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Learner Tien
Tien at the 2024 US Open
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceIrvine, California, United States
Born (2005-12-02) December 2, 2005 (age 18)
Turned pro2022
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
CollegeUniversity of Southern California[2]
CoachEric Diaz
Prize moneyUS $370,959
Singles
Career record3–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 124 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 124 (14 October 2024)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
US Open1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 754 (20 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 898 (21 October 2024)[1]
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2023)
French Open JuniorQF (2023)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2022)
US Open Junior2R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open1R (2024)
Last updated on: 25 October 2024.

Learner Tien (born December 2, 2005) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 124 achieved on 14 October 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 754 achieved on 20 November 2023.

Early life

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Tien was born in Irvine, California to Vietnamese parents. His first name, Learner, is inspired by his mother's profession — a math teacher.[3] His sister is named Justice after his father's profession — an attorney.

Tien started playing tennis as an infant, and won his first tournament at the Racquet Club of Irvine at the age of 5.[4]

Junior career

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Tien had a very successful career as a junior, compiling a 76-23 win-loss record and reaching two junior Grand Slam finals, at the 2023 Australian Open and the 2023 US Open, culminating with a ranking of world no. 4 in singles. He also reached the world no. 4 ranking in doubles, compiling a 36-18 win-loss record and winning the 2023 Australian Open, partnering Cooper Williams.

Junior Grand Slam singles results

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Australian Open: F (2023)
French Open: SF (2023)
Wimbledon: QF (2022, 2023)
US Open: F (2023)

Junior Grand Slam doubles results

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Australian Open: W (2023)
French Open: QF (2023)
Wimbledon: 2R (2022)
US Open: 2R (2022)

Professional career

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2022-2023: Junior National champion, Major debut

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At just 16 years old, Tien won the 2022 USTA Boys 18s National Championship, which earned him a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 US Open. This made him the youngest player to compete in the men’s singles main draw at the US Open since a then-16-year-old Donald Young (also the champion at Kalamazoo) played in the 2005 US Open, and also the first player aged 16 to compete since Zachary Svajda in 2019.[5] He lost in four sets to 32nd seed Miomir Kecmanović.

In August 2023, he received a wildcard into the 2023 US Open but lost to Frances Tiafoe in the first round.[6]

2024: First Challenger titles & ATP wins & quarterfinal, top 155

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In July, he also received a wildcard for the 2024 Cranbrook Tennis Classic in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where he lifted his maiden Challenger title. He became the youngest American Challenger champion since 2016, when an 18-year-old Frances Tiafoe won in Granby, Canada.[7][8] He also won the M25 in Lakewood, California, increasing his winning streak to 25.[9][10] At the end of July, a week later, he again made the quarterfinals at the 2024 Chicago Men's Challenger and reached the top 250 in the rankings on 29 July 2024. He reached his second Challenger semifinal of the season, defeating eight seed Hong Seong-chan.[11] He lost to Yunchaokete Bu, ending a 28-match winning streak across ITF and ATP Challenger tournaments. A week later, he also made the quarterfinals at the 2024 Lexington Challenger but lost to Hugo Grenier.[12]

He secured a main draw wildcard for the US Open by winning the US Open wildcard challenge.[13][14][15]

Ranked No. 231, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Winston-Salem Open. There he defeated fellow qualifier Tristan Schoolkate and upset ninth seed Fábián Marozsán[16] and Thiago Seyboth Wild to record his first three ATP Tour wins and reach his first ATP quarterfinal. He became the youngest American ATP tour-level quarterfinalist since Brandon Nakashima in 2020 (in Delray Beach). As a result he climbed 40 positions in the singles rankings to world No. 191 on 26 August 2024.[17]

He won his second Challenger title in Las Vegas, defeating Tristan Boyer, and moved up another 40 positions in the singles rankings to a new career-high of world No. 151 on 16 September 2024.[18]

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0-1 0 / 3 0–3 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0-0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 2 Career total: 4
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0-1 0–1 3–2 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Year-end ranking 860 452


ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 12 (10 titles, 1 runner-up, 1 pending)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–0)
ITF WTT (7–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2024 Cranbrook Tennis Classic, USA Challenger Hard United States Nishesh Basavareddy 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 2024 Las Vegas Challenger, USA Challenger Hard United States Tristan Boyer 7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2024 Fairfield Challenger, USA Challenger Hard Australia Bernard Tomic 6–0, 6–1
Pending – Nov 2024 Knoxville Challenger, USA Challenger Hard (i) United States Christopher Eubanks TBD
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 M15 Fayetteville, USA WTT Hard United Kingdom Toby Samuel 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2023 M15 Irvine, USA WTT Hard United States Quinn Vandecasteele 7–5, 6–2
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 M15 Norman, USA WTT Hard (i) Portugal Duarte Vale 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win 3–1 Nov 2023 M25 Columbus, USA WTT Hard (i) United Kingdom Jacob Fearnley 2–0 ret.
Win 4–1 May 2024 M15 San Diego, USA WTT Hard Brazil Karue Sell 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–1 Jun 2024 M15 San Diego, USA WTT Hard United States Alafia Ayeni 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Win 6–1 Jun 2024 M15 Rancho Santa Fe, USA WTT Hard United Kingdom Matthew Summers 6–3, 6–1
Win 7–1 Jul 2024 M15 Lakewood, USA WTT Hard United States Govind Nanda 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF WTT (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2022 M15 East Lansing, USA WTT Hard (i) United States Alex Michelsen United Kingdom Joshua Goodger
United Kingdom Emile Hudd 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jun 2023 M15 Irvine, USA WTT Hard United States Bryce Nakashima United Kingdom Joshua Goodger
United Kingdom Matthew Summers 		6–4, 6–2
Win 3–0 Nov 2023 M25 Austin, USA WTT Hard Australia Edward Winter United States Sebastian Gorzny
United States Brayden Michna 		4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win 4–0 May 2024 M15 San Diego, USA WTT Hard United States Sebastian Gorzny France Robin Catry
United States Braden Shick 		1–6, 6–3, [10–1]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2023 Australian Open Hard Belgium Alexander Blockx 1–6, 6–2, 6–7(9–11)
Loss 2023 US Open Hard Brazil João Fonseca 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard United States Cooper Williams Belgium Alexander Blockx
Brazil João Fonseca 		6–4, 6–4

Explanatory notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Learner Tien". ATP Tour. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Learner Tien - Men's Tennis - USC Athletics".
  3. ^ "Irvine teenager Learner Tien finds positives after loss at U.S. Open tennis tournament". The Orange County Register. August 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "Elliott: Learner Tien's rise has tennis world noticing Southern California left-hander". Los Angeles Times. July 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "New Kalamazoo Champ Learner Tien To Join Elite Group of 16-Year-Olds To Play The U.S. Open". World Tennis Magazine. August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "Five Things To Know About Learner Tien". August 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Tien Wins Cranbrook Tennis Classic, Earns Maiden Challenger Title". July 8, 2024.
  8. ^ "Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine". ATPTour. July 17, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  9. ^ "LEARNER TIEN WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT PRO TITLE AS MATCH WINNING STREAK EXTENDS TO 25 AT FINAL SOCAL PRO SERIES EVENT". USTA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. July 14, 2024.
  10. ^ "No second guessing, just learning: Tien's recipe for Challenger success". July 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "My Wimbledon 14U Recap; Tien Rolls on at Chicago Challenger; All-USA Semifinals in Dallas and Champaign; House Settlement Tennis Roster Limits Set; 2025 NCAA Individual Championships Slated for USTA National Campus". July 26, 2024.
  12. ^ "Tennis. Lexington (CH) - Hugo Grenier est tombé face au jeune brésilien Fionseca" (in French). August 1, 2024.
  13. ^ @Tennis_Now (August 12, 2024). "Amanda Anisimova and Learner Tien have clinched wild cards into the @usopen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Learner Tien's tennis win streak earned a U.S. Open wildcard – now just one win will do". The New York Times. August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  15. ^ "Inside Learner Tien's mindset: 'I just kept plugging away'". ATPTour. August 26, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  16. ^ "#NextGenATP Tien continues dream ATP debut, ousts Marozsan in Winston-Salem". August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  17. ^ "Michelsen, Tien fly #NextGenATP flag in Winston-Salem". August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  18. ^ @damiankust (September 15, 2024). "Learner Tien wins his 2nd Challenger title, beating Tristan Boyer 7-5 1-6 6-3 in Las Vegas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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