Thanasi Kokkinakis
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia |
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| Residence | Adelaide, Australia |
| Born |
10 April 1996 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Turned pro | 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Todd Langman (2003–2015) Jason Stoltenberg (mentor 2015-) Lleyton Hewitt (mentor 2015-) Ben Mathias (2016-) |
| Prize money | $680,317 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 15–27 (35.71% in Grand Slam, ATP Tour and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 69 (8 June 2015) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2014, 2015) |
| French Open | 3R (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
| US Open | 1R (2015) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 11–11 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 137 (27 July 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 277 (16 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2013, 2014) |
| French Open | 2R (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2015) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | SF (2015) |
| Last updated on: 16 January 2017. | |
Thanasi Kokkinakis (born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player.
Kokkinakis was born in Adelaide to Greek immigrant parents, Trevor (Tryfon) from Kalamata, Greece and Voula (Paraskevi) from Tripoli, Greece. Kokkinakis also has Greek citizenship. He is a citizen of Chomatada Pylos. His tennis idol growing up was Marat Safin.
In August 2015, Kokkinakis was thrown into the centre of a scandal sparked by compatriot Nick Kyrgios, who suggested during a match against Stan Wawrinka at the Montreal Masters that Kokkinakis had had an affair with Wawrinka's girlfriend, Croatian tennis player Donna Vekić.
As a junior, Kokkinakis had a break through when in March 2008 he won the 12 year old National Lawn Tennis tournament in Mildura beating Joshua Bray 6-1, 6-2 in the final. This was a big stepping stone after being beaten in the previous 12 year old National Hardcourt Tennis Tournament in January 2008 by Lochlan Greene in straight sets in the round of 16. This tournament was won by Nick Kyrgios.
Kokkinakis received a wildcard into the 2013 Australian Open juniors tournament and eventually reached the final taking down the 12th, 2nd and 11th seeds on his way. In the final he faced fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios. After having two set points in the first set he eventually lost 7–6(4) 6–3.
In June, he returned to competitive play at Wimbledon, and made the third round in the boys' singles and won the boys' doubles with Nick Kyrgios.
Kokkinakis lost the final of US Open Boys' Singles, losing in three sets against Borna Ćorić, 6–3 3–6 1–6. Following the result, Kokkinakis reached a career high junior ranking of 10.
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