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Smola, l. to Mager in 2R). • Captured ITF World Tennis Tour singles titles at Sharm El Sheikh, EGY in March (d. Vivero Gonzalez); Troisdorf, GER in May (d. Vanneste) and Stockholm, SWE in September (d. Van de Zandschulp). • Won ITF World Tennis Tour doubles titles w/Zielinski at Wroclaw, POL in July (d. Galka/Galus); Antalya, TUR in September (d. Kalyanpur/Stevenson) and Sharm El Sheikh, EGY in November (d. Vivero Gonzalez/Yu). Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) Hurkacz Leads 1-0 19 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-4 Thiem 2019 Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 4 (Career-High No. 4) | 2019 W-L: 49-19 | Career Titles: 16 W (5): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Federer); Barcelona (d Medvedev); Kitzbuhel (d Ramos-Vinolas); Beijing (d Tsitsipas); Vienna (d Schwartzman) F (2): Roland Garros (l Nadal); Nitto ATP Finals (l Tsitsipas) • Defeated Schwartzman 6-3 7-6(3) (AUT d. ARG 3-0) after falling to Coric 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 (CRO d. AUT 3-0). • Finished as No. 1 Austrian for 6th straight year in 2019. • Tied with Djokovic for ATP Tour-lead with 5 titles. Led ATP with 211 wins from 2016-19 (Nadal 2nd with 210). • Captured biggest of 16 career titles at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. 5-time champion Federer). • Joined 8-time ATP Masters 1000 champion Muster as 2nd Austrian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. • Defeated Federer and Djokovic en route to Nitto ATP Finals championship match (l. to Tsitsipas in 3rd-set TB). • Won ATP 500 titles at Barcelona (d. Nadal and Medvedev), Beijing (d. Tsitsipas) and Vienna (d. Schwartzman). • Beat Nadal on clay for 4th straight season and became 2nd player to earn 4+ wins over Nadal on clay (Djokovic 7). • Did not drop a set en route to ATP 250 title at Kitzbuhel (d. Ramos-Vinolas). Went 9-0 in Austria last season. • Advanced to 4th straight Roland Garros SF and 2nd straight final (d. 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