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
• Achieved latter goal by making top-100 debut in July 2022
• Believes travelling is the best part of being a tennis player
• Tennis hero is Roger Federer; feels his game most closely resembles the Swiss’
• Ideal mixed doubles partner would be Sam Stosur because of her good volleys
• 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
• Notched first ATP semifinal at San Diego in September 2022
• In 2023, upset world No.28 Roberto Bautista Agut en route to the ATP Doha quarterfinals, where he pushed eventual champion Daniil Medvedev to 7-5 in the third set.

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