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,
holding level shoulder slowly
I'm slowly getting back into things and the shoulder is holding up. If I play to this level I know I can do well here,
beat tough
I think it'll be tough to beat him here this week.
appreciate chance good health james might pro relish tennis
If you think there might be a chance that you can't play pro tennis ever again, you relish good tennis. You appreciate the times when you play good tennis, ... Right now, James is appreciating his health and his tennis game.
happiness happy played title win
I really played solid, and I'm really happy to win this title again.
changed lost racket second totally
I am totally frustrated. I should have never lost that second set. I changed my racket at 5-1, that was a big mistake.
accident months motorcycle parents ranked shoulder surgery
I was ranked No. 2 in the world and then I was out for 15 months between my shoulder surgery and my parents getting in a motorcycle accident in 2002,