Parents, Elena and Andrey, did not have a sports background, but encouraged Ivan to play sports from a young age "because it's healthy".
Sister, Maria, is nine years older.
Moved to Gandia, Spain aged 14 for training. After seven years moved to Barcelona, where he has been based since.
Tennis idols are Andy Murray and Marat Safin. Safin's semi-final win against Roger Federer at the 2005 Australian Open "made me fall in love with this sport".
Outside of tennis, his hero is Kobe Bryant. He is a big football fan (Real Madrid) and also enjoys Formula 1 and snooker.
He has a tattoo of a serotonin molecule on his neck.
Lists Batman as his favourite superhero, Cillian Murphy his favourite actor and Fred Again his favourite musician.
His favourite tournament and surface are Monte-Carlo and clay, respectively.
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