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Ernests Gulbis Bio
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- Began playing at age five when his grandmother first brought him to a tennis court
- Father, Ainars, is an investment businessman and former basketball player; mother, Milena, is a drama theatre actress
- Has three sisters, Elina (23), who finished her law degree in England; Laura (14) and Monika (10) who are both playing tennis; and one brother, Kristops (16), who is attending the Saddlebrook Academy in Florida to pursue golf
- .Grandfather was a starter on former Soviet Union national basketball team which won European Championships
- Speaks Latvian, Russian, English and a little German
- Enjoys playing soccer, basketball and hockey
- Considers hard courts his favorite surface and serve and backhand drop shot his best shot
- Member of Latvian Davis Cup team and has an 11-7 career record (7-4 in singles) in nine ties
- Coached by Austrian Karl-Heinz Wetter (since December 2007)
- Used to work with former ATP pro Niki Pilic and trained at Pilic's Tennis Academy in Munich (from age 12-18).
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2008.
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