Nicolas Thomann

Career

Thomann was a quarter-finalist in the 2000 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, beating top 50 players Nicolas Escude and Nicolas Lapentti en route. In the 2001 French Open he competed in both the singles and men"s doubles. He lost his singles match in five sets to January Frode Andersen and also exited in the first round of the doubles, partnering Jerome Golmard.

He was then eliminated by Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

He reached the semi-finals at the 2003 Radio Corporation of America Championships, held in Indianapolis and also made the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open that year. Singles: (2)

Doubles: (1).

Achievements

• His best win however came in Atlanta the following year, where he had a straight sets upset win over Andre Agassi in the opening round, playing as a qualifier. The American had gone into the tournament having won his previous two tournaments, both Association of Tennis Professionals Masters Series events. The Frenchman lost to Thomas Enqvist in the opening round of 2002 Australian Open but reached the second round in the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, with a win against Markus Hipfl, won 11–9 in the fifth set.