Arne Thoms

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

Arne Thoms
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceHanover
Born (1971-01-01) 1 January 1971
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 Open1R (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1992, 1994, 1995)
Doubles
Career record8–17
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 169 (5 Jul 1993)

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. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 1991 Munich, Germany Carpet Markus Naewie 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2. 1994 Jerusalem, Israel Hard Filip Dewulf 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
3. 1996 Neumünster, Germany Carpet Jeff Salzenstein 6–4, 6–4
4. 1997 Lippstadt, Germany Carpet Dirk Dier 7–6, 6–3

Doubles: (6)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1991 Brest, France Hard Lars Koslowski Patrik Kühnen
Alexander Mronz		 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
2. 1992 Dublin, Ireland Hard Sander Groen Douglas Geiwald
Robbie Koenig		 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
3. 1992 Munich, Germany Carpet Sander Groen Marcos Ondruska
Grant Stafford		 6–4, 7–6
4. 1993 Munich, Germany Carpet Sander Groen Jon Ireland
John Yancey		 6–3, 6–3
5. 1994 Lippstadt, Germany Carpet Alexander Mronz Brent Haygarth
Marius Barnard		 6–2, 6–4
6. 1996 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet Dirk Dier Jim Pugh
Joost Winnink		 6–4, 6–4

References
  1. ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ITF Tennis Profile
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