- Plays with a two-handed backhand
- Nickname is "Bubka Junior"
- Started playing tennis aged seven in Donetsk, Ukraine
- Speaks Russian, English and French
- Father, Sergei, is a former athlete, who won six consecutive World Championships, an Olympic gold medal and broke the world record for pole vaulting 35 times
- Mother, Liliya, used to be a rhythmic gymnast; brother, Vitaly
- Grew up training in Monaco and San Remo, Italy
- Favourite surface is indoor hard courts
- Favourite shot is the serve
- Favourite tournament is the US Open
- Idols growing up were Michael Jordan, Andrei Medvedev and Marat Safin
- Hobbies include watching movies, football, golf and snowboarding
- If he wasn't a tennis player, he would have "studied business and then worked in that area, or team sports"
- First played Davis Cup for Ukraine in March 2005
- Coached by Olivier Morel (since 2011) in Monte-Carlo and Kiev.
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2011.
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