On court

• finished runner-up at the 2014 Roland Garros junior boys’ doubles event with Austrian Lucas Miedler
• won biggest career title at the Winnetka Challenger in July 2017; attained career-high ranking of world No.144 later that season
• won first pro title in five years at an ITF Futures event in Monastir, Tunisia in 2022, one of four Futures finals he reached that year
• favourite thing about being a tennis player is travelling and playing other people around the world
• first realised he was good enough to be professional when he began training and playing full time
• tennis idols are Roger Federer and Carlos Moya; feels his game most closely resembles Federer
• dream tennis scenario would be facing Roger Federer on Wimbledon’s Centre Court
• loves the Australian Open for its great atmosphere
• names Stefan Kozlov as the toughest opponent he’s ever faced
• wishes he could replay the final of the junior French Open doubles event of 2014; he and partner Lucas Miedler lost 6-3 6-3 to Benjamin Bonzi and Quentin Halys
• professional goals are to become world No.1 and to win all four Grand Slam titles

Off court

• favourite food is Japanese cuisine
• enjoys playing PS3
• perfect day would involve playing tennis and sleeping

Year-end ranking history