On court

• started playing tennis at seven
• favourite surface is grass
• in 2004 and 2006, won the 12s and 14s Orange Bowl titles
• helped Australia win the Junior Davis Cup final against Argentina in 2007
• In 2008 at age 15, became the youngest player in history to win the Australian Open boys’ singles title
• as a 16-year-old, won the US Open boys’ singles title
• made a successful Davis Cup debut for Australia in 2010, winning both singles rubbers against Chinese Taipei in straight sets in the Asia–Oceania Zone Group quarterfinals
• in 2011 at age 19, became the youngest Wimbledon quarterfinalist since Boris Becker in 1986
• won first career ATP title at Apia International Sydney 2013
• defended a title for the first time in his career in 2015 at the Claro Open Colombia in Bogota
• his victory in the final was his 30th match win of 2015, the most matches he has ever won in a single season
• in 2015 reached ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals at Indian Wells and Shanghai, his best Masters-level performances
• reached the biggest final of his career to date in 2016 at Acapulco, an ATP 500 event

Off court

• arrived in Australia from his birthplace in Stuttgart, Germany, aged three-and-a-half
• father, John, started work driving taxis while mother, Ady, worked as a biomedical scientist
• has one sister, Sara, who also plays tennis
• favourite singer is Chris Brown
• enjoys soccer, table tennis, fishing and basketball when not playing tennis

Year-Ending Ranking History

Titles/Finals

Titles

2015 Bogota

2014 Bogota

2013 Apia International Sydney

2010 Burnie Challenger

2009 Melbourne Challenger

Finals

2016 Acapulco

2014 Apia International Sydney

2011 Caloundra Challenger

2008 Indonesia F2