Ivan Gakhov
Ivan Gakhov
Ivan Gakhov
Ivan Gakhov
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  • Personal
    • Parents, Elena and Andrey, did not have a sports background, but encouraged Ivan to play sports from a young age "because it's healthy".
    • Sister, Maria, is nine years older.
    • Moved to Gandia, Spain aged 14 for training. After seven years moved to Barcelona, where he has been based since.
    • Tennis idols are Andy Murray and Marat Safin. Safin's semi-final win against Roger Federer at the 2005 Australian Open "made me fall in love with this sport".
    • Outside of tennis, his hero is Kobe Bryant. He is a big football fan (Real Madrid) and also enjoys Formula 1 and snooker.
    • He has a tattoo of a serotonin molecule on his neck.
    • Lists Batman as his favourite superhero, Cillian Murphy his favourite actor and Fred Again his favourite musician.
    • His favourite tournament and surface are Monte-Carlo and clay, respectively.
    • He speaks Spanish, English and Russian.

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