Arne Thoms (born 1 January 1971) is a former professional

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player from Germany.

Career

As a junior, Thoms had a good year in 1989, making the semi-finals of the boys' singles at

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and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. Thoms made his first big impression on the ATP 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

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. The following year he had an upset win over world number six Ivan Lendl in the opening round of the 1992

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tournament, which he entered as a qualifier. 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 CA-TennisTrophy in Vienna. His best showing as a doubles player came in the 1995 Tel Aviv Open, when he and partner

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during his career, with wins over

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in 1992,

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in 1994 and

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in 1995.ITF Tennis Profile
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Challenger titles

Singles: (4)

Doubles: (6)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thoms, Arne 1971 births Living people German male tennis players West German male tennis players Sportspeople from Osnabrück Tennis players from Lower Saxony