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Nicholas Hilmy "Nick" Kyrgios (born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. He won the boys' singles event at the 2013 Australian Open and the boys' doubles event at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Kyrgios' biggest achievements to date are reaching the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships - defeating ATP number 1 Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet en route - and the quarterfinals of the 2015 Australian Open.
Kyrgios was born in Canberra, Australia. He is the son of a Greek father, Giorgos ("George") and a Malaysian mother, Norlaila ("Nill"), who comes from the Malaysian town of Gombak, Selangor. His father is a self-employed house painter and his mother is a computer engineer
Kyrgios was a promising basketball player who had represented the Australian Capital Territory and Australia in his early teens before making the decision to focus solely on tennis when he was 14 years old.
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.
In his first round qualifying match at the 2012 Australian Open, Kyrgios won the first set in a tiebreak. However, his opponent Mathieu Rodrigues cruised through the second and third sets to eventually defeat Kyrgios. 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. At the end of the season he had reached a semifinal and a quarterfinal in Australian tournaments. He finished the year with a singles ranking of 838.
Kyrgios began his season at the Sydney International, but lost his opening match against Jerzy Janowicz in three tightly contested sets. This was followed by an appearance at the 2015 Australian Open, where he received direct entry due to his ranking for the first time.
Kyrgios began his year at the Hopman Cup alongside Daria Gavrilova as part of the Australia Green team. In the round robin, Australia Green won 3–0 against Germany, with Kyrgios winning his singles match against Alexander Zverev in three sets, and later partnering Gavrilova for a three-set win in the mixed doubles. In his second round robin tie against Great Britain, Kyrgios recorded his first ever win against then World Number 2 Andy Murray in straight sets and he also won the doubles with Gavrilova in three sets, to claim a 2–1 win over the British team. He went on to win the Hopman Cup with Gavrilova, defeating Ukraine in the final which earned Kyrgios his first professional title of any category of professional tennis on the World Tour.