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retired ATP
Dominic Thiem
Thiem's backhand never looked classical. He hit it with a compact, drive-through swing, often from metres behind the baseline, and dared opponents to deal with the pace. He reached four Slam finals and won the 2020 US Open, coming back from two sets down against Zverev to win in a fifth-set tiebreak. A wrist injury in 2021 took a big chunk of what should have been his peak years, and he played his last match in Vienna in 2024, aged 31.
- Nationality
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- Playing hand
- Right
- Playing era
- 2011–2024
- Peak rank
- #3
- Titles
- 17
- Grand Slams
- 1
- Playing style
- Aggressive baseliner
The one-handed backhand
A compact, drive-through one-hander hit with huge pace and depth from well behind the baseline
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