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Australian tennis player Born: April 27, 1995 (age 26 years), Canberra, Australia Height: 1.93 m Nationality: Australian Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money: US$8,727,182 Parents: Norlaila Kyrgios, Giorgos Kyrgios Siblings: Halimah Kyrgios, Christos Kyrgios FULL NAME Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios BORN April 27, 1995 HEIGHT 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) NATIONALITY Australian ROLE Right-handed all-courter (two-handed backhand)
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Kyrgios was born in Canberra, Australia to a Greek father, Giorgos (“George”), and a Malay mother, Norlaila (“Nill”). His father is a self-employed house painter, and his mother is a computer engineer. His mother was born in Malaysia as a member of the Selangor royal family, but she dropped her title as a princess when she moved to Australia in her twenties. He has two siblings, brother Christos, and sister Halimah. Kyrgios attended Radford College until Year 8 and completed his Year 12 certificate in 2012 at Daramalan College in Canberra. He is a Greek Orthodox Christian and always wears a gold necklace with a cross on it. Kyrgios began playing tennis at the age of 6 with his mother. He was not happy with the sport of tennis at first as his mother made him play to deal with his obesity at the time. Kyrgios also played basketball in his early teens before deciding to focus solely on tennis when he was 14 years old. Two years later, he gained a full scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport where he was able to further develop his tennis. In 2013, Kyrgios relocated his training base from Canberra to Melbourne Park in an attempt to further his career with better facilities and hitting partners. A year later, Tennis ACT announced a $27 million redevelopment of the Lyneham Tennis Centre in Canberra to lure Kyrgios back home and host Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties. Kyrgios confirmed in January 2015 that he would return home and base himself in Canberra. He also donated $10,000 towards the Lyneham Tennis Centre redevelopment. Kyrgios is an avid fan of the Boston Celtics in the NBA and Tottenham Hotspur in English football’s Premier League. His sports idol is NBA player Kevin Garnett. His idols growing up were Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, LeBron James and Michael Jordan. Kyrgios also supports the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. At the end of 2017, Kyrgios showed interest in cryptocurrency, specifically an Australian-based initial coin offering. Kyrgios was in a relationship with Croatian-Australian tennis player Ajla Tomljanović. They briefly broke up after his loss at Wimbledon 2017, when Kyrgios was photographed dancing and clubbing with other female tennis players. He reaffirmed their relationship during the 2018 Australian Open, but they subsequently parted. He was briefly in a relationship with Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya, before forming a new relationship with Chiara Passari in 2020. In May 2021, Kyrgios was announced as a commentator on the upcoming season of reality TV series Australian Ninja Warrior. In 2020 Kyrgios went vegan as he states he “cannot bear to see the suffering of animals”. Full name is Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios Started playing tennis aged six Father, George, is Greek-Australian; mother, Norlaila, is Malaysian; brother, Christos, is a lawyer, and sister, Halimah, is an actress As a junior ranked World No. 1 and won the 2013 Australian Open (d. Kokkinakis); also won Roland Garros and Wimbledon junior doubles title (w/A. Harris) Favourite surface are hard and grass courts Likes watching basketball and listening to music Listens to a variety of music but specifically likes Lil Wayne and Rihanna. When watching TV or movies, likes comedy and watches TV show Family Guy Idols growing up were Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, LeBron James and Michael Jordan Has trained at the Australian Institute of Sport since 2012 Coached by Simon Rea