Athlete of the Month for May 2026

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Bio

Nick Kyrgio was born April 27 1995. He is a Australian professional tennis player. His currently ranks 741 in the ATP and had been ranked as high as world no 13. He as won seven ATP tour singles titles and has reached eleven finals, most notably a major final at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

Kyrgio is only the third player to have beaten each one of the big three, Nocak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal.He is often described as a “polarising player” because of his unique, unfiltered and unapologetic personality. He has two siblings a sister, and a brother.

Kyrgio attend Radford college until year 8 and completed his year 12 certificate in 2012 at Daramalan College in Canberra. He played his first junior match in 2008 at the age of 13 at a grade 4 tournament in Australia.

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