomas Muster. With the better end for the 18-year-old youngster, who celebrated his first victory on the ATP tour.

It is the natural path of a tennis professional. From Challenger tournaments to the ATP tour. Dominic Thiem already turned his back on the Challenger Tour in 2013 after winning two titles that year.

Dominic Thiem's Grand Slam career began in 2014. And she started brilliantly, the Austrian managed to qualify right at his first start, but then had to say goodbye to Kevin Anderson in round two.

Dominic Thiem's Grand Slam career began in 2014. And she started brilliantly, right at his first start at the Australian Open, the Austrian made the qualification, but then had to turn out against Kevin Anderson on lap two

Moving into the top 100 in the world, many professionals have failed for a career. Not so Dominic Thiem, who broke this sound barrier in February 2014.

Dominic Thiem set the first big exclamation mark at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid. With Stan Wawrinka, the Austrian defeated a three-time Grand Slam champion.

Dominic Thiem set the first big exclamation mark at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid in 2014. With Stan Wawrinka, the Austrian defeated a three-time Grand Slam champion.

Roland Garros, it is the tournament that holds so many Dominic Thiem milestones. 2014, for example, when he first met a former world number one.

Dominic Thiem already had the chance to triumph on home soil in 2014. The Austrian was on his ATP tour in Kitzbühel in his first final, but had to admit defeat to David Goffin.

Dominic Thiem against Rafael Nadal - hardly a duel has shaped the career of the Austrian like this. So it is only befitting that the Austrian celebrated his first victory against a former number one against Nadal in 2016.

What follows an ATP 250 title? Right, a title at ATP 500 level. Dominic Thiem should succeed in 2016 when he defeated Bernard Tomic in the final of Acapulco.

His role model, defeating his idol, is very special. Dominic Thiem achieved this in 2016 when Roger defeated Federer in Rome. And a little later in Stuttgart on grass, the big sensation was achieved.

His role model, defeating his idol, is very special. Dominic Thiem achieved this in 2016 when he defeated Roger Federer in Rome - and a little later in Stuttgart he had a big sensation on the lawn.

It was official after the French Open 2016: Dominic Thiem was in the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time. Mainly because he had just reached his first Grand Slam semi-final.

Dominic Thiem has been a member of the eight athletes competing for the unofficial ATP world championship title at the Nitto ATP Finals since 2016. An honor that is given to very few players.

Dominic Thiem had to wait until 2017 until he was able to defeat an incumbent number one in the world for the first time. At the Barcelona Open it was time, in the semifinals the Austrian Andy Murray eliminated in three sets.

And again it is in Roland Garros where Dominic Thiem achieved a career milestone. In 2018, when he showed Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the French Open, he was in his first Grand Slam final after a 6-0 in round three.

His biggest title to date also initiated a turnaround in Dominic Thiem's game. After the Austrian won his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells, he played at the absolute top of the world on hard court

Although Dominic Thiem had to clear much harder chunks for a title win, the win in Kitzbühel is one of the largest of his career so far, so the home win was so important to the Austrian. This self-confidence in the luggage should also be followed by the title in Vienna.

Although not his most difficult, Kitzbühel was one of the most important victories for Dominic Thiem. First title in front of a home backdrop - the cornerstone for the victory in Vienna a few weeks later.

Even if this game caused some frustration for the Austrian, it should be on this list. In 2019, Dominic Thiem not only played out of the group phase at the ATP finals for the first time, he also reached his first final.

Now also at the Australian Open. Dominic Thiem showed early in 2020 that he is now good for the title in all Grand Slams - even if he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the final.

Even if Rio de Janeiro was playfully not a highlight of Dominic Thiem, the tournament had a highlight for the Austrian: A few days later Thiem was in the top 3 of the world rankings for the first time.