Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Novak Đoković / Новак Ђоковић, pronounced [nôʋaːk d͡ʑôːkoʋit͡ɕ]; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is generally considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He is coached by former Slovak tennis player Marián Vajda and former German tennis player and six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker.

Djokovic has won 11 Grand Slam singles titles which is ranked fourth in the open era tied with Björn Borg and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 186 weeks. By winning three Grand Slam titles in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player to win three Grand Slams in a calendar year. He repeated this achievement in 2015. In Grand Slams, Djokovic has won an all-time record six Australian Open titles (tied with Roy Emerson), including an open era record of three consecutive titles from 2011–2013 (the first and only player to achieve this). He has also won three Wimbledon titles and two US Open titles.

Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic (/tɔːmɪk/; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player who as of 11 January 2016 is ranked world No. 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), his career high ranking. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won three Orange Bowl titles and two junior grand slam singles titles, the 2008 Australian Open and 2009 US Open. Highlights of Tomic's career include winning the 2013 Apia International Sydney, 2014 Claro Open Colombia and the 2015 Claro Open Colombia. Other highlights include a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships as well as at the 2015 BNP Paribas Open and the 2015 Shanghai Masters.

Personal life

Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 21 October 1992. Tomic's parents, Croatian father John (Ivica) and Bosnian mother Ady (Adisa), left Yugoslavia several years before his birth. In an interview, Tomic stated that his parents "have a Croatian background". They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born. The family migrated to Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in 1996 when Tomic was three years old. His younger sister, Sara, is a junior tennis player. Tomic was educated at Southport State School during his primary school years before taking up a sports scholarship at The Southport School for his high school years.