On court

• Began playing tennis when he was eight years old
• Goal is to be No.1 in the world and play Davis Cup for Australia
• Most influential people on his career to date are his brother, parents and his first coach
• Favourite player is Frenchman Gael Monfils “because he is so entertaining”
• Represented Australian in the ITF World Junior Tennis Competition in 2010
• Was a finalist in the Australian Open 2013 boys’ singles championships (l. Nick Kyrgios)
• Won the Wimbledon 2013 doubles title with compatriot Nick Kyrgios
• First-round victory at Australian Open 2014 (over Igor Sijsling) was first ever tour-level victory
• Made Davis Cup debut for Australia in February 2014 against France; contested a dead rubber
• Captured first professional title at ITF Futures event in Saskatoon, Canada
• Won his first Davis Cup live rubber for Australia in a 2015 World Group first round tie v Czech Republic, coming from two-sets-to-love down to beat Lukas Rosol in Ostrava
• Underwent shoulder surgery in late 2015; did not play in 2016
• Made a triumphant return in 2017 with wins over World No.10 Milos Raonic at Queen’s Club and No.15 Tomas Berdych at Los Cabos
• Teamed with fellow Australian Jordan Thompson to win the 2017 Brisbane International, his first ATP doubles title

Off court

• Hobbies include playing basketball, Playstation and watching TV
• Favourite music is techno, hip-hop, R’n’B, Michael Jackson, David Guetta and Ministry of Sound compilations
• Favourite food is pizza

Year-end singles ranking history

Titles/Finals

Titles

2015 Bordeaux Challenger

2014 Canada F5 ITF

Finals

2017 Los Cabos ATP