He racked up 32 career wins over Top 10 players. That includes 20 wins over Top 5 players, 15 wins over Top 3 players and five wins over world No. 1s—one against Andy Murray (2017 Barcelona semifinals), two against Nadal (2018 Madrid quarterfinals and 2020 Australian Open quarterfinals) and two against Djokovic (2019 Roland Garros semifinals and 2020 ATP Finals semifinals).
He’s one of only two players—along with Murray—to have five or more career wins over each of the Big 3. Thiem beat Federer five times, Nadal six times and Djokovic five times. Murray, meanwhile, defeated Federer 11 times, Nadal seven times and Djokovic 11 times.
He’s earned more than $30 million in career prize money, one of only 14 men in ATP history to do so. He’s at $30,312,316 going into Vienna. He’s one of five men born in 1990 or later to hit that mark alongside Zverev, Medvedev, Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
And finally, he would probably still be a top player had it not been for his wrist injury in 2021. He was ranked No. 5 when it happened at the Wimbledon lead-up event in Mallorca in June that year. He would be off the tour for nine months, missing the next three majors—including his title defense at the US Open. He returned in March 2022 ranked No. 50, and despite reaching one more ATP final, three more ATP semifinals and five more ATP quarterfinals, he hasn’t reached his previous incredible heights since then.
He does have one more tournament to go, though…
