Gian Marco Moroni | Bio | ATP Tour

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Nicknames are El Bufalo and Jimbo.
Speaks Italian, English and Spanish.
Father, Enzo; mother, Carla; sister, Micaela, played professional tennis through 2012.
Started playing tennis at age 3 with his family. Mother played while sister was ice skating, because the building was too cold. Gian Marco and his father soon joined her.
Began training at the Italian national tennis centre as a 15-year-old.
Favourite surface is clay, shot is forehand and tournament is US Open.
Lists New York City as his favourite city on tour.
Idol growing up was Rafael Nadal: "I fell in love with his style and his energy. I have always tried to play like him."
When not on tour, enjoys photography. Would become a photographer if he wasn’t a tennis player.
Favourite superhero is Captain America, actor is Johnny Depp and band is AC/DC.
Enjoys following basketball. Favourite player is Kobe Bryant and team is Boston Celtics (NBA).
Favourite TV Show is Game of Thrones, movie is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and book is Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.
Secret talent is “being a science nerd." Favourite school subject was chemistry.
Says he is very intense on the court, which is where his 'buffalo' celebration comes from: "I play with a lot of energy. In 2018, I was practicing with some top players and they looked at me like I was crazy, because I am so intense. My coach (Oscar Burrieza) kept saying, 'this guy is a buffalo, he's a buffalo'. The second match I played was really tough. My toe was almost broken and somehow I won in three sets. I turned to my coach after the match and put my fingers up like horns on a buffalo. From then on, I have been the buffalo. From there, it has stayed with me. My coach and I do that after every win. But only when I am aggressive, playing strong and focused."
Reads philosophy books and works with a psychologist in Spain to control his emotions and the intensity on court. Also does yoga and meditation in the morning to prepare his body and mind.

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