Nick Kyrgios  Early Life, Family and Career

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Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios is an Australian professional tennis player.

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In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No.

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Kyrgios was born on 27 April 1995 in Canberra, Australia, to a father of Greek origin, George, and a Malay mother, Norlaila ("Nill").

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His father is a self-employed house painter, and his mother is a computer engineer.

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His mother was born in Malaysia as a member of the Selangor royal family, but she dropped her title as a princess when she moved to Australia in her twenties.

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His older sister Halimah works in dance and musical theatre and as a voice and performance coach based in Hong Kong.

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Kyrgios attended Radford College until Year 8 and completed his Year 12 certificate in 2012 at Daramalan College in Canberra.

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He also played basketball in his early teens before deciding to focus solely on tennis when he was 14 years old.

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Two years later he received a full scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, where he was able to further develop his tennis.

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In 2013, Kyrgios relocated his training base from Canberra to Melbourne Park in an attempt to further his career with better facilities and hitting partners.

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Kyrgios confirmed in January 2015 that he would return home and base himself in Canberra. He also donated $10,000 towards the Lyneham Tennis Centre redevelopment.

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