Thanasi Kokkinakis, a pro tennis player, has represented his nation in significant events like US Open and the Australian Open.
The 1996-born athlete, who began his professional career at age 14 with Australia F3, managed to penetrate the tennis industry over these years.
Likewise, he also represented Australia at the Davis Cup in 2014. Given his growing popularity and fame, this young player has also earned a large fan following on his Kokkinakis Twitter account.
More on him, Thanasi competed in the Australian Open in 2014 and reached the junior finals of the Australian Open and US Open a year back in 2013. Likewise, he recorded his first major win over Kamil Majchrzak in 2022, which happened at the Wimbledon Championships.
Thanasi Kokkinakis recently came to the public spotlight given his scheduled match with champion Novak Djokovic which is to be set to open play on Centre Court in Wimbledon 2022.
Wimbledon: Who Are Thanasi Kokkinakis’ Parents?
Thanasi Kokkinakis’s parents Voula Kokkinakis and Trevor Kokkinakis, both are former tennis players, as per sources.
And he perfectly inherited his sporting genes from his athletic father, an engineer by profession, and his mother, a housewife. They probably might have contributed to his athletic career and skills. His parents’ origin is Greece, and both are Greek immigrants, as noted on his Wikipedia.
We also found that Thanasi is one of his parents’ three children. And he is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Kokkinakis as he already has a sister named Christina and an older brother called Panayoti.
Thanasi was inspired by his elder brother to take on an interest in sports. He started playing tennis at age 7 or 8 through his brother Panayoti. And, look, he has managed to build a fulfilling career in this sector now.
Thanasi Kokkinakis Ethnicity And Nationality
Thanasi Kokkinakis appears to be mixed or white by ethnicity.
He was born in Adelaide to his Greek immigrant parents and thus held an Australian nationality. Some web portals have even noted his nationality as Greek; however, most of the online sites have regarded him as an Australian citizen holder.
Thanasi Kokkinakis Origin
Thanasi Kokkinakis is eligible to represent Greece thanks to his parents’ origin.
As we found, his dad, Trevor or Tryfon, is from Kalamata, Greece, and his mom Voula or Paraskevi, is also from Greece but from another city Tripoli.
The 26-year-old Kokkinakis’s real place of birth is located in the city of Australia, Adelaide.
Thanasi Kokkinakis Girlfriend And Dating Life
Thanasi Kokkinakis had involved himself in a scandal before when he was alleged to be intimate with Stan Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, during their August 2017, as per The Telegram.
Nick Kyrgios claimed that Kokkinakis had slept with some other athlete’s girlfriend.
Though Thanasi is not public about his dating life and history, he does share his views about his friends’ partners. The tennis champ recently told in March that his best friend Nick Kyrgios might be leaving his ‘bad boy’ reputation behind for his girlfriend, Costeen Hatzi.