Career
As a junior, Thoms had a good year in 1989, making the semi-finals of the boy"s singles at Wimbledon and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. Thoms made his first big impression on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour with his performance at the Manchester Open in 1991. He was a quarter-finalist, beating two top 30 players en route, Horst Skoff and Omar Camporese.
He did well again at Manchester in 1992, reaching another quarter-final.
The German was also a quarter-finalist at both Newport and Zaragoza in 1993 and at the 1994 California-TennisTrophy in Vienna. He made the second round of three Wimbledon Championships during his career, with wins over Todd Witsken in 1992, Bernd Karbacher in 1994 and Eyal Erlich in 1995.
Singles: (4)
Doubles: (6).