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dominic thiem wiki : Dominic Thiem  born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian professional tennis player who has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 4, which he first achieved on 6 November 2017. He has won ten singles titles on the ATP Tour. In 2018, Thiem reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open.

Thiem has been coached by Günter Bresnik since age nine, but he has known Bresnik since he was three — after Thiem’s father, Wolfgang, came to work as a coach at Bresnik’s academy in Vienna in 1997.

Thiem reached an ITF Junior world ranking of No. 2 (combined singles and doubles).He lost a close final match at the 2011 French Open Boys' event, to Bjorn Fratangelo, in three sets.Thiem completed his junior career by winning his last three singles tournaments, culminating in taking the singles title of the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl.

Thiem received wild cards to the main draw of Kitzbühel, Bangkok and Vienna. In Vienna, Thiem recorded his first ATP win, over Thomas Muster, before losing to Steve Darcis in the second round.

In late December 2017, Coach Galo Blanco was added to Thiem's team. Thiem began his season at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open as the top seed. He reached the semifinals where he withdrew from his match against Gaël Monfils due to illness In January, he lost against Novak Djokovic at the Kooyong Classic, an exhibition tournament. At the Australian Open, Dominic beat Guido Pella and Denis Kudla from two sets down. He won his third-round match over Adrian Mannarino, but lost in the fourth against Tennys Sandgren. This was equal to his result of the previous year at the Australian Open.

Thiem's next tournament in mid-February 2018 saw him win his ninth ATP Tour title at the Argentina Open, his second in Buenos Aires, defeating Horacio Zeballos, Pella, Monfils, and Aljaž Bedene. This was his first title in nearly a year.

At the French Open, Thiem advanced past Ilya Ivashka in straight sets and Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini in four sets. He faced Kei Nishikori in the fourth round, winning the first two sets 6–2, 6–0, before a late resurgence saw Nishikori take the third set. However, Thiem was able to take the fourth set 6–4 to win the match. In the quarterfinals, he faced second seed Alexander Zverev in Zverev's first major quarterfinal, defeating him 6–4, 6–2, 6–1. In his third consecutive French Open semi-final, Thiem defeated unseeded Marco Cecchinato in straight sets to advance to his first Grand Slam final. He then lost in straight sets in the final to Rafael Nadal, who won his 11th French Open crown. In the 2018 Gerry Weber Open, Thiem was upset in the second round by Yuichi Sugita. His poor grass court season continued with a first round retirement against Marcos Baghdatis at Wimbledon. Thiem played in Hamburg, losing in the quarterfinals to Nicolás Jarry in a tight two setter.