At the 2015 Australian Open, Thiem lost in the first round to Roberto Bautista

Agut. At Rotterdam he beat Ernests Gulbis in the first round but fell to Sergiy
Stakhovsky in the second round. At Marseille, he defeated Jo�o Sousa and David
Goffin to reach the quarter-finals, where he was beaten by Bautista Agut. The next
week in Dubai, he lost again to the Spaniard in the first round. The Austrian
reached the quarter-finals at the Miami Open, after defeating Diego Schwartzman,
Feliciano L�pez, Jack Sock and Adrian Mannarino, then lost to Andy Murray in three
sets. At the Rome Masters he won over Gilles Simon to reach the third round, where
he was defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka.

Thiem won his first career ATP World Tour title in Nice, France,[7] defeating Nick
Kyrgios, Ernests Gulbis and John Isner en route to winning a close three-setter
against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in the final.

At the 2015 French Open, Thiem defeated Alja� Bedene in four sets to progress to
the second round, where he was defeated by 21st seed Pablo Cuevas in four close
sets.

Thiem started his grass court campaign at the 2015 MercedesCup, where he entered as
the seventh seed. Despite this, he fell in the first round to qualifier Mischa
Zverev. At the 2015 Gerry Weber Open, Thiem suffered another first round loss,
against second seed Kei Nishikori. The Austrian entered the 2015 Aegon Open
Nottingham as the seventh seed, which gained him a bye into the second round. He
easily defeated Malek Jaziri to claim his first win on grass in 2015, but was
knocked out in the next round by Alexandr Dolgopolov. Thiem competed at the third
grand slam of the year, the 2015 Wimbledon Championships as the 32nd seed, marking
the first time he had been seeded at a grand slam tournament. He defeated Israel's
Dudi Sela in four sets, marking his first ever win at Wimbledon. In the second
round, Thiem lost a close five-setter against Fernando Verdasco, despite being 2�1
up in sets.

After Wimbledon, he next participated at the 2015 Croatia Open Umag as the fourth
seed, giving him a bye into the second round. With wins over Du�an Lajovic and
compatriot Andreas Haider-Maurer (after both players retired), Thiem advanced to
the semifinals, where he came back from a set down to win against Ga�l Monfils and
earn himself a place in his third career final. In the final, he defeated
Portugal's Jo�o Sousa in straight sets to claim his second career ATP World Tour
title. A week later, Thiem won his third title at the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad,
beating David Goffin in the final, and winning back to back tournaments for the
first time. As a result of these tournament wins, Thiem achieved a new career high
ATP ranking of world No. 21.

Thiem next played at his home tournament, the 2015 Generali Open Kitzb�hel as the
No. 1 seed, marking the first time he entered an ATP tournament as the top seeded
player. After receiving a bye, he managed to avoid an early exit, as he gained a
close three set win against Andreas Haider-Maurer, despite being a set down, and a
break down in the final set. He defeated Albert Monta��s in the quarterfinals,
after his opponent retired five games into the second set. In the semifinals, he
was denied a place in his third consecutive final when he lost to German Philipp
Kohlschreiber in two sets, ending his winning streak of 10 matches. After the
tournament ended, Thiem entered the top 20 for the first time, reaching a new
career high of world No. 18.Thiem started the year with a semifinal run in Brisbane
on outdoor hard courts, beating James Duckworth, Denis Kudla and world no. 13 Marin
Cilic, but losing to Roger Federer in straight sets. He then received a bye into
the second round of the Sydney International, where he retired against Gilles
M�ller due to a recurring right foot blister.[8] Thiem reached the third round of
the Australian Open, his best run yet. He beat Leonardo Mayer and Nicol�s Almagro,
but lost to world number 16 David Goffin in four sets.
Thiem next competed at the Argentina Open, where he was seeded fifth. He beat Pablo
Carre�o, Gast�o Elias (saving a match point), and Du�an Lajovic to reach the
semifinals. There, he upset top seed, world number 5 and defending champion Rafael
Nadal in three sets after saving another match point. Thiem went on to win his
fourth ATP title by defeating Nicol�s Almagro in three sets.[9]

Dominic Thiem with coach G�nter Bresnik, 2016

He next competed at the Rio Open. There, Thiem defeated Pablo And�jar and Diego
Schwartzman to reach the quarterfinals. He ensured that he would contest his second
semifinal in as many weeks with a second top-ten win in two weeks, this time over
David Ferrer. After the match, Thiem stated that "it was one of the "best matches
of [his] life". However, he faced a surprise defeat against No. 71 Guido Pella in
the semifinals, displaying visible signs of fatigue during the match. Despite this,
due to his deep runs in two consecutive tournaments, he attained a career-high
ranking of 15 on 22 February 2016, and was named the ATP's "Mover of the Week".[10]
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