Jordan Thompson (born 20 April 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 26 in singles and of No. 3 in doubles. He has won one singles and seven doubles ATP titles.[1] He is currently the No. 3 Australian player in singles and No. 1 in doubles.[2]
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.
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.[5] Thompson later made his Grand Slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the wildcard play off against Benjamin Mitchell on 15 December 2013.
He finished 2013 with an ATP ranking of No. 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.[6] His first match was against world No. 9 Richard Gasquet. He almost caused a huge upset when he served for the match at 5–3 in the third set, and 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.[7]
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.[8] Thompson lost in 5 sets to world number 21 Jerzy Janowicz in the first round of the 2014 Australian Open. On 21 January, Thompson was announced in the Australian squad of the 2014 Davis Cup as the back-up player.[9]
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.
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.[12]
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 Karlović, losing in set five 10–12 in a four and a half hour match.[13] 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."[14] 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.
Entering the Queen's Club Championships draw as a lucky loser, Thompson unexpectedly defeated the world No.1 Andy Murray 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.[17] 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[18] before making the final of the Vancouver Challenger. At the US Open, Thompson defeated 13th seed Jack Sock[19] 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.
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.[22] 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.[23] Thompson finished 2021 with a singles ranking of World No. 75.
2022: First Challenger title since 2018
Thompson didn't find his form until the grass court season got underway. He entered the 2022 Surbiton Trophy as the eighth seed where he only lost one set en route to the final. Thompson faced Denis Kudla in the title match where he won in straight sets, winning his first trophy since 2018.
The following week, he entered last minute into the 2022 Nottingham Open where he was seeded third. Thompson won his first and second round matches in straight sets against Antoine Bellier and Jay Clarke respectively. His quarterfinal match against Mikhail Kukushkin went to three sets with Thompson prevailing. He then overcame compatriot Alexei Popyrin, who was the fifth seed, in straight sets in the semifinal. He played the top seed Dan Evans for the title, however he came up short.
At the 2023 Citi Open in Washington D.C., he recorded his 100th career win over seventh seed Adrian Mannarino.[31] Next he defeated 11th seed Chris Eubanks to reach the quarterfinals where he lost to top seed Taylor Fritz.
2024: ATP singles title, US Open champion in doubles
At his home tournament in 2024 Brisbane International having got a walkover from fourth seed Ugo Humbert, to get to the quarterfinals, he reached his first hardcourt semifinal, defeating former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in a 3 and 1/2 hours match, saving three match points.[33][34]
He reached again the quarterfinals at the 2024 Dallas Open but lost to third seed Ben Shelton. At the same tournament he won his third doubles title with Max Purcell.[35]
The following week, he reached another quarterfinal at the 2024 Delray Beach Open but lost to another American fourth seed Tommy Paul and moved into top 40 in the singles rankings on 19 February 2024. He became the Australian No. 2 behind Alex de Minaur.[36] He reached back-to-back-to-back quarterfinals in three weeks, this time at the 2024 Los Cabos Open defeating wildcard Ernesto Escobedo and his cousin, qualifier Emilio Nava. Next, he saved three match points in a comeback win over Alex Michelsen to reach his second hardcourt semifinal.[37] He reached his third ATP final winning his semifinal match against top seed Alexander Zverev on the seventh match point in 3 hours and 40 minutes,[38] the longest match in the history of the tournament.[39] It was his fourth Top 10 win and his second against Zverev since October 2023 in Tokyo.[40] He won his first singles title defeating third seed Casper Ruud in straight sets. At the same tournament he also won the title in the doubles event with Max Purcell after having to play two doubles matches in the same day, in addition to his singles final match.[41][42]
In April, as defending champions,[43] the pair Thompson and Purcell won their fourth title as a team at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.[44]
At the Madrid Open Thompson and Sebastian Korda won their first Masters 1000 doubles title as a team. Losing only one set they defeated top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden en route. With winning the title, Thompson became the first Australian man to win in Madrid.[45]
Partnering former Wimbledon doubles champion Max Purcell, he reached his first Grand Slam final at the All England Club.[46] As a result he moved into the top 25 in the doubles rankings on 15 July 2024. They were defeated in the final by first time Major champions Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara in a three-setter with three tiebreaks, after having three match points in the third set.[47][48] At the same tournament, in singles, he reached the second round with a win over Pavel Kotov.[citation needed]
With Purcell, he reached a second Grand Slam final in doubles at the US Open, defeating American duo and 13th seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.[50] They defeated tenth seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz lifting their first Grand Slam trophy as a team, and the first at this level for Thompson and second for Purcell.[51][52] At the same tournament, in singles, he reached the round of 16 for a second time at a Slam in his career with an upset over seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz, his fifth top 10 career win.[53] He lost to compatriot Alex de Minaur in four sets.[citation needed] On October 14, Thompson rose to a career high of No. 5 in the ATP doubles rankings overtaking Matthew Ebden as Australia's top men's doubles player.[citation needed]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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