Plays with one-handed backhand…Nickname is “Phil”…Speaks Russian, German, English and a little bit of French…Started playing tennis aged five, “a tennis racquet was my first toy”…Father, Eduard, is a coach, and mother, Marina, is CEO of the Davydenko Tennis Academy…Favourite surfaces are clay and hard…Favourite shot is backhand…Idols growing up with his uncle, Nikolay Davydenko, and Roger Federer…Hobbies include golf, relaxing on the beach, skiing, going to the cinema, PlayStation…If he wasn’t a tennis player he’d be an actor or comedian…Left school at 16…Favourite sporting personalities are Michael Jordan (basketball) and Philip Köster (windsurfer)…
