Tommy Haas is a versatile player, technicianwhich is distinguished by a special variety. A tennis player is known for the ability to act effectively both on the long line and under the net. Haas had a powerful blow to the right, a spectacular performance which always delighted the public.
Tommy Haas: Biography
Born a famous German tennis player in the cityHamburg on April 3, 1978. The first tennis lessons the boy received at the age of 4 from his own father, who initially acted as his personal mentor.
When Tommy was 11 years old, the family decided to move to the United States. It was here, in Florida, located one of the world's best tennis academies named after Nick Bolletieri.
Already at the age of 17, Tommy Haas was in the final of the popular Orange Bowl tournament. However, in the duel for the trophy of honor, the guy had to cede to the more experienced player Mariano Zabalet.
Starting a professional career
Attention of the general public Tommy Haasattracted to his own person in a year. At the next tournament in Lyon, which took place in 1997, the 19-year-old beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov himself, who had the status of the seventh racket of the world.
The result of the first seasons as a professional for Haas was the 50th position in the world ranking, to which the player rose from 155th place.
Achievements
The most successful career for Tommy Haaswas 2000, which brought in a piggy bank athlete silver award of the Olympic Games in Australia. Thanks to inspiration after the first significant achievement in his career and fruitful work in training, the tennis player began regularly to reach the final stages of the Grand Slam tournaments. Thus, soon Tommy Haas firmly entrenched in the second position in the world standings of singles.
Subsequently, Haas was regularly harassed by injuries,which affected the rather rapid displacement of his name from the top positions in the ranking of the best tennis players in the world. To play at the tournaments of the series "Grand Slam" Tommy Haas in full force began only in 2009. However, the game of the athlete was not so spectacular, and his results left much to be desired. However, glimpses of the former talent nevertheless quite often slipped on the court. Therefore Haas remained a formidable contender for any tennis player until the very end of his career.
Statements for the national team
For the national team of Germany Tommy Haas played 31 duel. On the account of the player there are 19 wins with 7 defeats for the team of the country.
It is noteworthy that, due to permanent injuries, the tennis player held the penultimate match in the status of the collection in 2007, and the last game in the national squad was held for him only in 2012.
Interesting Facts
Haas is a real football fan.Favorite team of the athlete is "Bavaria" (Munich). As for tennis, the idol of the player was always his compatriot - the legendary Boris Becker.
In 2007, after a series of successful matches, Haaswas in the final of the Davis Cup, where the national team of Russia appeared as the rival of the German national team. However, due to poor health caused by a disorder of the stomach, Tommy never appeared on the playground. The forced absence of the lead player subsequently caused the captain of the German team to put forward an assumption regarding the possible poisoning of Haas by the representatives of the Russian side. However, no evidence of this was found.
Tommy Haas repeatedly received fractures of the ankles,which, in fact, was reflected in the decline in its results in sports. The first Tommy broke in 1995. After a successful recovery in 1996, the player broke his ankle already on the other leg.
Peter Haas - Tommy's father, is a former world champion in judo. To lead to the success of his own son, later he retrained to trainers in tennis.
