Jordan Thompson (tennis)

Jordan Thompson

Thompson at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	(1994-04-20) 20 April 1994 (age 27) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jaymon Crabb
Prize money	US$3,567,788
Singles
Career record	78–98 (44.3% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 43 (15 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 78 (1 February 2022)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017, 2019, 2020)
French Open	3R (2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2021)
US Open	4R (2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	36–42 (46.2% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 77 (30 October 2017)
Current ranking	No. 188 (20 December 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
French Open	3R (2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2016, 2017)
US Open	3R (2017)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2017)
Last updated on: 7 January 2021.

Jordan Thompson (born 20 April 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player, reaching a career-high ranking of world number 43 on 15 July 2019.^[2] He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the Australian Open wildcard play off on 15 December 2013.

Personal life[]

Thompson was born in Sydney and, along with tennis, grew up as an avid fan of rugby league. He supports the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.^[3] Thompson names Lleyton Hewitt as his tennis idol. Thompson has a tattoo on his right bicep of the Australian coat of arms and Olympic rings which he attained after playing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Thompson's mantra is "hard work always pays off". ^[4]

In early February 2021 it was confirmed via Instagram that Jordan is in a relationship with ex-Bachelor star, radiographer and LifeUncut Podcast host, Brittany Hockley. ^{[5] [6]}

Junior career[]

The highlight of his junior career came at the 2012 US Open when he partnered with fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios to reach the doubles final. Thompson reached as high as No. 18 in the combined world rankings in October 2012, compiling a singles win/loss record of 82–38.

Professional career[]

2013: Career beginnings[]

In 2013, Thompson made his debut on the professional circuit in qualifying at the 2013 Apia International Sydney where he lost to world number 81 Guillermo García-López. After receiving a wild card he won his first professional match in qualifying at the 2013 Australian Open against Nicolas Renavand 9–7 in the third set. He lost in the second round to 21st seed Ryan Sweeting.

Thompson then qualified and made the second round of the 2013 Burnie International losing to third seed John Millman. For the rest of the year he played mainly in Futures, where he made three finals. He won 2 titles, the Austria F5 ITF, Alice Springs F8 ITF and was runner up of Sydney F9 ITF.^[7] Thompson later made his Grand Slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the wildcard play off against Benjamin Mitchell. He finished 2013 with an ATP ranking of 320.

2014: Grand Slam debut[]

Thompson started 2014 at the 2014 Brisbane International in qualifying where he lost in the first round against Tatsuma Ito. Thompson then competed at the 2014 AAMI Classic where he replaced Lleyton Hewitt in the draw.^[8] His first match was against world number 9 Richard Gasquet. He almost caused a huge upset when he served for the match at 5–3 in the third set. And he had two match points on Gasquet's serve in the next game. However, he lost the final set in a tiebreak by seven points to four.^[9]

He lost his second match to Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. Thompson ended up finishing in seventh place after he upset world number 42 Juan Mónaco. This was Thompson's first victory over a top 50 player.^[10] Thompson lost in 5 sets to world number 21 Jerzy Janowicz in the first round of the 2014 Australian Open 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 1–6. On 21 January, Thompson was announced in the Australian squad of the 2014 Davis Cup as the back-up player.^[11]

In May, Thompson made the semifinal of the China International Challenger, which increased his ranking to a career-high of 277. In August, Thompson made his first Challenger final, but lost to Hyeon Chung in Bangkok. This further increased his ranking to 219. From September to November, Thompson competed in eight challenger tournaments throughout China, USA, Australia and Japan, with the second round being his best result. In December, Thompson won the Australian Open wildcard play off again, gaining him entry into the 2015 Australian Open.

2015: Top 200[]

Thompson earned a wild card into the 2015 Australian Open but lost in round 1 to João Sousa in straight sets. He then played in the Hong Kong Challenger and Burnie Challenger but lost in round at both. In February, Thompson made the semi-final of the Launceston Challenger before playing in Challenger events in Japan and China where his performance was a round 2. Thompson did win his first Challenger Doubles title with Ben Mitchell at Shimadzu Challenger. In March, Thompson returned to Australia where he won the F4 ITF title. In May, Thompson lost in round 1 of qualifying for the 2015 French Open before reaching the semi final of the Romanian F4. In June, Thompson turned to grass where he lost in the first round of Manchester Challenger and in qualifying for 2015 Topshelf Open and Ilkley Challenger. His broke into the world's top 200 on the 24 August, with a ranking of 193. In October, Thompson made the finals of the Ho Chi Minh City and Traralgon Challengers, further increasing his ranking. He ended the year with a ranking of 154.

2016: Top 100[]

Thompson at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships

Thompson began the year at New Caledonia, where he made the semi final. He was then given a wild card into the Sydney International, where he scored first his ATP World Tour win, when his opponent Martin Klizan retired when trailing 6–2, 4–0.^[12] In round two, Thompson played Bernard Tomic but lost 2–6, 2–6. At the 2016 Australian Open, Thompson was given a wild card, but lost to Thomaz Bellucci in round 1. In February, Thompson won his first ATP Challenger Tour title at the La Mache Challenger.^[13]

On 1 May, Thompson won the biggest title of his career at the $100,000 2016 Kunming Open, which increased his ranking into the top 100 for the first time in his career.^[14]

Thompson was awarded a wild card into the French Open, where he won his first main draw Grand Slam match against Laslo Đere. In the second round, Thompson played the 27th seed Ivo Karlovic, losing 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–4), 10–12 in a four and a half hour match.^[15] At Wimbledon, Thompson lost to 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thompson lost in round 1 to Kyle Edmund. At the US Open, Thompson lost to Steve Darcis in round 1, despite leading 2 sets to love and having 2 match points. Following the match, Thompson said "I just felt like I left myself down, let other people down. It's not good."^[16] In October, Thompson won his third and fourth Challenger title of the year in Vietnam and Traralgon. Thompson ended the year with a ranking of 79.

2017: First ATP World Tour singles quarterfinal and doubles title[]

Thompson commenced the year at the 2017 Brisbane International, where he defeated Elias Ymer and David Ferrer to make his first ATP World Tour quarterfinal.^[17] He lost to Kei Nishikori in the quarterfinal. Thompson partnered Thanasi Kokkinakis in the doubles, where they reached the final, defeating Sam Querrey and Gilles Müller. In doing so, they became the first Australian duo to win the Brisbane International.

At the 2017 Apia International Sydney, Thompson defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili before losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber in round 2. At the 2017 Australian Open, Thompson recorded his first Australian Open win defeating João Sousa in round 1. He lost to Dominic Thiem in round 2.^[18] In February, Thompson made his debut at the Davis Cup, defeating Jiří Veselý. In March, Thompson made the main draw of the Mexican Open as a lucky loser. He defeated Feliciano López before losing to Yoshihito Nishioka in round 2. He lost in the first round of both Indian Wells and the Miami Masters, before returning to Australia when he defeated Jack Sock in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Davis Cup. In May, Thompson made the second round of Istanbul and Lyon, before losing to John Isner in the first round of 2017 French Open. In June, Thompson made the final of the Aegon Surbiton Trophy, losing to Yūichi Sugita.

Entering the Queen's Club Championships draw as a lucky loser, Thompson unexpectedly defeated the world No.1 Andy Murray 7–6^(7–4), 6–2 in round one. The victory was Thompson's first against a top ten player, his first grass court win on the ATP World Tour and he became the first Australian player to beat Murray in an ATP-level singles match.^[19] Thompson lost in the second round to Sam Querrey. At Wimbledon, Thompson lost in round 1 to Albert Ramos Viñolas. In July, he reached the final of Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger. In August, Thompson came within two points of defeating eventual champion and world number 8 Alexander Zverev at the Citi Open^[20] before making the final of the Vancouver Challenger. At the US Open, Thompson defeated 13th seed Jack Sock^[21] before falling to Thomas Fabbiano in the second round. In October, Thompson qualified for the Shanghai Masters but lost to Diego Schwartzman in round 1. Thompson ended 2017 with a ranking of 94 in singles and 88 in doubles.

2018: Eight Challenger finals[]

Thompson commenced 2018 by losing in the first round of the Brisbane International, Sydney International and the Australian Open. In February, Thompson returned the Challenger Tour, where he made two consecutive finals in Chennai and Kyoto. Thompson lost to Casper Ruud in round 1 of the French Open and to Sam Querrey in round 1 of Wimbledon. In July, Thompson reached another Challenger final at Birmingham. Thompson lost to Cameron Norrie in round 1 of the US Open and to Dominic Thiem in the Australia v Austria 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs. Following this in October, Thompson returned to the Challenger circuit reaching another three consecutive finals, winning the Traralgon Challenger and Canberra Tennis International.^[22] In 2018, he reached eight Challenger finals, winning three. Thompson finished 2018 with a singles ranking of 72.

2019: First ATP final, Top 50 debut, Career-high singles ranking[]

Thompson commenced the 2019 season, losing to Alex De Minaur at both the Brisbane International and Sydney International. At the Australian Open, Thompson defeated Feliciano López and lost to Andreas Seppi in the second round. In February, Thompson attained a then career-high singles ranking of 60 and reached the quarterfinals of the New York Open. The following month, Thompson defeated Grigor Dimitrov in a round three match at the 2019 Miami Open to reach the last 16 at a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time.^[23] He reached his first ATP final at the 2019 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships where he lost to Adrian Mannarino. As a result he made his top 50 debut at World No. 46 on 17 June 2019. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 43 on 15 July 2019.

2020: US Open Fourth Round[]

At the 2020 Australian Open, Thompson beat Alexander Bublik in straight sets, but lost to 12th seed Fabio Fognini in a match lasting over 4 hours 6–7^(4–7), 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7^(4–10).

Thompson achieved his best Grand Slam result to date by reaching the fourth round of the 2020 US Open, beating Stefano Travaglia, Egor Gerasimov and Mikhail Kukushkin before losing to 27th seed Borna Coric. Thompson finished 2020 with a singles ranking of World No. 51.

2021: First Wimbledon win and Third round[]

Thompson had a successful run at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships to the third round for the first time in his career where he defeated World No. 14 and 12th seed Casper Ruud in a five sets, his first win at this tournament and third top-20 win in the past three year.^[24] Thompson defeated Kei Nishikori in the second round before losing to Ilya Ivashka in the third round.

In July, Thompson reached the semifinals in Newport, where he lost to Jenson Brooksby.^[25] Thompson finished 2021 with a singles ranking of World No. 75.

Performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Doubles[]

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2019	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Adrian Mannarino	6–7(7–9), 3–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2017	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Gilles Müller Sam Querrey	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2021	Atlanta Open, U.S.	250 Series	Hard	Steve Johnson	Reilly Opelka Jannik Sinner	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [3–10].

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Singles: 27 (12–15)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2013	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Patrick Ofner	1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	2–0	Sep 2013	Australia F8, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Yuichi Ito	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Oct 2013	Australia F9, Sydney	Futures	Hard	Greg Jones	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	2–2	Mar 2014	Australia F2, Port Pirie	Futures	Hard	Luke Saville	2–6, 1–3 ret.
Loss	2–3	May 2014	Croatia F10, Bol	Futures	Clay	Maverick Banes	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Chung Hyeon	6–7(0–7), 4–6
Win	3–4	Mar 2015	Australia F4, Melbourne	Futures	Clay	Jose Statham	6–1, 7–5
Win	4–4	Aug 2015	Thailand F6, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–4	Aug 2015	Thailand F7, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Oct 2015	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Saketh Myneni	5–7, 3–6
Loss	5–6	Nov 2015	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Ebden	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–6	Feb 2016	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Adam Pavlásek	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	7–6	May 2016	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Mathias Bourgue	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–6	Oct 2016	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Go Soeda	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
Win	9–6	Oct 2016	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Grega Žemlja	6–1, 6–2
Loss	9–7	Jun 2017	Surbiton, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Yūichi Sugita	6–7(7–9), 6–7(8–10)
Loss	9–8	Jul 2017	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Cameron Norrie	4–6, 6–0, 4–6
Loss	9–9	Aug 2017	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	0–6, 1–6
Win	10–9	Feb 2018	Chennai, India	Challenger	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	10–10	Feb 2018	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	John Millman	5–7, 1–6
Loss	10–11	Jul 2015	Seoul, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Mackenzie McDonald	6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	10–12	Jul 2018	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Jay Clarke	7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	10–13	Sep 2018	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Michael Mmoh	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	10–14	Oct 2018	Calgary, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ivo Karlović	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	11–14	Oct 2018	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Yoshihito Nishioka	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–14	Nov 2018	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Nicola Kuhn	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	12–15	Apr 2019	Nanchang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay (i)	Andrej Martin	4–6, 6–1, 3–6

Doubles: 15 (11–4)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2014	Australia F2, Port Pirie	Futures	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Maverick Banes Gavin van Peperzeel	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2014	Australia F4, Melbourne	Futures	Clay	Bradley Mousley	Adam Hubble Matt Reid	w/o
Win	2–1	May 2014	Croatia F8, Bol	Futures	Clay	Matthew Barton	Tomislav Ternar Mike Urbanija	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2014	Croatia F9, Bol	Futures	Clay	Matthew Barton	Tomislav Draganja Dino Marcan	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–1	May 2014	Croatia F10, Bol	Futures	Clay	Matthew Barton	Maverick Banes Gavin van Peperzeel	2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win	5–1	Mar 2015	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Benjamin Mitchell	Go Soeda Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–1	Mar 2015	Australia F4, Melbourne	Futures	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Steven de Waard Marc Polmans	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	6–2	Aug 2015	Thailand F6, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Mitchell	Toshihide Matsui Christopher Rungkat	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	6–3	Oct 2015	Australia F6, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Alex Bolt	Gao Xin Li Zhe	6–3, 3–6, [1–10]
Win	7–3	Feb 2016	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Dayne Kelly Matt Reid	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Win	8–3	Mar 2016	Shenzhen, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Saketh Myneni Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	3–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Win	9–3	Jul 2016	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Nicolaas Scholtz Tucker Vorster	6–2, 7–5
Win	10–3	Nov 2016	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6–2, 6–3
Loss	10–4	Aug 2017	Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bolt	Jonathan Erlich Neal Skupski	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	11–4	Feb 2018	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Luke Saville	Go Soeda Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 5–7, [10–6]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2012	US Open	Hard	Nick Kyrgios	Kyle Edmund Frederico Ferreira Silva	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]

Wins over top 10 players[]

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	JTR
2017
1.	Andy Murray	1	Queen's Club Championships, UK	Grass	1R	7–6(7–4), 6–2	90

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Jordan Thompson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jordan Thompson at the International Tennis Federation
• Jordan Thompson at the Davis Cup
• Jordan Thompson at Tennis Australia