Nick Kyrgios | Bio | ATP Tour

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Full name is Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios. Nickname is Kygs.
Started playing tennis at age 6 with his mother.
Father, George, is Greek and a painter; mother, Norlaila, is Malaysian and a retired computer engineer; brother, Christos; sister, Halimah.
Honoured alongside Kokkinakis as 2022 ATP Fans' Favourite Doubles Team.
Favourite shot is his serve and tournamentsare Wimbledon and US Open.
Idols growing up were Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and basketball players LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Michael Jordan.
Loves watching and playing basketball. Favourite NBA team is Boston Celtics.
Follows a vegan diet.
Listens to a variety of music. Favourite artists are Lil Wayne, Fetty Wap and Drake.
Enjoys comedy TV shows and movies.
Likes playing Call of Duty and considers himself "the best gamer on the tennis tour."
Created Nick Kyrgios Foundation (NKF) in support of underprivileged youth. Foundation received an ATP ACES for Charity grant of $15,000 in 2018. Learn more at NKFoundation.com.au.
Donated $33,800 for Australian bushfire relief in January 2020 -- $200 for each acehit at Australian Open and ATP Cup (169 aces in 8 singles matches).
Also in 2020, personally delivered food to fellow citizens of Canberra who were in needduring COVID-19 pandemic.
Later in 2020, teamed with Old El Paso to launch #MessFreeChallenge in which tennis players recorded practice videoswith a racquet in one hand and a tortilla pocket in the other. More than 100,000 Old El Paso meal products were donated to food banks and disadvantaged families around the world.
Withdrew from 11 events in 2018, 7 events in 2019 and 2 events in 2020 due to right elbow, left wrist, hip, knee, shoulder and collarbone injuries.
Only played Melbourne-2 and Australian Open during COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 through May 2021.
Underwentarthroscopic surgery on left knee in January 2023.

(UPDATED 12 DECEMBER 2022)

Former World No. 1 junior broke into Top 50 at age 19 in 2015 and ended 2016 at career-high No. 13.
Reached 2022 Wimbledon final as No. 40, becoming 1st unseeded Grand Slam men’s finalist since Tsonga at 2008 Australian Open and lowest-ranked since No. 54 Baghdatis at 2006 Australian Open.
Earned total of 61 victories in 2022 (37 singles, 24 doubles), winning 7th singles title at Washington and doubles titles at Australian Open w/Kokkinakis, Atlanta w/Kokkinakis and Washington w/Sock.
Defeated No. 1 Nadal in 4 sets to reach 2014 Wimbledon QF as 144th-ranked WC and No. 1 Medvedev in 4 sets to reach 2022 US Open QF.
Joined countryman Hewitt as 2nd player to win 1st meeting withNadal(2014 Wimbledon 4R), Federer (2015 Madrid 2R) and Djokovic (2017 Acapulco QF).