Player Profiles

Bernard Tomic

  • Age 20
  • Born 21 October 1992
  • Birth Place Stuttgart, Germany
  • Lives Monte Carlo, Monaco
  • Height 196 cm
  • Plays Right-handed
  • Coach John Tomic
  • Turned Pro 2008
  • Website Visit website

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Australian Ranking

52

ATP Ranking

Profile

  • Arrived in Australia from his birthplace in Stuttgart, Germany, aged three-and-a-half.
  • Started playing tennis at seven.
  • His father, John, started work driving taxis while his mother, Ady, worked as a biomedical scientist.
  • In 2004 and 2006 he won the 12s and 14s Orange Bowl titles.
  • He helped Australia win the Junior Davis Cup final against Argentina in 2007, and reached the semifinal of the boys’ singles at Wimbledon in 2008.
  • In 2008 at the age of 15, Bernard became the youngest player in history to win the Australian Open boys’ singles title.
  • As a 16-year-old he won the US Open boys’singles title.
  • In 2010 Bernard made a successful Davis Cup debut for Australia when he won both of his singles rubbers against Chinese Taipei in straight sets in the Asia–Oceania Group Quarterfinals.
  • In 2011, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Wimbledon quarterfinalist since Boris Becker in 1986.
  • Bernard’s favourite singer is Chris Brown.
  • His favourite surface is grass.
  • When he’s not playing tennis he enjoys soccer, table tennis, fishing and basketball.
  • He has one sister, Sara, who also plays tennis.