201 Facts About Kyrgios

Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios is an Australian professional tennis player.

Kyrgios has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2019 and 2022 Washington Open, and reached eleven finals, most notably a major final at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, and a Masters 1000 final at the 2017 Cincinnati Masters.

In doubles, during his professional career, Kyrgios has a career-high ranking of world No 13, achieved on 12 September 2022, winning a major doubles title at the 2022 Australian Open and reaching the semifinals of the Miami Open, both times partnering Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Kyrgios is only the third player, after Dominik Hrbaty and Lleyton Hewitt, to have beaten each one of the Big Three the first time he played against them.

Kyrgios is a controversial player whose matches have featured "epic displays of ranting, racquet-wrecking, and trash-talking".

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Kyrgios's actions have included swearing, smashing his racquet, as well as insults and verbal altercations with the crowd, with umpires, with his opponents and with his supporters.

Kyrgios was born on 27 April 1995 in Canberra, Australia, to a father of Greek origin, George, and a Malay mother, Norlaila.

Kyrgios's father is a self-employed house painter, and his mother is a computer engineer.

Kyrgios's 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.

Kyrgios attended Radford College until Year 8 and completed his Year 12 certificate in 2012 at Daramalan College in Canberra.

Kyrgios played basketball in his early teens before deciding to focus solely on tennis when he was 14 years old.

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.

Kyrgios confirmed in January 2015 that he would return home and base himself in Canberra.

Kyrgios donated $10,000 towards the Lyneham Tennis Centre redevelopment.

Kyrgios played his first junior match in 2008 at the age of 13 at a grade 4 tournament in Australia.

Kyrgios won his first ITF junior tour title in Fiji in June 2010, aged 15.

Kyrgios started to compete more regularly on the junior tour in 2011, making his junior grand slam debut at the 2011 Australian Open.

In 2012, in his first-round qualifying match at the Australian Open, Kyrgios won the first set in a tiebreak, but his opponent Mathieu Rodrigues cruised through the second and third sets to defeat him.

Kyrgios then competed on the 2012 ITF Men's Circuit for the rest of the season, competing in tournaments in Australia, Germany, Japan and Slovenia.

Kyrgios then lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2013 Australian Open to Bradley Klahn in straight sets.

Kyrgios was given a wildcard into the qualifying competition of the 2013 French Open, but on 20 May it was announced that John Millman was withdrawing from the main draw due to injury; such that, Kyrgios' wildcard was raised to the main draw.

Kyrgios reached a new career high of No 186 on 9 September 2013.

In October, Kyrgios made the semifinal of the 2013 Sacramento Challenger, before falling to Tim Smyczek.

At the beginning of the 2014 season, Kyrgios was set to debut at the 2014 Brisbane International as a wildcard, but withdrew due to a shoulder injury.

On 8 January, Kyrgios was awarded a wildcard into the 2014 Australian Open, where he won his firstround match against Benjamin Becker.

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Kyrgios received a wildcard into the 2014 US National Indoor Tennis Championships, where he lost his first round match to Tim Smyczek in three sets.

Kyrgios was then forced to withdraw from numerous ATP tournaments in Delray Beach and Acapulco due to an elbow injury.

At the 2014 Sarasota Open, Kyrgios reached the final by defeating Jarmere Jenkins, Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Donald Young and Daniel Kosakowski.

Kyrgios defeated Filip Krajinovic in straight sets for his second career challenger title.

Kyrgios then won his fourth career challenger title at the 2014 Aegon Nottingham Challenge, beating fellow Australian Sam Groth in straight-set tiebreaks.

In June, Kyrgios received a wildcard to the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

Kyrgios subsequently lost to Milos Raonic in four sets in the quarterfinals.

Post-Wimbledon, at the Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto, Kyrgios earned his first ATP World Tour Masters event win, with a first round victory over Santiago Giraldo in straight sets.

However, Kyrgios lost in the second round to Andy Murray, winning just four games.

Kyrgios later played in the Malaysian Open, but lost in the first round.

Kyrgios ended the year ranked No 52 in the world, and the No 2 ranked Australian behind Lleyton Hewitt.

Kyrgios started the season off at the Sydney International, but lost his opening match against Jerzy Janowicz in three tightly contested sets.

Kyrgios then faced Andreas Seppi, who had just beaten Roger Federer in his previous match, in the fourth round.

Kyrgios fell two sets behind and faced down a match point in the fourth set but, recovered to win in five sets.

Kyrgios later withdrew from tournaments in Marseille and Dubai due to a back injury he suffered during the Australian Open.

At the Estoril Open, Kyrgios reached the final of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career, after defeating Albert Ramos Vinolas, Filip Krajinovic, Robin Haase and Pablo Carreno Busta.

Kyrgios then lost the final to Richard Gasquet, in straight sets.

At the Madrid Open a week later, Kyrgios defeated world No 2 and 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in the second round, after saving two match points in the final set tiebreak.

Kyrgios then had a three-set loss to John Isner in the third round.

At this point, until his finalist appearance at Estoril and third round finish in Madrid, Kyrgios had the unique distinction of having won more matches in Grand Slams than on the regular ATP Tour.

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Kyrgios won in straight sets in the first round against Denis Istomin.

Kyrgios then received a walkover into the third round, after Kyle Edmund withdrew with injury.

At the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, Kyrgios opened with straight-set victories over Diego Schwartzman and Juan Monaco in the first and second rounds, respectively.

Kyrgios played mixed doubles with Madison Keys, but only reached the second round.

Kyrgios fell out of the top 40 in the rankings following the tournament.

Kyrgios won his maiden ATP title at the Open 13 in Marseille by defeating Gasquet in the quarterfinal, Berdych in the semi-final and lastly, Cilic in the final, all in straight sets.

Notably, Kyrgios finished the tournament without having his serve broken.

At the 2016 Miami Open Kyrgios reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semifinal, with straight-set wins over Marcos Baghdati, Tim Smyczek, Andrey Kuznetsov and Milos Raonic –– before losing in the semis to Kei Nishikori.

At the French Open, Kyrgios entered as the 14th seed and went on to beat Marco Cecchinato and Igor Sijsling, reaching the third round; however, he lost to 9th seed Gasquet.

Kyrgios reached a career-high ranking of No 16 following the tournament.

Kyrgios returned with a straight-set win in his rubber for Australia in the Davis Cup World Group playoff.

In October, after a second-round loss to Kevin Anderson at the 2016 Chengdu Open, Kyrgios bounced back by winning his first ATP World Tour 500 series title in Tokyo, at the 2016 Japan Open Tennis Championships, beating David Goffin.

Kyrgios defeated Gastao Elias before falling to Andreas Seppi in round two, despite leading by two sets to love.

At the Mexican Open, Kyrgios defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the quarter-finals.

Kyrgios fell to eventual champion Sam Querrey in 3 sets in the semifinals.

Kyrgios defeated Djokovic again in straight sets in the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters tournament.

Kyrgios then withdrew from his quarterfinal match with Federer due to illness.

Kyrgios moved to Miami, where he beat Goffin and Zverev before losing in the semifinals in three tiebreak sets to Federer in three hours and ten minutes.

Kyrgios then participated in Madrid, where he lost in straight sets in the third round to Nadal.

At Roland Garros, Kyrgios lost to Kevin Anderson in the second round after winning the first set.

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Kyrgios then withdrew from his first-round matches at Queen's Club, Wimbledon and Washington due to injuries.

Kyrgios followed that up with a victory over Ferrer to reach his first Masters 1000 final, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.

In doubles, Kyrgios partnered with Jack Sock, defeating Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal and earning Team World's only point on Day 1.

In singles, Kyrgios defeated Tomas Berdych, earning Team World's only points on Day 2.

Kyrgios went on to play a match tie-break with Roger Federer on Day 3, which would have forced a deciding doubles match.

Kyrgios reached the final, defeating Ryan Harrison to win his first title since Tokyo 2016.

Kyrgios was then beaten by Grigor Dimitrov in tight four setter, with the latter winning three tiebreaks.

Kyrgios resumed his season at the Miami Open, defeating Dusan Lajovic and Fabio Fognini in straight sets before falling to Zverev in straight sets.

Kyrgios weathered a lackluster clay season and did not play at the French Open, citing the elbow injury that spoiled the first quarter of 2018.

Kyrgios's won his first-round match over former world No 1 Murray.

Kyrgios was defeated in the semifinals by Cilic in two tiebreaks.

At Wimbledon, Kyrgios defeated Istomin and Haase but lost to Nishikori in straight sets in the third round.

Kyrgios then won the doubles with Jack Sock against Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin.

Kyrgios's last event on the ATP tour was a wildcard draw at the Kremlin Cup.

Kyrgios defeated Andrey Rublev in three sets before withdrawing against his next opponent, Mirza Basic, citing an elbow injury.

Kyrgios revealed weeks later that he was seeing psychologists to improve his mental health.

Kyrgios began 2019 at the Brisbane International, where, in a rematch of last year's final, he defeated Ryan Harrison in the round of 32.

In Rome, Kyrgios beat Daniil Medvedev but then lost his next match to Casper Ruud by default in the third set when he threw a chair on the court after swearing at a linesperson.

Kyrgios forfeited the rankings points and prize money, but no further penalties were imposed.

At Wimbledon, Kyrgios defeated compatriot Jordan Thompson in a five-setter, but then lost to Nadal in four sets in the second round.

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Kyrgios won his sixth title in Washington beating two top 10 players en route.

Kyrgios overcame first seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-final in three sets, and third seed Daniil Medvedev in the final in straight sets.

At the US Open, Kyrgios progressed to the third round where he lost to Andrey Rublev in straight sets in another controversial match, complaining that he was being blinded by the stadium lights while serving.

At the annual Laver Cup, Kyrgios was again defeated by Federer, this time in a closer three-set match with a deciding match tiebreak.

Kyrgios teamed up with Jack Sock for the doubles, which they won against Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Kyrgios then played Rafael Nadal in the fourth round, which he lost in four sets.

Kyrgios played alongside Amanda Anisimova in the mixed doubles, where they ended up losing in the second round.

At the 2020 Mexican Open, Kyrgios attempted to defend his 2019 title, but retired from his first round match against Ugo Humbert, due to a wrist injury.

Kyrgios withdrew from the 2020 US Open, choosing to avoid taking health risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the 2021 Australian Open, Kyrgios lost in the third round to Dominic Thiem despite at one stage leading by two sets to love.

Kyrgios followed this by announcing that he would play in the Stuttgart Open, but withdrew from both tournaments.

Kyrgios entered Wimbledon to continue his return to competitive tennis, and won his opening match against 21st-seeded Ugo Humbert in a five-set match that stretched out over two days.

Kyrgios failed to defend his title in Washington, losing in the first round to Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets.

Kyrgios then competed for Team World at the Laver Cup for the fourth consecutive year.

Kyrgios lost his singles match to Stefanos Tsitsipas and partnered John Isner in doubles, where they lost to Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev.

Kyrgios withdrew from the Melbourne Summer Set ATP 250 tournament after feeling run down for four days due to asthma.

Kyrgios was defeated in the second round by top seed Daniil Medvedev over four sets.

In doubles, Kyrgios partnered with Thanasi Kokkinakis to defeat the world No 1 doubles team, Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, en route to the quarter-finals.

Kyrgios next received a wildcard into the main draw at Indian Wells, California.

Kyrgios beat Sebastian Baez and Federico Delbonis, in straight sets, to get to the third round; where he then beat world No 8 Casper Ruud.

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Kyrgios received a walkover in the fourth round following the withdrawal of Jannik Sinner, but then lost in 3 sets to Rafael Nadalin the quarterfinals.

Kyrgios had less success in doubles, as the pair lost in the second round to eventual champions John Isner and Jack Sock.

Kyrgios then reached the semifinals in Houston, his sole clay court event of the year, losing to Reilly Opelka in the semifinals.

In Stuttgart, his first grass tournament of the year, Kyrgios reached the semi-finals where he lost to Andy Murray.

In Halle, Kyrgios beat second seed and world No 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas and sixth seed Pablo Carreno Busta on his way to his third tour-level semifinal of 2022, before losing to Hubert Hurkacz.

At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, Kyrgios beat wildcard Paul Jubb in 5 sets, but was fined US$10,000 for verbally abusing a line judge and spitting in the direction of a spectator.

Kyrgios then went on to beat Filip Krajinovic and Tsitsipas, to reach the fourth round.

Kyrgios followed this with a shut out win over Cristian Garin and reached his first ever Major semifinal.

Kyrgios then reached his first Major final after Rafael Nadal withdrew from the semifinals, becoming the first player in the Open Era to get a walkover into the Wimbledon final.

Kyrgios lost the Wimbledon final to Novak Djokovic in a competitive match lasting over three hours.

In Washington, Kyrgios won his first singles title in 3 years and his second Washington Open singles title –– defeating Marcos Giron, Tommy Paul, Reilly Opelka, Frances Tiafoe and Mikael Ymer en route to the final against Yoshihito Nishioka, where he won in straight sets.

At the Canadian Open, Kyrgios defeated top seed Daniil Medvedev in the second round.

At the Cincinnati Masters, Kyrgios was defeated in the second round by Taylor Fritz in a match only lasting 51 minutes.

Kyrgios beat Medvedev to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time at this Major, and, became the first player to beat the world No 1 twice within the same year, since Pat Cash in 1987.

Kyrgios appeared to almost pull out mid-match, suffering a leg injury after the first set and calling a medical timeout; however, he recovered and played on, eventually losing in five sets.

Kyrgios played in the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020 in Brisbane and in the Sydney finals.

Kyrgios won three straight singles matches against Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Cameron Norrie of Great Britain respectively, as well as a doubles match alongside Alex de Minaur to defeat Great Britain in the quarter-finals.

Kyrgios eventually lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in the semi-finals against Spain in straight sets.

Kyrgios made his Davis Cup debut for Australia in September 2013 against Poland at the age of 18.

Kyrgios replaced Marinko Matosevic after defeating him in a playoff during the lead-up to the tie.

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Kyrgios was selected to pair with Chris Guccione in the crucial doubles rubber.

Kyrgios then went on to win his first singles rubber, after Michal Przysiezny retired five games into the match.

Kyrgios's most publicised quote during this match was his comment "I don't want to be here".

Kyrgios was then replaced by Sam Groth in the reverse singles rubber.

Kyrgios was dumped from the Davis Cup squad due to play their semi-final tie against Great Britain.

Kyrgios returned to the Davis Cup team in September 2016 for Australia's emphatic World Group playoff victory against Slovakia.

In 2019, Kyrgios was left out of the Davis Cup team for their qualifier in Adelaide, which they won against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Kyrgios was re-added to the team later in the year for the Davis Cup Finals in Spain.

Kyrgios then withdrew from the quarter-finals due to injury and was replaced by John Millman in his singles rubber, which he lost.

Kyrgios said in July 2021 that he would not compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Kyrgios has been described as having an unusually aggressive game.

Kyrgios sometimes tries for aces, on both his first and second serves.

Kyrgios has an effective forehand and backhand and is able to mix up his shot selection using spin, slices and dropshots.

Kyrgios first used the underarm serve at the 2019 Mexican Open during his match with Rafael Nadal, who subsequently claimed it was not within the spirit of the game, and accused Kyrgios of "lacking respect" for his opponent and the crowd.

Kyrgios has been credited for reintroducing the underarm serve into the ATP tour, and he has now used the underarm serve more frequently than any other player in professional tennis.

Kyrgios has had a number of different coaches and mentors throughout his career.

Kyrgios tends to try one coach and then another, but prefers to do things his own way.

Under Rea Kyrgios reached a Grand Slam Quarter-final for the first time in his career.

In 2014 Kyrgios was re-united with former coach Todd Larkham alongside former Australian professional doubles player Joshua Eagle.

Kyrgios' cited reasons to change coaches were to spend more time at his home in Canberra.

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In June 2015 Kyrgios parted with Larkham, less than a week before his appearance at Wimbledon.

Two months later, in the lead-up to the US Open, Kyrgios brought in Lleyton Hewitt for temporary coaching and mentoring.

Kyrgios continued not having a coach for the remainder of 2015 and throughout 2016.

In May 2017, almost two years without a coach, Kyrgios hired French former professional tennis player Sebastien Grosjean.

Since 2017 Kyrgios has been without a head coach, and in 2020 stated: “And, for me, I don't have a goal of winning grand slams.

Kyrgios won his first challenger tour title at the age of 17.

Andrew Bulley believes the support of Kyrgios' close knit family was a critical factor in his attitude and motivation at the time.

Kyrgios was close to his family and friends, but as he rose through the rankings, playing in tournaments all over the world meant that he was away from home for long periods.

Kyrgios said: “I was winning, losing, going through relationship problems, dealing with other problems and I was pushing away because you feel like the world's against you.

Kyrgios is known as a talented but mercurial and hot-tempered player.

Kyrgios has been accused of tanking, verbal abuse, and unsportsmanlike conduct by umpires, match referees, the media and by former tennis players, including John McEnroe.

Kyrgios is known for his authenticity and individuality, and has been described by three-time Wimbledon champion John Newcombe as an "exceptional talent" and "a real individual".

Kyrgios has openly said that he "does not love tennis" and has a greater interest in basketball.

Kyrgios was booed by the crowd for his perceived lack of effort, but denied the accusations, stating "of course I tried".

In October 2016 Kyrgios was fined $32,900 and banned for eight weeks for "lack of best efforts" against unseeded Mischa Zverev in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Hugh van Cuylenburg, founder of the Resilience Project in Australia says Kyrgios is deliberately provocative and thrives when there is chaos around him: “Some people thrive in a hostile environment because it tricks them into the right level of arousal and reminds them of how much they care and how much they want to win – and Kyrgios is one of those.

Kyrgios produced some of the best performances of his career at Wimbledon in 2022.

Coco Gauff, during a press-conference at Flushing Meadows, praised Kyrgios for practicing with her at the Miami Open despite already having concluded a two-hour long practice with Frances Tiafoe, noting that:.

In late 2018 on the Seven Network's Sunday Night show in Australia, McEnroe said that Kyrgios is "the most talented player [he's] seen in the last ten years" but that Kyrgios may "run himself out", if he continued not to commit himself to tennis.

Kyrgios doesn't seek recognition or publicity for the good things he does.

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Kyrgios pledged to donate $200 for every ace he served during the summer, which was taken up by other Australian tennis players.

Kyrgios asked Tennis Australia to hold an exhibition match before the 2020 Australian Open to raise more funds.

In June 2020, Kyrgios publicly criticized Djokovic for organizing the controversial charity tennis tournament at which Djokovic and numerous other tennis players tested positive for Covid-19, calling it a "boneheaded decision".

In January 2021, Kyrgios called Djokovic a "tool" after he issued a wish-list of requirements for players forced to quarantine when they arrive in the country to play in the Australian Open.

Microphones picked up Kyrgios saying under his breath that Wawrinka, 30 at the time, was "banging 18-year-olds".

Kyrgios was fined $13,127 and given suspended penalties of $32,818 and a 28-day ban, pending further breaches by the ATP.

Kyrgios claimed he later apologised to Wawrinka though Wawrinka denied this claim.

Kyrgios's mother shut down her Twitter account several hours after this incident after personal criticisms were levelled at her.

Kyrgios indicated that her son's insults had been made in retaliation, and that Wawrinka accused her son of "faking an injury" during a previous match between the two.

Kyrgios would have received a $25,000 fine had he incurred a further fine for "verbal or physical abuse" during that six-month period.

Kyrgios has been warned and fined for various other instances of inappropriate behaviour.

Kyrgios was given three code violations for audible obscenities and racket-smashing at the 2014 US Open, fined $4,926 for audible obscenities and racket-smashing at the 2015 Australian Open, fined $12,470 for unsportsmanlike conduct and $2,625 for swearing at the 2015 Wimbledon, fined $4,370 for swearing at the 2016 Australian Open, fined $6,200 for swearing at the 2016 French Open, and fined $8,690 for swearing at the 2016 Wimbledon.

At the 2018 Queen's Club Championships, Kyrgios was issued a $17,500 fine after "miming masturbation with his water bottle" during a changeover in his semifinal match against Cilic.

At the 2019 Rome Masters, Kyrgios was defaulted from his second round encounter with Casper Ruud after swearing at a line judge, kicking a bottle, and hurling a chair onto court.

Kyrgios was fined €20,000 and forfeited all prize money and points earned during the event, and told to cover the costs of his hospitality.

In June 2019, Kyrgios was assessed three fines totaling $17,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct at the 2019 Queen's Club Championships.

Kyrgios was fined $113,000 for five separate incidents of unsportsmanlike conduct at the 2019 Cincinnati Masters tournament.

Kyrgios then walked off court, claiming he needed to use the restroom, but instead used the time to smash two racquets on the floor in a corridor.

Kyrgios was fined $25,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and an audible obscenity in his quarter-final match against Rafael Nadal at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters, in which Kyrgios had received a point penalty for swearing at a fan during the match, and had repeatedly clashed with the crowd and umpire Carlos Bernardes.

At the 2022 Miami Open, Kyrgios was fined $47,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during his loss to Jannik Sinner.

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Kyrgios had again clashed with Bernardes, who had given him a point penalty and then a game penalty during the match.

Kyrgios was fined $4,000 by the All England Club after his controversial match with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third-round of the 2022 Wimbledon championships.

Kyrgios halted play after Tsitsipas hit a backhand into the crowd, possibly hitting a fan.

Kyrgios stopped play for several minutes, yelling and swearing at the umpire, claiming he should have defaulted Tstisipas.

Kyrgios was fined $7,500 at the 2022 US Open, the biggest fine in the tournament's history, after yelling, and later spitting, at his player's box during his second round match against Benjamin Bonzi.

Kyrgios admits he didn't know how to deal with the pressure.

Kyrgios has endorsement deals with several companies, including Yonex, Nike and Beats.

Malaysia Airlines ended their partnership after Kyrgios was suspended and fined for tanking in the 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Kyrgios is the founding contributor of the athlete direct publishing website PlayersVoice, and has invested financially in the digital platform.

Kyrgios is a Greek Orthodox Christian and wears a gold cross with three pendants – a cross, a tennis racquet and a piece of jade.

Kyrgios is an avid fan of the Boston Celtics in the NBA and a life-long supporter of Tottenham Hotspur in English football's Premier League.

Kyrgios has followed a vegan diet since at least early 2020.

Kyrgios said that seeing the loss of animal life during the intense bushfires across Australia reinforced his choice of diet.

Kyrgios was previously in an on-again, off-again relationship with Croatian-Australian tennis player Ajla Tomljanovic.

In July 2022, it was announced that Kyrgios was summoned to appear in court in Australia on 2 August 2022 to face a charge of common assault, for allegedly grabbing Passari, in December 2021.

In May 2022, Kyrgios announced his engagement to blogger Costeen Hatzipourganis.