Began playing tennis at age six...Nicknamed Oli by friends and family...Father, Hans-Karl, works for an electronic planning company; mother, Hildegard, is a housewife...Has one older sister, Michaela...Hobbies include meeting up with friends, playing cards and enjoying a glass of sweet wine...Idols growing up were Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and countryman Thomas Muster...Favorite surfaces are clay and slow hard courts...Considers his forehand as best shot...Best moment of his career so far is reaching SFs at Australian Open in 2009 and qualifying for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London...Open the DNA Tennis Academy in Graz, Austria, in October 2010...Coached by wife Jessie Marach (married 4 July 2009)...Daughters, Leah (born 9 July 2012) and Amelie (born 16 March 2015).
(Jan. 2010)
