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Bjorn Thomson

Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Birmingham, United Kingdom
High School:
IMG Academy

HONORS & AWARDS
2019 All-Big 12 First Team (Doubles)
2019 NCAA Doubles Participant (Round of 32)
2019 ITA Fall National Championship Runner-Up (Doubles)
2019 All-Big 12 Academic First Team
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
2017 NCAA Doubles Participant (Round of 16)
2017 ITA Doubles Final Ranking (No. 18)
2017 ITA Singles Final Ranking (No. 78)
2017 All-Big 12 First Team (Doubles)
2016 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (Singles & Doubles)
2016 ITA Doubles Final Ranking (No. 65)
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
2017 All-Big 12 Academic First Team
2016 ITA Scholar Athlete

SENIOR (2018-19)
Thomson tallied 12 singles wins, including 9 in dual match play, during his redshirt junior campaign … Collected one win at the Harvard Chowder Fest in Cambridge over Logan Weber of Harvard (Sept. 14) … Collected two-consecutive wins at the ITA Texas Regionals against UIW and Abilene Christian, both in straight sets (Oct. 19-20) … Opened the dual match season with a win against Bryant on court four by a margin of 7-6(1), 6-4 (Jan. 11) … Picked up another win in the fourth slot in the Red Raiders’ upset bid over No. 14 Texas A&M in Dallas, defeating Noah Schachter in straight sets at a 6-3, 6-3 clip (Feb. 1) … Defeated his opponent with two-consecutive tiebreaker wins at home against Iowa, and followed with a 6-2, 7-6(4) victory over Isaac Nortey of Nebraska the same day (March 3) … Rounded out his non-conference slate with a win against Mohamed Abdel-Aziz in straight sets at Rice (March 23) … Rattled off a three-game winning streak in conference play, beginning with a victory over No. 115 Bertus Kruger of No. 9 TCU in Fort Worth at 6-2, 6-4 (March 31) … Followed that win with a match-clinching victory at home versus Mathieu Scaglia of Oklahoma State, where he battled his way to a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4) win (April 5) … Collected his final singles win at home against Oklahoma in three sets (April 7) … Made his mark in doubles play with junior Parker Wynn, as the pair notched 29 wins, including 15 in dual match play and six against ranked opponents … Thomson and Wynn were a staple in the national rankings, as the two were ranked in the top-10 in the final eight national polls, while earning All-Big 12 First Team honors for their efforts on the court … Started their year by going 3-0 in Cambridge at the Harvard Chowder Fest (Sept. 14-16), followed by a pair of wins at the ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 1-2) … Registered four victories at the 2018 ITA Texas Regionals, including wins over conference foes Baylor and Texas (Oct. 19-22) … Made an impressive run at the ITA Fall Nationals (Nov. 7-11) … Defeated opponents from Nevada, San Diego, Arizona State and Cal to reach the final round of the Fall Nationals, where they would ultimately fall, becoming the runner-up … Snagged wins over the No. 1 duos of No. 18 Tennessee and No. 14 Texas A&M (Jan. 26-27) … Defeated No. 34 Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic of No. 3 Mississippi State at home by a 6-4 margin (Feb. 8) … Collected two more wins against No. 19 Tulane and No. 49 Sumit Sarkar and Eric Rutledge of Rice (Feb. 10, Feb. 22) ... Picked up another win against Rutledge and Sarkar on the road at Rice (March 23) to round out the non-conference schedule … Defeated No. 6 Reese Stalder and Bertus Kruger by a score of 6-4 in Fort Worth against No. 9 TCU (March 31) … Fought their way to a win against Oklahoma before taking down the No. 1 ranked doubles team of Sven Lah and Jimmy Bendeck of No. 6 Baylor at 6-2 (April 14) … Took their last match of the year against No. 64 Anders Holm and N. Moreno de Alboran of No. 51 UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament (May 3).

JUNIOR (2017-18)
Thomson received a medical redshirt for the 2017-18 season due to injury.

SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
Thomson produced a 22-7 singles record highlighted by a 14-3 mark in dual matches split between the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 lines … His .824 dual match winning percentage is fifth-best, while his .759 overall winning percentage ranks 10th for a single season … Entered the ITA singles rankings at a season’s best No. 60 (March 21) and finished with a No. 78 ranking … Started spring campaign on a 13-match winning streak (Jan. 14-March 24) … Won 10 of 13 matches over that span by straight sets … Outlasted Max Lunkin (1-6, 6-1, 6-3) of No. 25 Texas A&M (Feb. 12) … Dismissed Edison Ortiz (7-6 (5), 6-2) to seal 4-1 victory against No. 50 Alabama (Feb. 25) ... Defeated his first three ranked opponents in spring which included No. 105 Thomas Mayronne (6-0, 4-6, 6-4) of No. 16 South Carolina (Feb. 24), No. 45 Logan Smith (6-2, 6-2) of No. 7 Southern Cal (March 14) and No. 75 Andrew Watson (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)) of No. 28 Memphis (March 24) … Notched Texas Tech’s third point of a 4-3 comeback win over No. 103 Arjun Kadhe (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) of No. 8 Oklahoma State (April 28) in semifinals of Big 12 Championships … Secured a team-best 27-12 doubles record which included a 15-9 mark in dual matches … The 27 doubles wins are third-most for a single season in program history only behind Hugo Dojas (29) and Felipe Soares (29) in 2015-16 … Amassed 14 of his 15 dual match victories with Connor Curry mostly at the No. 1 slot … The 14 doubles victories on the No. 1 doubles line are tied for fifth in program history for a single season … Tucked away All-Big 12 First-Team accolades in doubles … Finished season with a No. 18 ITA national ranking and made a run to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Doubles Championships (May 24-26) … Posted a 6-5 record against nationally ranked doubles teams when paired with Curry … Won his opening seven matches with Curry (Feb. 5-25) sparked by a win over No. 13 Alexander Day and Luke Gamble (6-2) of Princeton (Feb. 25) … Routed No. 19 Brandon Holt and Riley Smith (6-0) of No. 7 Southern Cal (March 14) … Took down No. 17 Juan Benitez and Will Little (6-4) of No. 6 Baylor (April 27) to clinch doubles point during quarterfinals of Big 12 Championships … Captured comeback win versus No. 24 Jai Corbett and Henrick Korsgaard (0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (6)) of Virginia Tech in opening match of NCAA Doubles Championships … Garnered eight fall singles wins over his four tournament appearances … Started the fall season with a No. 29 doubles ranking with Alex Sendegeya … Racked up a trio of singles victories en route to semifinals appearance at the John Breaux Tennis Classic (Sept. 22-25) … Worked his way past Ole Miss’ Grey Hamilton (6-1, 6-4), No. 35 Jordan Diagle of LSU (4-6, 6-4, 6-2) and Texas’ Colin Markes (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) … Won four consolation matches during the ITA Texas Regionals (Oct. 21-24) … Won 11 of 13 doubles matches in the fall when partnered with Sendegeya … Won the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic (Sept. 22-25) title fueled by back-to-back ranked wins versus No. 31 William Bushamaka and Beck Pennington of Kentucky (6-4, 6-4) in the semifinals and No. 28 Justin Butsch and Jordan Diagle (7-6, 6-7, 6-2) of LSU in the championship match … Notched semifinal run at ITA Texas Regionals before falling to eventual champions and No. 20 Max Lunkin and Arthur Rinderknech of Texas A&M (3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4)) … Won three matches at SoCal Intercollegiate (Oct. 27-30) before weather stopped the event in the championship round.

PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
Thomson trained at IMG Academy in Florida from 2014-16 … Ranked as high as No. 83 of ITF junior rankings in May 2015 … Made 2015 Ireland F1 Future Semifinals in both singles and doubles … Defeated Lloyd Glasspool of Texas, 2014 NCAA Doubles Champion, at the event … Was a singles quarterfinalist at the 2015 Canadian Open Junior Championships … Won a qualifying match at the 2015 Australian Open and 2015 U.S. Open Junior Championships … Trained with Irish Davis Team … Also recruited by Texas, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Tulsa and Wake Forest.

PERSONAL
Born on October 31, 1997 … Majoring in sport management and carries a 4.0 GPA … Recognized by Big 12 Champions for Life in April 2017.