Bernard Tomic

He went on to win the event, defeating the 25th, 11th, 8th and 1st seed before beating 10th seed Tsung-Hua Yang of Taiwan in the final.

His win at the age of 15 made him the youngest winner of the Australian Open Junior Boys' Championships in the Open Era.

Four months later, at Roland Garros, Tomic, the number one seed, fell in the quarter-finals to Guido Pella of Argentina, losing in two sets.

At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen.

In a notable quarter final match, he played another rising star, Henrique Cunha of Brazil, and came through victorious in three sets.

He also finished runner-up in the Wimbledon Junior Boys' doubles with fellow Australian junior Matt Reid.

Bernard Tomic (Bernard Tomić, ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player whose career-high ranking is world No. 17.

Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 21 October 1992.

Tomic's parents, Bosnian Croat father (from Tuzla), John (Ivica) and Bosnian mother, Adisa (from Brčko), left Socialist Yugoslavia several years before his birth.

In an interview, Tomic stated that his parents "have a Croatian background".

They had both been working in Germany when Tomic was born.

The family migrated to Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in 1996 when Tomic was three years old.

His younger sister Sara is also a professional tennis player.

Tomic was educated at Southport State School during his primary school years before taking up a sports scholarship at The Southport School for high school.

In 2004, 2006 and 2007 respectively, Tomic won the 12s, 14s and 16s Orange Bowl titles – one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour.

Playing his first singles event on the ITF junior tour in 2006, he qualified for the Sunsmart 18 and Under Canterbury Championships in New Zealand and went on to win the title at 13 years of age, defeating Dae-Soung Oh of Korea in the final.

His success continued in the following weeks, winning the next three tournaments he played in, giving him a 25 match winning streak.

He was able to extend this streak to 26 at the Riad 21 junior tournament in Morocco before falling in the round of 16 to future junior world number 1 and ATP top 50 player Ričardas Berankis.

Tomic gained direct acceptance into his first junior Grand Slam at the 2007 Australian Open junior boys tournament at 14 years of age, the youngest player to ever gain direct entry.

He came out victorious in round 1 against the sixth seed José-Roberto Velasco.

In the second round he was defeated by Kevin Botti 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.

In attendance for the match were Australian tennis greats Tony Roche, John Newcombe and Pat Rafter.

In his second junior Grand Slam tournament at the 2007 French Open he made his way through qualifying to reach the main draw where he triumphed in the first round.

In the second round he would lose to Ričardas Berankis 6–2, 6–3.

Tomic did not play in another tournament until August 2007, where he won the Oceania Closed Junior Championships without dropping a set.

He was unable to continue his dominance at the Junior US Open, falling in the Round of 16 to future top 15 ATP player Jerzy Janowicz.

Following the US Open, Tomic picked up a second title in 2007 by winning the G1 in Kentucky.

He would then travel to Italy where he compiled an undefeated record in the Junior Davis Cup and lead Australia to victory in the final against Argentina with teammates Mark Verryth and Alex Sanders.

Tomic finished 2007 with a junior world ranking of 23.

As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won an Orange Bowl title and two junior Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Australian Open and 2009 US Open.

Tomic began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Australian ITF Junior event in Melbourne without dropping a set.

Two days later he started his campaign for the Australian Open Juniors title as the 5th seed.

At the 2008 US Open, Tomic lost in the first round of the boys' singles to qualifier Devin Britton of the United States in three sets, who would go on to lose in the final.

As a professional, he has won the 2013 Apia International Sydney, 2014 Claro Open Colombia, 2015 Claro Open Colombia and the 2018 Chengdu Open.

He made a final appearance at the 2016 Acapulco Telcel and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, as well as at the 2015 BNP Paribas Open, the 2015 Shanghai Masters, and the 2016 Western & Southern Open.

In January 2018, Tomic was revealed as a celebrity contestant on the fourth season of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! On 30 January 2018, Tomic withdrew from the competition after three days, owing to feeling uncomfortable and depressed.

Throughout his career, Tomic has been known for his controversial behaviour, including legal issues, altercations with officials and fans, and accusations of tanking during events.

In 2018 he became vegan.

Before Tomic began competing on the ITF junior tour he stated that he would become the number 1 tennis player in the world, win all the Grand Slams and become Australia's youngest Davis Cup player.

He also claimed he would achieve these goals by attaining the serve of Goran Ivanišević, the mind of Pete Sampras, the groundstrokes of Roger Federer and the heart of Lleyton Hewitt.