Wife, Stephanie; father, Michel, is a tennis coach at the Barchon Club in Liege; mother, Francoise; brother, Simon.
Idol growing up was Roger Federer.
Voted by fellow players as 2014 ATP Comeback Player of the Year.
Enjoys playing golf.
Underwent season-ending left wrist surgery on 9 September 2013.
Missed 6 weeks in 2017 (right ankle), 4 weeks in 2018 (eye),5 weeks later in 2018 (right elbow) and 8 weeks in 2021 (left ankle).
Ended 2021 season following US Open due to left knee injury.
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Earned career-high 59 wins in 2017, ending season at career-high No. 7 after defeating No. 1 Nadal and No. 2 Federer en route to Nitto ATP Finals championship match.
Overall has finished in Top 25 for 7 consecutive years from 2014-2020.
Became 6th and final player to beat Nadal and Federer at same event (also Davydenko, Del Potro, Djokovic, Murray and Nalbandian).
First Belgian to break into Top 10, qualify for Nitto ATP Finals, defeat World No. 1 and reach an ATP Masters 1000 final (2019 Cincinnati).
In 2022, earned 300th victory (d. Andujar in Marrakech 2R), captured 6th ATP Tour title (Marrakech) and posted 3rd win over World No. 1 (d. Alcaraz in Astana 1R).
Advanced to 4 Grand Slam QFs, most recently 2022 Wimbledon, and led Belgium to Davis Cup finals in 2015 and 2017.
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