Nick Kyrgios of Australia is one of the most exciting prospects, not only in men’s tennis but in world sport. He is a former World Junior Number 1, winning the Australian Open Boys’ Singles title in January 2013. As well as three Grand Slam Doubles titles, Nick was also a crucial team member of the successful Australian Junior Davis Cup team.

In July 2014 Nick sensationally defeated world Number 1 Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships and became the first teenager to defeat a world Number 1 in a Grand Slam event since 2005 – as well as the first man to do so ranked outside the top 100 since 1992.

At the US Open in 2014, the young Aussie reached the third round (dispatching two seasoned pros in Mikhail Youzhny and Andreas Seppi). The Slam also marked a ‘changing of the guard’ as Nick overtook Hewitt as the top-ranked Australian tennis player. At the start of 2015, Nick reached his second Grand Slam quarter final as a teenager and, on the way to the last eight, he came back from a two-set deficit, saving a match point in the process, to beat Andreas Seppi 5-7 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) 8-6 in the third round. By reaching this stage of the tournament, Nick became the first Australian player to reach the Australian Open men’s quarterfinals in a decade, and the first teenager to reach multiple Grand Slam quarterfinals since Roger Federer in 2001. He then reached his first ATP singles final at the clay court event in Estoril where he lost to Richard Gasquet. Nick showed his clay court form in Estoril was no fluke with an impressive three sets win over Roger Federer at the Madrid masters.

During the grass court season, Nick showed his 2014 showing at Wimbledon was no one-off as he reached the fourth round, enjoying a routine win over Milos Raonic on the way.

Nick finished 2015 inside the world’s top 30 for the first time.

In 2016 Nick helped Australia to their first Hopman Cup title in 17 years, as he teamed up with Daria Gavrilova to entertain the Perth crowd with some exquisite tennis. At the 2016 Australian Open, Nick reached the third round (lost to Berdych) but quickly rebounded to win his first ATP title in impressive fashion beating three of the world’s top 10 on the way – all without losing serve.

Reaching the semi-finals in Miami (beating Raonic) helped Nick secure a top 20 ranking for the first time.

Nick reached at least the third round at all four majors in 2016 for the first time, and he won the ATP 250 in Atlanta and the ATP 500 in Tokyo, moving Nick to into the world’s top 15 for the first time.

Although 2017 wasn’t a stellar year for Nick, it was still a good one with some outrageously entertaining matches and tournament appearances. As defending champion in Marseille Nick reached his first semi-final of 2017, going down to eventual champion Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in a titanic three-set battle.

Marseille was quickly followed up by another semi-final appearance again in Acapulco, in which Nick was beaten by eventual champion Sam Querrey. Acapulco did pit Nick against Novak Djokovic for the first time – Nick beat the former world number one in straight sets.

During the spring US hard court swing, Nick reached the quarter finals in Indian Wells, beating both Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic before having to retire prior to his quarter final against Roger Federer due to food poisoning. Thankfully Nick was able to recover in time for the Miami Open and reached the semi-finals for the second straight year with impressive wins over Alexander Zverev and David Goffin before going down to legend Roger Federer in arguably the match of the year in three tough sets.

Nick led the Australian Davis Cup team to an impressive win over the United States In Brisbane, winning both of his singles matches against the higher ranked John Isner and Sam Querrey, sending Australia into the Davis Cup semi-finals.

Due to injuries and personal issues Nick was not at his best through the clay or grass court seasons, but he returned in the US for the summer hard court season and was able to reach his first Masters 1000 final with wins over Rafa Nadal and David Goffin.

After the US Open Nick fought for Australia in the Davis Cup but unfortunately Belgium proved too strong> He followed this up with another final appearance, this time in Beijing and enjoyed a win over Alexander Zverev before losing out to Rafa Nadal. The 2017 season ended for Nick Asia due to injury.