Additionally, he qualified for many series in 2014, including the Sony Open Tennis, Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, and Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.
His breakthrough came at the Mutua Madrid Open when he defeated S. Wawrinka, the World No. 3, in straight sets.
In addition, Dominic Thiem also qualified for the Wimbledon and French Open in 2014 but lost to seeded players.
Dominic Thiem received his first seed in the Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad tournament but lost early in the series.
Whereas, his next breakthrough came in his first US Open in 2014 when he reached the fourth round. However, he lost to Tomas Berdych.
In 2015, he lost in the first round of the Australian Open and didn’t make any progress in early ATP events.
However, Dominic Thiem earned his first title after winning the ATP World Tour title in France where he defeated Leonardo Mayer. In the remainder of 2015, Thiem continued to compete in Grand Slams.
Dominic Thiem reached the second round at the French Open and was seeded at the Wimbledon Championships.
It was his first seeding in a Grand Slam, but he only reached the second round.
In the year 2015 Croatia Open Umag, he reached the final and defeated Joao Sousa to win his second title.
Later, Dominic Thiem also won the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad and achieved a ranking of World No. 21.
Towards the end of the year, with other tournament wins, Thiem was ranked at No. 18. During 2016, he reached the third round of the Australian Open.
He impressed the world after defeating Rafael Nadal at the Argentina Open and later winning the title, which was his fourth.
In February, he was ranked at No. 15 and was named the ‘Mover of the Week’ by ATP.
In fact, Thiem won the Mexican Open in February 2016 and climbed higher on the rankings chart. At the Italian Open, he defeated Roger Federer in the third round but lost later.
He also holds an impressive record at the Davis Cup in Austria, where he played both Singles and Doubles.
Besides that, Thiem defended his Nice title after defeating A. Zverev and earned another ATP title to his name.
Dominic Thiem reached the semi-finals at the French Open, his first in a grand slam. With these impressive performances, he entered the Top 10 and ranked at World No. 7.
In the year 2016 continued to be a bountiful one for Thiem. He won the Mercedes Cup after defeating Roger Federer and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
At Wimbledon and the Austrian Open, he was stopped in the second round. Later, he started facing a knee problem and retired from the Rogers Cup.
Titles continued to elude him in the second half of 2016. He reached the fourth round of the U.S. Open and the final in Metz but didn’t win.
He was ranked at World No. 8 at the end of the year. In the year 2017, he reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.
Later at the Rio Open, Thiem won another title after a dry spell and clinched his eighth ATP title.