Connor Thomson
- height 6-2
- class Junior
- Hometown Glasgow, Scotland
- High school Gryffe High School
- height 6-2
- class Junior
- Hometown Glasgow, Scotland
- High school Gryffe High School
Connor Thomson Bio
AWARDS
2xITA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2022)
3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
All-SEC First Team (2021)
All-SEC Second Team (2022)
SEC All-Newcomer Team
ITA All-American (2022 – Doubles)
IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Individual Season
1st – Tiebreaks winning percentage (.909 (10-1) in 2020-21)
T-3rd – Tiebreaks wins (10 in 2020-21)
T-8th – Combined SEC winning percentage (.667 (14-7) in 2020-21)
T-10th – Combined SEC wins (14 in 2020-21)
Most tiebreak wins by a freshman in program history (10 in 2020-21)
Doubles Team Season
1st – No. 1 wins (15 in 2020-21) – with Daniel Rodrigues
T-1st – No. 1 SEC wins (6 in 2020-21) – with Daniel Rodrigues
2nd – Matches played (35 in 2002-21) – with Daniel Rodrigues
T-4th – Matches won (22 in 2020-21) – with Daniel Rodrigues
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
- Earned 30 singles wins on the season with 23 of them coming in straight sets
- Picked up ranked singles wins over Nos. 38, 51, 74, 73, and 97
- Began the dual season with a nine-match singles win streak
- Clinched three matches on the season
- Came back from down 0-6, 0-3 to take down Tennessee’s Angel Diaz give help South Carolina defeat No. 1 ranked Tennessee on the road
- Earned All-American status in doubles after advancing to the NCAA Doubles semifinals with partner Daniel Rodrigues. Their trip to the semifinals is the furthest a Gamecock doubles pair has ever advanced in the tournament
- Picked up 25 doubles wins on the season with 13 of them coming over ranked opponents, including five of them in the top-10
- Ended the season ranked No. 6 in doubles with Rodrigues, the highest final doubles ranking in program history
2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
- Named to the All-SEC First Team and the All-Newcomer Team
- Rose from No. 118 in singles in the preseason to a final ranking of No. 27, making him just the Gamecocks’ third top-30 singles finisher since 2014 and earning him a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship
- Ranked No. 11 in the nation in doubles with Daniel Rodrigues, the program’s highest final doubles ranking since the end of the 1988-89 season
- Teamed with Rodrigues to earn a spot in the NCAA Doubles Championship after posting 22 doubles wins, the fourth most in a season in program history, including a program-record 15 at the No. 1 spot in the dual-match lineup
- Led the team with five match-clinching singles victories on the season, including three of the team’s seven SEC wins
- Posted highest ranked win of his career, topping No. 17 player in three sets as Gamecocks pushed then-No. 1 Florida (Apr. 9) to the limit in 3-4 defeat
2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
- Made an instant impact as a freshman in the middle of the lineup, winning 24 singles matches
- Was named SEC Freshman of the week (Jan. 29) after going 5-0 in both singles and doubles to start the year
- Provided a steady force at the No. 4 spot, winning six singles matches
- Partnered with Phillip Jordan to win the Black Doubles Draw in his first collegiate event, the Gamecock Fall Invite (Sept. 20-22)
PRE-COLLEGE
- Member of 18-and-under Great Britain squad that placed fifth at the European Summer Cup
- Represented Scotland at the Four Nations Cup, going undefeated in both singles and doubles
- Won Fujairah ITF Futures tournament and was runner up in Abu Dhabi futures tournament
- Was a runner-up at the F5 Roehampton futures and a semifinalist in the F1 Glasgow futures
- Competed in first career ATP challenger in Glasgow in 2018 and also competed in the Wimbledon Junior Slam
- Career high No. 132 ITF singes ranking and career high 1179 ATP doubles ranking
PERSONAL
- His father, Malcolm, is a soccer coach for Rangers FC, and has been in the profession for 24 years for teams such as Blackpool FC, Al Ahli FC in Dubai, and Salgaocar FC in India
- Has one brother, Callum, who has played professional soccer for Manchester United and Birmingham City FC
THOMSON CAREER SINGLES
Year | Overall | Tourn. | Dual (SEC) | #1 (SEC) | #2 (SEC) | #3 (SEC) | #4 (SEC) | #5 (SEC) | #6 (SEC) |
2019-20 | 24-7 | 14-5 | 10-2 (3-1) | –– | 1–0 (0-0) | 3-0 (1-0) | 6-2 (2-1) | –– | –– |
2020-21 | 18-14 | 7-5 | 11-9 (8-3) | –– | 6-6 (4-2) | 5-3 (4-1) | –– | –– | –– |
2021-22 | 30-8 | 9-3 | 21-5 (8-2) | 1-0 (0-0) | 1-0 (0-0) | 19-5 (8-2) | –– | –– | –– |
Career | 72-29 | 30-13 | 42-16 (19-6) | 1-0 (0-0) | 8–6 (4-2) | 27-8 (13-3) | 6-2 (2-1) | –– | –– |
THOMSON CAREER DOUBLES
Year | Overall | Tourn. | Dual (SEC) | #1 (SEC) | #2 (SEC) | #3 (SEC) |
2019-20 | 14-7 | 6-3 | 8-4 (1-3) | 3-0 (0-0) | 5-4 (1-3) | 2-5 (0-0) |
2020-21 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 15-8 (6-4) | 15-8 (6-4) | –– | –– |
2021-22 | 25-9 | 6-5 | 19-4 (7-2) | 18-4 (7-2) | –– | 1-0 (0-0) |
Career | 61-29 | 19-13 | 42-16 (14-9) | 36-12 (13-6) | 5-4 (1-3) | 3-5 (0-0) |