Connor Thomson (born 16 January 2001) is a British tennis player. He has a career high doubles ranking of 290 achieved on 30 October 2023.

Early and personal life

The son of former-footballer

Malky Thomson Malcolm Thomson (born 29 December 1968) is a Scottish football coach and former player. In 2015–16 he was head coach of Indian I-League team Salgaocar. He was appointed joint-head coach of Rangers WFC in January 2020, stepping down from the r ...

, he has a brother called Callum. From Paisley, he attended Gryffe High School in

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before attending the

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in the United States. In 2023 Thomson received all-American honours for the second consecutive year. In 2023, he and

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became the number one ranked doubles team in Collegiate tennis.

Career

A keen footballer in his youth, Thomson was in the football academy of

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but opted to concentrate on

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. In 2019 he reached the quarterfinals of the Boys’ doubles at the

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alongside

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. In 2020 he was included as part of Tennis Scotland’s new national player programme. In June 2023, Thomson received a wildcard with his partner

for the Men's doubles at the

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and the pair beat the second seeds Andre Goransson and

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in straight sets before losing to eventual finalists

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and

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in the quarterfinals. They then reached the semifinals of the

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. He and Samuel were subsequently awarded wildcards into the

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. They won their opening match against

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and

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. In the second round they had their run ended with a 6-3, 7-6 defeat to experience pair Santiago González of Mexico and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Connor 2001 births Living people Scottish male tennis players British male tennis players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen South Carolina Gamecocks men's tennis players British expatriate tennis players in the United States Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States People educated at Gryffe High School