- Began playing at age six and at age eight in April 1993, began playing at “AS” New Belgrade Tennis Club with Russian coach Roman Savochkin
- Father, Pavel, is a professor; mother, Vesna, is a housewife
- His grandmother keeps a journal on her grandson
- Has one younger brother (by two years), Veljko, who is a college student
- Speaks Serbian, English and Russian
- Finished high school and in 2006 completed university work in Belgrade, studying Sports Management
- Enjoys snowboarding, house music and reading psychiatry books of Nietzsche and Dostojevski
- Has a tattoo on his left arm with enscription “Beauty will save the world” from Dostojevski
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Idols growing up were Agassi and Kafelnikov
- Prefers playing on slow hard courts and clay
- Compiled an outstanding junior career by finishing No. 2 in world junior rankings in 2001
- Captured Australian Open juniors (d. Wang) and reached QF at Roland Garros juniors
- Compiled an 8-3 career mark in ITF junior finals between 1999-2001
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Married TV host Biljana Sesevic on 4 July 2010 in Belgrade
- Guests included Novak Djokovic, Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki
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Coached by German Dirk Hordorff (since Metz in Sept. 2009), physio is Mark Boada and fitness trainer is Bernado Carborel.
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2011.
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