Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic is an Australian professional tennis player who as ofJanuary 2016 is ranked world No.by the Association of Tennis Professionals , his career high ranking. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won three Orange Bowl titles and two junior grand slam singles titles, the 2008 Australian Open and 2009 US Open. Highlights of Tomics career include winning the 2013 Apia International Sydney, 2014 Claro Open Colombia and the 2015 Claro Open Colombia. Other highlights include a final appearance at the 2016 Acapulco Telcel and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships as well as at the 2015 BNP Paribas Open and the 2015 Shanghai Masters.

Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, onOctober 1992. Tomics parents, Croatian father John and Bosnian mother Ady , left Yugoslavia several years before his birth. In an interview, Tomic stated that his parents have a Croatian background. They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born. The family migrated to Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in 1996 when Tomic was three years old. His younger sister, Sara, is a junior tennis player. Tomic was educated at Southport State School during his primary school years before taking up a sports scholarship at The Southport School for his high school years.

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