Mother is Maaike and father is Robert. Both played tennis. Robert played at a younger age and Maaike began playing with Thijs and his sister, Myrthe.
Began playing tennis because of his sister. Was on court when she was practising and was not allowed to play at the time. Would pick up balls until he started to play a bit with the tennis balls themselves. Not that long after, Thijs was on court himself.
Wanted to become a tennis player around age 12 or 13, when he was playing a lot of tournaments, practising and really started to enjoy it. Began winning matches and got a feeling of what the life as a tennis player could be like. “It’s still my dream to become a great player,” he said.
Favourite shots are his groundstrokes, surface is hard court and tournament is the Australian Open.
His favourite city on Tour is Rotterdam.
Biggest interests outside of tennis are watching and playing football. Favourite team is Feyenoord. Likes to play FIFA football video game to clear his mind.
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