Thanasi Kokkinakis was rated as high as No. 10 in the world as a junior.
He won one junior Grand Slam championship, the doubles title at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships with partner Nick Kyrgios, and finished second in two more junior Grand Slam singles finals that year. Kokkinakis broke into the top 100 for the first time as a professional in 2015.
Does Thanasi Kokkinakis speak Greek?
He speaks Greek and is a native speaker at that.
After winning one title on the ATP Challenger Tour, he advanced to the fourth round of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time at the 2015 Indian Wells Masters.
Following an injury-plagued 2016, he reached his first ATP Tour finals the following year, winning the 2017 Brisbane International doubles championship alongside Jordan Thompson but losing in the final.
How many languages does Thanasi Kokkinakis speak?
Kokkinakis, who is bilingual speaks both English and Greek.
He won his maiden major title in the first round of the 2014 Australian Open against Igor Sijsling. In 2014, he climbed more than 450 ranking points to finish inside the world’s top 150, before breaking into the top 100 for the first time in May 2015.
