Bernard Tomic

Plays with a double-handed backhand...Started playing tennis aged seven...Father, John, started work driving taxis; mother, Ady, was a biomedical scientist; sister, Sara, also plays tennis...Favourite surface is grass...Idols growing up were Pete Sampras, Lance Armstrong, Ian Thorpe and Michael Jordan...Hobbies include basketball, football and table tennis...Likes Eminem and 50 Cent...As a junior he won the 2008 Australian Open - aged 15, the youngest player in tournament history - 2009 US Open titles and the under-12, under-14 and under-16 Orange Bowls...Made his Davis Cup debut for Australia in 2009.

2011 -- The top Aussie was youngest player (19) in year-end Top 100 on ATP World Tour…He won 16 matches and reached 2 QF, including at Wimbledon where he posted his 1st Top 10 win over No. 5 Soderling (l. to Djokovic) as a qualifier...In other Grand Slams, reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Nadal), 1R at Roland Garros and 2R at US Open...Finished season with a 5-3 mark, reaching QF in Tokyo (l. to Fish), 3R at Shanghai (d. No. 9 Fish, l. to Dolgopolov) and 2R in Stockholm (l. to No. 10 Monfils)...Played Davis Cup for his country and went 2-1 in singles in 2 ties, defeating No. 19 Wawrinka in World Group playoff tie in Sydney (l. to Federer in four sets)...In Challenger play, compiled a 13-5 match record, with runner-up at Caloundra (l. to Zemlja) in February and SF at Burnie (l. to Guccione), both on home soil…In June, reached back-to-back SF in Nottingham...Went 2-5 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 11-12 on hard, 5-2 on grass and 0-1 on clay….Also 13-4 in TB sets…Earned a career-high $499,060...

2010 -- Began season at Brisbane...As a wild card at the Australian Open, lost to Cilic over five sets in the 2nd RD...Selected to represent Australia in Davis Cup tie versus Chinese Taipei in March...Qualified for Wimbledon (l. to Fish)...Won one ATP Challenger Tour title at Burnie on 7 February (d. G. Jones)...Finished the year ranked World No. 208...

2009 -- Given wild card into Brisbane, losing to Verdasco in 1st RD...As a wild card at the Australian Open beat Starace in 1st RD, before losing to G. Muller in four sets...Received a wild card into Roland Garros (l. to Kohlschreiber)...Won the 2009 US Open junior title, beating Chase Buchanan 61 63 in the final...Won one ATP Challenger Tour title at Melbourne on 29 February (d. Matosevic)...Finished the year ranked World No. 286...

2008 -- Was 13-11 in Futures, reaching 1st final in Indonesia (l. to Sugita)...