Started playing tennis at age 7 in Donetsk, Ukraine
Speaks Russian, English and French
Father, Sergei, is a former athlete, who won six consecutive World Championships, an Olympic gold medal and broke the world record for pole vaulting 35 times
Mother, Liliya, used to be a rhythmic gymnast; brother, Vitaly
Grew up training in Monaco and San Remo, Italy
Favourite surface is indoor hard and favourite shot is serve
Favourite tournament is US Open
Idols growing up were Michael Jordan, Andrei Medvedev and Marat Safin
Hobbies include watching movies, football, golf and snowboarding
If he wasn't a tennis player, he would have "studied business and then worked in that area, or team sports"