tommy haas tennis star

tommy haas was Born in Hamburg, Germany to Brigitte and Peter Haas, Haas started playing his own version of tennis when he was two years old, by using a wooden plank to hit balls against the wall or into his father's hands. Haas won his first youth tournament, in Hamburg. At eight years old, he won his second, in Munich. Between eleven and thirteen, Haas would twice win the Austrian Championship, the German Championship, and the European Championship. He has two sisters, Sabine (born 24 April 1975) and Karin (born 16 June 1979).

Haas is married to actress Sara Foster. On 27 January 2010, Haas became a United States citizen.

Haas's talents were noted by world renowned tennis guru Nick Bollettieri. Nick was so impressed by the young German's talent that he offered Haas the chance to stay and train at his Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Florida for free.

tommy haas

tommy haas

tommy haas

tommy haas

the beginning of the new season, Haas pulled out of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open due to elbow problems. However, he appeared in Kooyong Exhibition game where he beat Mardy Fish 7–6, 6–3.

At the 2009 Australian Open, Haas had decent run easily beating Eduardo Schwank in the 1st Round and Flavio Cipolla in the 2nd. In the 3rd Round, he fell to the tournament's No.1 seed and eventual champion Rafael Nadal with a score of 4–6, 2–6, 2–6.

Haas at the 2009 French OpenAt the SAP Open in San Jose, he joined forces with Czech Radek Štěpánek to clinch his first-ever doubles title after losing in the quarter-finals to defending champion Andy Roddick.

Haas lost in the first round in both Memphis and Delray Beach. Haas did not succeed to defend the quarter-finals of BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he fell to Novak Djokovic in 3rd Round 2–6, 6–7, after defeating Óscar Hernández and Rainer Schüttler. Another failure in Miami Masters, as Tommy lost to Mikhail Kukushkin.

the 2009 French Open, Haas matched his best result since 2002. He defeated Andrei Pavel in straight sets, and then won a five-setter (6–3 7–6(2) 3–6 4–6 6–3) against Leonardo Mayer. After defeating Jérémy Chardy in the third round, Haas was narrowly defeated by the former world No.1 and eventual Roland Garros champion Roger Federer; 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 4–6, 0–6, 2–6 in the 4th Round Match.