On court

• began playing tennis at age four
• realised at age 16 he was good enough to follow a professional tennis career
• favourite surface is Plexicushion
• tennis goals are to represent Australia in Davis Cup and reach the world’s top 100
• believes travelling is the best part of being a tennis player
• tennis hero is Roger Federer
• ideal mixed doubles partner would be Sam Stosur because of her good volleys
• feels his game most closely resembles Roger Federer’s
• dream tennis scenario would be to defeat a top 10 player in a night match at Rod Laver Arena
• professional goals are to make a living playing tennis and to play Davis Cup for Australia
• won a tour-leading 72 matches in 2019, claiming two ATP Challenger and three ITF Futures titles after beginning the season without an ATP ranking
• won his first Grand Slam main draw match at the US Open in 2020
• Advanced to third round at Australian Open 2022, scoring first top-20 win against Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman in the second round

Off court

• describes himself as relaxed, chilled, lazy, neat and cool
• favourite city in the world is Sydney, because of its beaches
• favourite meal is penne carbonara
• best piece of advice he’s received: “to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift”
• his perfect day would involve spending a morning at the beach followed a coffee and nice lunch, then an afternoon watching a live band with a few beers and mates
• spent six months working part-time as a tennis coach and cleaning boats on Sydney’s Pittwater Harbour while sidelined with a knee injury in 2018

Year-end ranking history

Titles/Finals

Titles

2019 Antalya ITF, Doboj ITF, Balatonalmadi ITF, Cordenons Challenger, Fairfield Challenger

2016 Port Pirie F1 ITF, Serbia F1 ITF, Serbia F4 ITF, Cairns F8 ITF, Blacktown F10 ITF

2014 Croatia F12 ITF

Finals

2019 Mornington #1 ITF, Mornington #2 ITF, Antalya ITF, Antalya ITF, Brcko ITF, Kiseljak ITF, Casinalbo ITF, Sibiu Challenger, Knoxville Challenger

2016 Mornington F4 ITF