Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario "Tommy" Haasis a German-American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 in May 2002, Haas's career was interrupted by injuries: he has twice dropped out of the world rankings due to being unable to play for twelve months. His first period of injury saw him miss the whole of the 2003 season, and he...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth3 April 1978
CityHamburg, Germany
confidence definitely gives good hopes next victory
This is definitely a good victory, not only for my own confidence but the game, and gives me good hopes next week.
ankle decided opportunity shoulder surgery
I had the opportunity for surgery but I decided I had enough, ... I had enough with my shoulder and I had two ankle surgeries in 1996 and 1997.
davis france good reckoned
France will have to be reckoned with in Davis Cup. We weren't good enough today.
behind break changed complexion confident crowd playing third
The break in the third set changed the complexion of things. With the crowd behind him, he's playing confident tennis.
guy hat man pushed somebody tip
This guy right now is pretty much the man to beat. If somebody can do it this week, great. I think I pushed him as much as I could today. You've got to tip your hat and just say, 'Unbelievable.
decided exhausted pure
I am exhausted and nothing is decided yet, ... I was pure adrenalin.
beat behind crowd good shot tough winning
It will be tough to beat him here this week, ... He's got the crowd behind him, which really helped. I give him a good shot at winning this title.
great
Overall, I thought it was a great point,
affected step
When I was able to come back after being down 40-15, I think that affected him mentally, ... I was able to step it up from there.
parent motorcycle world
I was ranked No in the world and then I was out for months between my shoulder surgery and my parents getting in a motorcycle accident in ,
way firsts care
The way I've been playing, I didn't really care who I was going to be playing first round.
focused game match might serve tough
When you serve for a match and you don't get that game and it's 5-all, it is tough to get yourself focused again. I thought he might be frustrated.
fantastic moves plays
When it comes down to it, he plays fantastic tennis, he moves unbelievably well.
against chance few players playing roger
There are only a few players that I think can probably have a chance against Roger if he is playing his best.