Australian tennis player Athanasios “Thanasi” Kokkinakis is known mostly for his doubles expertise. A professional since 2013, the 26-year-old reached his highest doubles rating of No. 15 in the world in November 2022.
When he and Nick Kyrgios won the Australian Open doubles championship in 2022, it was a career-high point. In 2015 at the French Open, Kokkinakis advanced to the third round, his best performance in a Grand Slam tournament.
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Kokkinakis has a 47-65 record in singles play and a career-high ATP single ranking of 69, both of which he reached for the first time in June of 2015. There has been one singles championship and three doubles championships for him.
Thanasi Kokkinaki with his family
Thanasi Kokkinakis, an Australian basketball star, was born to parents who emigrated from Greece. Kalamata, the second-largest city on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, is where his father, Trevor Kokinakis, was born and raised. Kokkinakis’ mother, Voula, is originally from Tripoli, a city in the middle of the Peloponnese.
His parents made the journey to Australia long before Kokkinaki was born. Both of his parents work; his dad is an engineer and mum is a housewife. Kokkinakis’s two brothers and sisters are named Christina and Pan. Youngest of the bunch is Thanasi.
Kokkinakis’ parents encouraged his tennis career as a kid. His siblings have had a major impact on his development as a tennis player. Kokkinakis has said before that his elder brother had a big influence on his decision to become involved in sports.
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