Samuel Thompson (born 8 January 1993) is an Australian professional

tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...

. Thompson, teamed with

Masa Jovanovic Masa Jovanovic ( sr, Maša Jovanović, Маша Јовановић; born 23 November 1994) is an Australian tennis player born in Serbia. Jovanovic has a WTA singles career-high ranking of 583 achieved on 29 January 2018. She also has a WTA do ...

, won a wildcard playoff to earn entry into the

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of the

2015 Australian Open The 2015 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 19 January to 1 February 2015. It was the 103rd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Stan Wawrinka was the defend ...

. Prior to this, his best result was qualifying for an

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tournament in 2012. Thompson competes for the Tasmania Devils of the Asia-Pacific Tennis League. Thompson also won the 2015

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...

Championships in singles.

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* * 1993 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Melbourne 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub