Plays with a one-handed backhand...Speaks Hebrew and English...Started playing tennis aged six, with his "father in our parking lot"...Father, Luis, is a manager of a furniture store; Mother, Carol, works at the Weizmann Institute; has two sisters, Irit, a laywer, and Dalit, a VCEO of a clothing company...Favourite surface is hard courts...Favourite shot is his backhand...Idols growing up were Pat Rafter and Gustavo Kuerten...Supports Barcelona and Macabi Haifa football clubs...Goal is to "get to the Top 100 and stay there for five years"...Once trained for two years in Vienna, Austria...Physical trainer is Oren Bar Nur...Coached by Shlomo Zoreff in Tel Aviv.