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Wolfgang Thiem is a tennis coach from Austria.
He began his coaching career at Gunter Bresnik's academy in Vienna in 1997.
He is best known as the father of an Austrian professional tennis player, Dominic Thiem.
He has also worked as trainer and manager of his son Dominic.
Marital status
He is a happily married man. His beautiful wife's name is Karin Thiem. She is also a tennis coach.
Their exact date of the wedding is not available on their wiki sites.
They have already spent several decades together.
Their chemistry looks very strong, so they are blissfully spending their conjugal life together.
The couple has often spotted in their son matches where they are seen cheering and supporting him.
Two sons
He has two children with his wife, Karin Thiem.
He became a father for the first time with a son, and the couple named him Dominic Thiem.
Dominic was born on 3 September 1993 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
He began playing tennis when he was six. He is a tall man with a height of 6 feet and 1 inch.
He came to prominence after winning the 2020 US Open. He is not married yet.
His younger son's name is Moritz Thiem, who was born on 8 December 1999. He is also an Austrian tennis player.
Here is a family picture of Wolfgang Thiem's family, taken from his younger son Moritz's Instagram.
The picture is from Christmas day of 2018. The caption of the photo is 'Merry Christmas.'
Proud moment for father
His son is the first male player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam singles title and became the first Austrian to win US Open singles titles.
He won the match against Germany's Alexander Zverev in the final of the title.
It was such a proud moment for the father as well as for the family.
His father expressed his happiness through different media and congratulated his champion son.
He couldn't go to watch the match due to COVID-19 but enjoyed the match on television.
He was so busy giving interviews after his son's victory.
Here is one interview where Wolfgang Thiem expressed his happiness after his son won the title.
Dominic posted a photo on his Instagram of his victory day with his trophy and thanks to his family and everyone for his achievement.
The caption of the photo is
'THANK YOU…'
His tennis academy
He runs a tennis academy, and main motive to open that academy to encourage young talent towards tennis.
He said that the academy is for trials and tribulations in developing young tennis players in an interview.
He also added that he has carefully analyzed Austria's schooling system to determine its compatibility with tennis coaching.
He said that the high cost of training institutes stopped parents from pursuing their children's careers in sports, so his academy might help those kids who wanted to be a professional tennis player.
His course mainly focuses on parents of young or future players.
He has experience and knowledge to lead young's tennis player careers, so he/she can achieve his/her goal.
He focuses on technical, psychological, motor, and financial aspects in developing a junior career.
The academy is under the Austrian Tennis Committee. It has features of three hardcourts with the varying surface.
Here is the photo of the father-son duo during their visit to Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Net worth
He has a handsome amount of net worth because he is associated with tennis for a long time.
But his exact net worth is not available on the internet.
His son, Dominic has a net worth of 16 million as of 2020.
He manages to earn that sum of fortune from his tennis career.
Several endorsements, commercial ads, promotional, and sponsorships help him earn that sum of money at such a young age.
Some of the best male tennis players born in the 1990s are shown below.
Name | Age | Nationality |
Lucas Pouille | 24 | French |
Nick Kyrgios | 25 | Australian |
Grigor Dimitrov | 29 | Bulgarian |
Age and nationality
- His exact age is not available on his wiki sites. His nationality is Austrian.
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