Thiago Seyboth Wild
Seyboth Wild at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000
Marechal Cândido Rondon, Paraná, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachDuda Matos[1]
Prize moneyUS$ $964,189
Singles
Career record13–24 (35.1% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 74 (25 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 78 (8 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open3R (2023)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record3–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 197 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 273 ((8 January 2024)
Last updated on: 14 January 2024.

Thiago Seyboth Wild (Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃiˈaɡu ˈzajbɨtʃ ˈviwdʒ];[2] born 10 March 2000) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He won the 2018 US Open junior singles title. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 74 on 25 September 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 197 achieved on 22 May 2023. He had a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 8 achieved on 22 January 2018.

Seyboth Wild made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Brasil Open after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw. He won his first Challenger title at Guayaquil defeating Bolivian Hugo Dellien on November 3, 2019. At just 19 years old, he won his first ATP Tour title in Santiago defeating Casper Ruud on 1 March 2020. By winning this title he became the youngest Brazilian ever to win an ATP title. He also became the first player born in the 2000s to win an ATP Tour title.

Career

2018: Junior Grand Slam title

Wild became the second Brazilian to win a junior Grand Slam (US Open) on September 9, joining Tiago Fernandes. He also made the junior semifinal at the Roland Garros, and at the doubles of US Open and French Open.

2019: First Challenger title

In November 2019, at the age of 19, he won his first Challenger in Guayaquil, entering the top 300 in the world for the first time. With the title, he jumped to the 235th place in the world ranking, and became the third best tennis player in Brazil at the moment, behind only Thiago Monteiro and João Menezes.

2020: First ATP title, Top 125 and Major debuts

Wild, 2022.

In February 2020, he received wildcard to participate in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, where he defeated the Spaniard top 100 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in three sets (5–7, 7–6 (7–3) and 7–5) in the first round, in the longest match in the history of the tournament (3 hours and 49 minutes). In the next round, he faced world number 32 Borna Ćorić, losing in the third set tiebreak. With this result, he entered the world top 200 for the first time on February 24, moving up to ranking No. 182.

In the following week, invited as a wildcard to the ATP 250 in Santiago, Wild had his best campaign: he defeated Facundo Bagnis, Juan Ignacio Londero (world No. 63) and in the quarterfinals, the top seed of the tournament, and champion of the Rio Open, the Chilean world No. 18 Cristian Garín, who retired after losing the first set in a tiebreak. In the semifinals he defeated Renzo Olivo in straight sets becoming the youngest Brazilian to reach a final at this level, surpassing the achievements of former world No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten, then aged 20, and of Jaime Oncins and Thomaz Bellucci, at 21 years old. He also became the first Brazilian to compete in an ATP level final since Bellucci was runner-up in Houston in April 2017. In the final, he defeated Norwegian Casper Ruud (ranked No. 38 and champion of the Argentina Open two weeks before), in three sets, becoming champion at 19 years old, surpassing Kuerten, who won his first ATP title at the age of 20. Wild was also the youngest tennis player to win a title in the Latin American clay court since Rafael Nadal won Acapulco in 2005, at the age of 18. Wild climbed up 69 positions, reaching a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 113, becoming the second-highest ranked tennis player in Brazil.[3][4]

In March, Seyboth Wild became the first professional tennis player to announce a diagnosis of COVID-19.[5] He was investigated for an alleged breach of quarantine prior to receiving the test results.[6]

After the season was stopped for a few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he made his Major debut at the 2020 US Open (tennis). In September, Seyboth Wild participated in the Challenger 125 in Aix-en-Provence, France, reaching the final.[7]

2023: Maiden doubles final, four Challenger titles, first Major and top 10 win, top 75 debut

After two years of having poor results, in March, Wild reached the final of the Challenger in Santiago, losing to Hugo Dellien, and the following week, he won the Challenger in Vina del Mar, defeating top seed Hugo Gaston and returning to the top 230 in the singles rankings on 20 March 2023.[8][9]

He also reached the doubles final at the 2023 Chile Open partnering Matías Soto. As a result he reached a new career career doubles ranking of No. 230 on 20 March 2023.[10]

In April, Wild won the Buenos Aires Challenger in singles and doubles. With that, he returned to the world top 200 in singles, and entered the world top 200 in doubles for the first time.[11][12]

In May, participating in the Piemonte Open, which is an ATP Challenger Tour 175 event, he reached the quarterfinals losing to the top seed and top-50 player, Argentine Sebastián Báez, in three sets.[13]

Ranked No. 172, Wild qualified for Roland Garros for the first time. He entered the tournament qualifications as one of the lowest ranked players. He won his three matches against Antoine Bellier, Ričardas Berankis and Dominik Koepfer losing only one set.[14] He upset world No. 2 and second seed Daniil Medvedev in a five-set match to advance to the second round, earning the biggest win of his career.[15] Next he defeated former top 20 Guido Pella to move to the third round of a Major for the first time in his career.[16] In the third round, facing the 27th seed Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, Wild was leading two sets to 1, but succumbed to fatigue, being eliminated in 3 sets to 2.[17]

Competing as unranked in the post-Roland Garros Grass tournaments, Wild made his preparation and entered the Wimbledon qualifying tournament, while fighting for the No. 1 spot in Brazil, over Felipe Meligeni Alves and Thiago Monteiro.[18] He defeated Jelle Sels and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, but in the last round of qualifying, faced Tomás Barrios Vera. At the beginning of the fifth and final set, he suffered a slight sprain in his ankle that cost him his place in the main draw of Wimbledon. Wild then decided to compete on clay in the Challenger in Karlsruhe, Germany.[19]

After reaching the quarterfinals in Karlsruhe, and the semifinals of the Challenger 125 in Braunschweig, both in Germany, Wild became the No. 1 Brazilian tennis player for the first time, surpassing Thiago Monteiro, who spent five years in this position.[20]

Wild broke into the world top 100 for the first time, when he won the Challenger in Como, Italy.[21] He defeated former top 20 Benoît Paire in the semifinal and former top-40 Pedro Martínez in the final, winning his fourth career Challenger title and third of the year.[22][23]

The following week, playing in the Challenger 125 in Genoa, Wild won his second Challenger in a row and the fourth of the year, defeating former world top 10 Fabio Fognini in the final and becoming the tennis player with the most Challenger titles in 2023 to date.[24]

As a result of those two Challenger titles he reached world No. 76, climbing 30 spots in the rankings on 11 September 2023.[25]

In the final stretch of the 2023 season, he played four ATPs on fast indoor courts (Stockholm, Basel, Paris-Bercy and Metz), a first in his career, aiming to evolve and better adapt to this type of court.[26]

2024

Wild entered the AUS Open main draw for the first time in his life, having been drawn to face the tournament's No.5 seed, Andrey Rublev. Despite the fact that Wild was the underdog of the match, he sought a draw in the match after losing 2 sets to 0 and came close to eliminating the Russian, taking the game to a tie-break of the 5th and final set, with the game ending in partials of 7/5, 6/3, 3/6, 4/6 and 7/6 (10-6) in favor of Rublev. [27]

Personal life

In September 2021, it was revealed that Seyboth Wild was being investigated by Brazilian Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State for physical and emotional abuse towards ex-girlfriend Thayane Lima,[28] for which he received a restraining order.[29] Seyboth Wild has since denied the charges,[30] and has launched a defamation and extortion attempt lawsuit.[31][32] Two lawsuits investigating the allegations of domestic and psychological violence and moral damage were filed in April 2023, with the government indicting Wild. A third investigation is currently in progress and runs in secrecy of Justice.[33]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament201820192020202120222023SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q1 Q1 Q1 3R 0 / 1 2–1
Wimbledon A A NH Q2 Q1 Q3 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A 1R A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0 / 2 2–2
National representation
Davis Cup A A QR A QR 0 / 0 0–2
ATP Masters 1000
Miami Open A A NH 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 3 3 6 1 8 22
Titles 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Finals 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–3 6–3 1–6 1–2 4–6 13–21
Year-end ranking 449 211 116 131 417 73

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2020 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Norway Casper Ruud 7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2023 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Chile Matías Soto Italy Andrea Pellegrino
Italy Andrea Vavassori		 4–6, 6–3, [10–12]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 Turkey F39, Antalya Futures Clay Spain Jordi Samper-Montaña 6–0, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2017 Turkey F42, Antalya Futures Clay Italy Riccardo Bonadio 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Apr 2018 Brazil F1, São José do Rio Preto Futures Clay Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 2–2 May 2018 Brazil F4, Curitiba Futures Clay Brazil João Lucas Reis da Silva 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Jun 2019 France M25, Montauban World Tour Clay France Hugo Gaston 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–2 Nov 2019 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 6–4, 6–0
Loss 4–3 Sep 2020 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay Germany Oscar Otte 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Loss 4–4 Mar 2023 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Mar 2023 Viña Del Mar, Chile Challenger Clay France Hugo Gaston 7–5, 6–1
Win 6–4 Apr 2023 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Italy Luciano Darderi 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–4 Sep 2023 Como, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Pedro Martínez 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–4 Sep 2023 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Fabio Fognini 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2017 Turkey F42,
Antalya		 Futures Clay Ecuador Diego Hidalgo Turkey Koray Kırcı
Japan Takashi Saito		 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2018 Brazil F3,
Brasília		 Futures Clay Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry Brazil Oscar José Gutierrez
Brazil Igor Marcondes		 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
Loss 2–1 Jun 2019 France M25,
Montauban		 World Tour Clay France Dan Added Colombia Alejandro Gomez
United States Junior Alexander Ore		 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–1 Jul 2019 France M25,
Ajaccio		 World Tour Hard France Yanais Laurent Germany Fabian Fallert
Germany Hendrik Jebens		 6–4, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss 3–2 Nov 2019 Guayaquil,
Ecuador		 Challenger Clay Brazil Pedro Sakamoto Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar		 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–2 Apr 2023 Buenos Aires,
Argentina		 Challenger Clay Argentina Francisco Comesaña Argentina Hernán Casanova
Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna		 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2018 US Open Hard Italy Lorenzo Musetti 6–1, 2–6, 6–2

Record against top 10 players

Seyboth Wild's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface.[34]
Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Russia Daniil Medvedev 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2023 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Norway Casper Ruud 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (7–5, 4–6, 6–3) at 2020 Santiago
Germany Alexander Zverev 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Davis Cup
Number 5 ranked players
Russia Andrey Rublev 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(6–10)) at 2024 Australian Open
Number 6 ranked players
France Gaël Monfils 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2021 Lyon
Number 9 ranked players
Italy Fabio Fognini 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–7(3–7), 6–7(9–11)) at 2023 Metz
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6) at 2024 United Cup
Total 2–5 28.57% 0–3
(0%)		 2–2
(50%)		 0–0
( – )		 * Statistics correct as of 14 January 2024.

Wins over top 10 players

  • He has a 1–2 (33.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[35]
Season2023Total
Wins11
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score TSWR
2023
1. Daniil Medvedev 2 French Open, Paris, France Clay 1R 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 172
*As of 30 May 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Thiago Seyboth Wild | Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. ↑ "Sound file" (MP3). ATP Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "TenisBrasil - Wild bate top 40, leva 1º ATP e supera feito de Guga". TenisBrasil.uol.com.br. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Thiago Seyboth Wild Defeats Casper Ruud, Wins First ATP Tour Title in Santiago". ATP Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "COVID-19 hits tennis: Seyboth Wild first pro to disclose positive test". Tennis.com.
  6. ↑ "Thiago Seyboth Wild investigated in Brazil for violating quarantine rules". Tennisworldusa.org. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Thiago Wild emplaca duas vitórias no dia e vai à final de Challenger na França; Monteiro cai em Roma". Ge.globo.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "TenisBrasil - Wild ganha segundo challenger e fica entre os 230". TenisBrasil, a cobertura completa do circuito do tênis está aqui.
  9. ↑ "Borges Wins Biggest Career Title At Phoenix Challenger | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  10. ↑ "Thiago Wild é vice de duplas no ATP 250 de Santiago". ClicRBS. 5 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Wild conquista novo challenger e volta ao top 200". Tenisbrasil. 30 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Embalado, Wild conquista seu maior título de duplas". Tenisbrasil. 29 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Wild luta por quase 2h30 e perde para principal favorito". Tenisbrasil. 18 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Thiago Wild atropela alemão e garante vaga na chave de Roland Garros". Radio Itatiaia. 26 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Thiago Seyboth Wild Defeats Daniil Medvedev At Roland Garros | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  16. ↑ "Yoshihito Nishioka advances to third round of French Open". 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  17. ↑ Wild sofre dura virada e cai em batalha de 5 sets
  18. ↑ Wild segue firme e avança no quali de Wimbledon
  19. ↑ Wild vai à Alemanha, brasileiros jogam na Argentina
  20. ↑ Após 5 anos, Wild quebra domínio de Monteiro
  21. ↑ "Ben Shelton Set for Top 20 Breakthrough Behind US Open Run | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  22. ↑ Wild bate Paire, decide e fica perto do inédito top 100
  23. ↑ Wild vira, é campeão e garante estreia no top 100
  24. ↑ Wild bate Fognini e fatura segundo título seguido
  25. ↑ "Dominic Stricker Headlines Four Top 100 Breakthroughs | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  26. ↑ Thiago Wild: “2023 foi o melhor ano da minha vida”
  27. ↑ Wild joga muito, mas perde para Rublev em 5 sets
  28. ↑ Oddo, Chris. "Thiago Seyboth Wild Under Investigation for Abuse of Ex". Tennis Now. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  29. ↑ Addicott, Adam (September 30, 2021). "Thiago Seyboth Wild Under Police Investigation Over Domestic Abuse Allegations".
  30. ↑ "Thiago Seyboth Wild denies domestic violence accusations made by ex-girlfriend". Tennis World USA. October 1, 2021.
  31. ↑ https://twitter.com/alcalejon/status/1443624674844368900
  32. ↑ "Na única vez em que se pronunciou sobre denúncia, Thiago Wild acusou ex-namorada de tentativa de extorsão". O Globo. June 1, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Thiago Wild, nº 2 do tênis nacional, é indiciado por suposta agressão a ex-mulher". ge. October 26, 2021.
  34. ↑ "Thiago Seyboth Wild Rivalries". Ultimate Tennis.
  35. ↑ "Thiago Seyboth Wild – ATP Win/Loss". ATP Tour.
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