Paul made his first appearance in the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2020 Australian Open, defeating 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the second round.
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American tennis player Tommy Paul is one of the brightest prospects in the sport at the moment. The 24-year-old had an outstanding junior career, with an ITF junior rank as high as third. He has a career high rank of 41 as of January 10, 2022. The American is one of those players that have only just started to make a name for themselves in the world of tennis. His maiden ATP title win came only a few months ago when he displayed impressive skill and resolve to win the 2021 Stockholm Open.
Paul began his professional career in 2015. Paul has shown an unusual preference for clay, having won the Junior French Open and his first four ITF Futures singles titles on the surface. At the 2015 US Open, he qualified for the main draw for the first time, but lost in the first round to Andreas Seppi.
Paul broke into the Top 200 for the first time in March 2016 when he qualified for the Miami Masters. Paul received a wild card into the 2016 US Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston in April, and in the first round, he defeated 53rd-ranked Paolo Lorenzi for his first career ATP level win. For the remainder of 2016, Paul would primarily compete on the ATP Challenger and ITF circuits.
Paul entered the top 100 for the first time in his career in September 2019, after winning his second ATP Challenger title of the year in New Haven, following his victory in Sarasota earlier in the season.
Paul made his first appearance in the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2020 Australian Open, defeating 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the second round before losing to Marton Fucsovics. He also advanced to the second round of singles and the quarterfinals of doubles at the 2020 French Open, partnering fellow American Nicholas Monroe for the first time on his preferred surface.
American tennis instructor Brad Stine is from Fresno, California. He worked with Jim Courier, a former ATP No. 1 player. In 1986, while playing for the US junior national team alongside Greg Patton, Brad Stine began coaching with the USTA. Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Michael Chang, MaliVai Washington, Todd Martin, Jonathan Stark, Jared Palmer, David Wheaton, and Jeff Tarango, all of whom attained top 100 ATP rankings, were among the players who competed for the junior national team (Junior Davis Cup Team) at the time. Up until Jim Courier hired him on a full-time basis in 1991, he was employed by the USTA on a part-time basis.
In Boca Raton, Florida, Brad Stine is serving as a US National Coach for the USTA. He had been running his 360 Tennis Academy in Fresno, California, earlier. Tennis Channel Academy has featured him. On March 1, 2018, Kevin Anderson announced that Stine would serve as his tour manager for 2018. He led Kevin Anderson to the Wimbledon championship in 2018 and to a new career-high ranking of No. 5. Since 2020, he has been Tommy Paul’s trainer.
