Thanasi Kokkinakis Height, Weight, Age, Family, Facts, Biography

Thanasi Kokkinakis is an Australian skilled tennis participant who’s adept at each the singles and the doubles codecs of the game. He had damaged into the ‘Top 70’ of the official ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) singles rankings in June 2015 and had reached the third spherical of the singles occasion on the 2015 French Open. In the singles format, on the ATP World Tour, he had gained the Adelaide International in January 2024. He had damaged into the ‘Top 140’ of the doubles rankings in July 2015 and had reached the third spherical of the doubles occasion on the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. In the doubles format, on the ATP World Tour, he had gained the Brisbane International in January 2017. He was additionally a member of the Australian squad that had reached the semi-final of the 2015 version of the distinguished Davis Cup (the premier worldwide group occasion in males’s tennis). This was the nation’s greatest efficiency within the match since their title triumph in 2003.

Born Name

Athanasios Kokkinakis

Nick Name

Thanasi, Kokk

Sun Sign

Aries

Born Place

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Residence

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Nationality

Occupation

Professional Tennis Player

Family

• Father – Trevor (Tryfon) Kokkinakis
• Mother – Voula Kokkinakis (née Paraskevi)
• Siblings – Panayoti ‘Pan’ Kokkinakis (Brother), Christina Kokkinakis (Sister)

Manager

He is represented by Fraser Wright, Manager, Booking Agent, PR Agent, International Management Group (IMG), London, England, United Kingdom.

Plays

Right-Handed (Two-Handed Backhand)

Turned Pro

2013

Build

Athletic

Height

6 ft 4 in or 193 cm

Weight

84 kg or 185 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Thanasi has dated –

1. Donna Vekić (2015)

Race / Ethnicity

White

He is of Greek descent.

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Eye Color

Light Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Toned physique
• Towering body
• Side-cropped, wavy hair
• Affable smile
• Clean-shaven look

Religion

Christianity

Brand Endorsements

Thanasi has been sponsored by –

• Nike, Inc.
• Babolat
• SafetyCulture (Cloud-based Software Company)

Thanasi Kokkinakis Favorite Things

• Tennis Shot – Forehand, Serve
• Tennis Surface – Clay, Hard
• Sports – Tennis, Basketball
• Tennis Tournament/Event – Australian Open
• Tennis Role Model/Idol – Marat Safin
• Hobbies/Interests – Watching NBA (National Basketball Association) Matches, Playing Video Games on PlayStation
• Basketball Teams – Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets

Source – ATP, Twitter

Thanasi Kokkinakis Facts

1. Thanasi had first developed an curiosity in tennis when he was about 7 years previous after he had began taking part in the game recreationally together with his brother.
2. During his junior profession, he had reached a peak rating of quantity 10. In 2013, he had gained the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title and had completed because the boys’ singles runner-up at each the Australian Open and the US Open.
3. His breakthrough 12 months in top-flight tennis was 2015 when he had reached his peak ATP  rankings in each the singles and the doubles codecs and had additionally recorded his greatest Grand Slam performances in each the singles and the doubles codecs. However, the 12 months had ended on a bitter notice for him as he was pressured to endure shoulder surgical procedure to restore an ongoing damage.
4. The surgical procedure had restricted him to only a solitary singles match from November 2015 to May 2017. He would later admit that the damage was attributable to vainness as he had tried to raise extreme weights within the gymnasium to extend his bicep dimension as a result of he had heard the information that Nike was bringing out new sleeveless tops.
5. In January 2017, when he had gained the doubles title on the Brisbane International, the primary ATP-level doubles title of his profession, and as of January 2024, the one such title of his profession, he and Jordan Thompson had turn out to be the primary Australian duo ever to win the Brisbane International.
6. The greatest win of his profession had are available March 2018 when he had upset the defending champion and the then world no 1 ranked Roger Federer within the 2nd spherical of the Miami Open with the scoreline of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Thanasi was ranked a hundred and seventy fifth on the planet going into the match and had thus turn out to be the lowest-ranked participant to beat the then world no 1 ranked participant since world quantity 178 Francisco Clavet’s upset of Thanasi’s mentor Lleyton Hewitt in 2003. In a bizarre coincidence, Lleyton’s defeat had additionally come within the 2nd spherical of the identical match which was often known as the NASDAQ-100 Open at the moment.
   

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