Jordan Thompson (tennis)

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 wildcard 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.^[5] Thompson will make 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.^[6] His first match was against world number nine 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 tiebreal 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 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.^[9]

In May, Thompson made the semi-final 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 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 his ATP World Tour win, when his opponent Martin Klizan retired when trailing 6–2, 4–0.^[10] 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.^[11]

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 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.^[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.

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 quarter final.^[15] 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.^[16] 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 Miami Masters, before returning to Australia when he defeated Jack Sock in the quarter final 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 world number one 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 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, Thomson came within two points of defeating eventual champion and world number 8 Alexander Zverev Jr. 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.

2018

Thompson commenced 2018 losing the first round of 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.

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

Singles: 22 (10–12)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	28 July 2013	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	Clay	Patrick Ofner	1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	29 September 2013	Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Yuichi Ito	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	12 October 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Greg Jones	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	2 March 2014	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	2–6, 1–3 Ret.
Runner-up	25 May 2014	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Maverick Banes	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	31 August 2014	Bangkok Challenger, Thailand	Hard	Hyeon Chung	6–7(0–7), 4–6
Winner	29 March 2015	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Jose Rubin Statham	6–1, 7–5
Winner	9 August 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Chen Ti	6–2, 6–2
Winner	16 August 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Chen Ti	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	18 October 2015	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Saketh Myneni	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	1 November 2015	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Matthew Ebden	5–7, 3–6
Winner	28 February 2016	Cherbourg Challenger, France	Hard	Adam Pavlásek	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	1 May 2016	Anning Challenger, China	Clay	Mathias Bourgue	6–3, 6–2
Winner	16 October 2016	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Go Soeda	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	30 October 2016	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Grega Žemlja	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	11 June 2017	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Yūichi Sugita	6–7(7–9), 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up	30 July 2017	Binghamton Challenger, Binghamton, United States	Hard	Cameron Norrie	4–6, 6–0, 4–6
Runner-up	20 August 2017	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	0–6, 1–6
Winner	17 February 2018	Chennai, India	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	25 February 2018	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	John Millman	5-7, 1-6
Runner-up	6 May 2018	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Mackenzie McDonald	6-1, 4-6, 1-6
Runner-up	29 July 2018	Birmingham, United States	Hard	Jay Clarke	7-6(8–6) 6-7(5–7) 4-6

Doubles: 14 (11–3)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner Up	2 March 2014	Port Pirie F2, Australia	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Maverick Banes Gavin van Peperzeel	3–6, 3–6
Winner	6 April 2014	Melbourne F4, Australia	Clay	Bradley Mousley	Adam Hubble Matt Reid	w/o
Winner	11 May 2014	F8, Croatia	Clay	Matthew Barton	Tomislav Ternar Mike Urbanija	6–2, 6–3
Winner	18 May 2014	F9, Croatia	Clay	Matthew Barton	Tomislav Draganja Dino Marcan	6–2, 6–1
Winner	25 May 2014	F10, Croatia	Clay	Matthew Barton	Maverick Banes Gavin van Peperzeel	2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Winner	1 March 2015	Shimadzu, Japan	Carpet	Benjamin Mitchell	Go Soeda Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 6–2
Winner	29 March 2015	Melbourne F4, Australia	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Steven de Waard Marc Polmans	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	9 August 2015	Thailand F6 Futures, Thailand	Hard	Benjamin Mitchell	Toshihide Matsui Christopher Rungkat	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Winner	5 February 2016	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	Dayne Kelly Matt Reid	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Winner	27 March 2016	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Luke Saville	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Saketh Myneni	3–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Winner	31 July 2016	Lexington, United States	Hard	Luke Saville	Tucker Vorster Nicolaas Scholtz	6–2, 7–5
Winner	5 November 2016	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6–2, 6–3
Runner-Up	13 August 2017	Aptos, United States	Hard	Alex Bolt	Neal Skupski Jonathan Erlich	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Winner	25 February 2018	Shimadzu, Japan	Carpet	Luke Saville	Yasutaka Uchiyama Go Soeda	6–3, 5–7, [10–6]

Singles

This table is current through the 2018 Rogers Cup.

Doubles