Nickname is King Began playing tennis at age 3 Speaks English and Afrikaans Mother, Cecelia; sister, Monique Lived next to a tennis court as a child, where parents and sister also played Says his career has been a tough journey from Futures qualifying events in Egypt and gradually through Challengers, which has added to his motivation and tenacity Favourite shot is forehand, surface is hard, tournament is Australian Open and city on tour is Vancouver Idols growing up were Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka Favourite superhero is Iron Man, TV show is Breaking Bad and movie is The Fast and the Furious Enjoys football and supports Tottenham Hotspur FC Also enjoys cars, music and spending time with family and friends Favourite actress is Mila Kunis and musician is Post Malone Says his dream job is lying on a beach Favourite foods are pasta and Indian. Guilty pleasure is coffee Lists loyalty as his best quality Favourite school subject was computer studies Underwent season-ending right wrist surgery in spring 2022

Became No. 1 African and reached 1st ATP Tour final at 2020 Adelaide, then achieved career-high No. 31 after reaching 1st Grand Slam QF at 2021 US Open

Earned personal-best 30 victories in 2021, highlighted by biggest win of career over No. 3 Nadal in Washington 3R

Defeated No. 4 Thiem en route to 2021 Dubai final, becoming 1st qualifier to advance past QF in 30-year tournament history

Regularly played ITF Futures events in Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe before making ATP debut in 2017, earning 1st ATP win in 2018 and breaking into Top 100 in 2019

Underwent wrist surgery in spring 2022, missing final 6 months of season, and back surgery in fall 2024