Full name is Nicolas Aymeric Devilder...Began playing tennis at age eight...Father, Thierry, is an architect; Mother, Bernadette, is a house dresser...Has one younger brother, Bertrand, who is a student and one older sister, Carole...Hobbies include snow and water skiing...Idol growing up was fellow left-hander Marcelo Rios... Considers clay and slow hard courts his best surfaces and strength of game his court coverage and quickness to stay with his opponent...Member of Lagardere Team and coached by countrymen and former ATP pros Olivier Malcor and Olivier Soules.