Thanasi Kokkinakis | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Kokk.
Speaks English and Greek.
Father, Trevor; mother, Voula; brother, Panayoti; sister, Christina.
Began playing tennis around age of 7 with his brother.
Honoured alongside Kyrgios as 2022 ATP Fans' Favourite Doubles Team.
Favourite surfaces are hard and clay.
Favourite shots are forehand and serve.
Favourite tournament is Australian Open.
Idol growing up was Marat Safin: “He was just entertaining, the way he hit the ball. He was so powerful. I loved watching him play.”
Hobbies are watching NBA, playingPlayStation, sleeping and hanging out with his friends.
If he wasn’t a tennis player, he would be an NBA player.
Favourite sports team is Los Angeles Clippers (NBA).
Underwent right shoulder surgery on 29 December 2015 and was limitedto 1 singles matchfrom November 2015 to May 2017.
Missed entire 2020 season due to mono, then underwent sinus surgery in 2022.

(UPDATED 22 MAY 2024)

Former Top-10 junior earned 1st ranking point 8 days after 15th birthday in 2011, achieved career-high No. 65 at age 27 in 2023, improving the career-high No. 69 he set at age 19 in 2015.
Captured 1st ATP Tour title in hometown at 2022 Adelaide-2 as 145th-ranked WC after reaching 1st QF, SF and final at 2017 Los Cabos as 454th-ranked WC.
Upset defending champion Federer in 2018 Miami 2R as 175th-ranked Q, becoming lowest-ranked player to beat World No. 1 since No. 178 Clavet beat Hewitt in 2003 Miami 2R.
Won 2022 Australian Open doubles title as 434th-ranked WC with countryman Kyrgios, defeating Ebden/Purcell in 1st All-Aussie Grand Slam doubles final since 1980 Australian Open.
Advanced to 3 Grand Slam junior finals in 2013, winning Wimbledon boys' doubles title w/Kyrgios and finishing as boys' singles runner-up at Australian Open and US Open.