FACTBOX-Tennis-Jack Sock v Dominic Thiem


Reuters | Updated: 30-09-2020 01:18 IST | Created: 30-09-2020 01:11 IST
FACTBOX-Tennis-Jack Sock v Dominic Thiem
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A look at the key facts and records of American Jack Sock and Dominic Thiem of Austria before their French Open second-round match on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding): JACK SOCK

Age: 28 ATP ranking: 310 (Highest: 8)

Grand Slam titles: 0 Career ATP titles: 4

2019 French Open performance: Did not play Best French Open performance: Fourth round (2015)

Sock comprehensively beat American compatriot and 36th-ranked Reilly Opelka in the opening round for his first French Open singles victory since 2016. The 28-year-old, who reached a career-high world ranking of number eight in 2017, faces a tough test against Thiem, whom he last defeated in the second round of the Paris Masters in 2016.

3-DOMINIC THIEM Age: 27

ATP ranking: 3 (Highest: 3) Grand Slam titles: 1 (U.S. Open 2020)

Career ATP titles: 17 2019 French Open performance: Runner-up (2019)

Best French Open performance: Runner-up (2018, 2019) Third seed Thiem, who won the U.S. Open earlier this month, got off to an impressive start in Paris with a dominant win over Croatian Marin Cilic.

The 27-year-old, who is targeting his first French Open crown after reaching the final in the last two editions, has a 3-1 advantage in his head-to-head record against Sock but all of his victories have come on hard courts. HEAD TO HEAD: Thiem leads 3-1

2018 Thiem d Sock 4-6 6-4 6-4 (Paris Masters, hard) 2016 Sock d Thiem 6-2 6-4 (Paris Masters, hard)

2016 Thiem d Sock 7-5 6-7(5) 6-1 (Indian Wells, hard) 2015 Thiem d Sock 6-4 6-3 (Miami Masters, hard)

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