On court

• Started playing tennis aged five, having receiving a racquet for his birthday
• Made his Australian Open junior debut in 2009 aged 15
• First realised at age 16 that he was good enough to pursue a professional career
• Secured the Asian/Oceania Closed Junior Championships in 2010, beating fellow Australian Ben Wagland in the final
• Claimed the 17^th Sarawak Chief Minister’s Junior Cup in Malaysia and the 22^nd Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior Championships in 2011
• Captured his maiden ITF Futures Pro Circuit doubles titles in 2011, winning the Australian F12 and F13 events with partner Luke Saville
• Won five ITF Futures Pro Circuit doubles titles in 2012 – in Italy, Slovenia, Germany and two on home soil
• Favourite player is Spaniard Rafael Nadal, whom he admires for being “so professional in what he does”
• Loves being involved in tennis for “the people you meet”
• Career goal is to win Wimbledon
• Favourite surface is grass
• Toughest opponent he’s ever faced is Fernando Verdasco
• The one match he most wishes he could replay would be his Australian Open 2014 doubles quarterfinal with Alex Bolt; the pair fell to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-2 7-6(1)
• Dream tennis scenario would be to face Roger Federer at Wimbledon
• Best piece of tennis advice he’s received is to practice at 100%, day in, day out
• Ultimate professional tennis goal is to reach world No.1

Off court

• Hobbies include playing soccer, golf, listening to music and “shooting hoops with friends”
• His dad, Alan, also plays tennis and his mum, Sue, played netball
• Had he not been a tennis player, he would have been a cricketer

Titles/Finals

Titles

2016 Mornington F3 ITF, Mornington F4 ITF, Guam F1 ITF, Hong Kong F1 ITF, Hong Kong F2 ITF, Hong Kong F3 ITF

2013 Cairns F7 ITF, Cambodia F1 ITF

Finals

2016 Hua Hin Challenger

2016 Gimcheon Challenger

2014 Chinese Taipei F1 ITF, Wollongong F9 ITF

2013 Greece F5 ITF, Toowoomba F6 ITF