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Factbox: Wimbledon quarter-finalist Nick Kyrgios

LONDON (Reuters) - Factbox on Australia's Nick Kyrgios, who defeated French Open champion Rafa Nadal in the Wimbledon fourth round 7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals. GROWING UP * Born April 27, 1995 in Canberra, Australia, * He is the son of a Greek father, Giorgos, and a Malaysian mother, Norlaila * A promising basketball player growing up but choose to focus solely on tennis when he was 14-years-old. TENNIS CAREER * Won the Australian Open boys' singles title in 2013 * He is an accomplished doubles player and won back-to-back Wimbledon boys' doubles in 2012 and 2013, as well as the 2012 Roland Garros doubles title. * Turned professional in 2013. * Currently the highest-ranked teenager on the men's professional circuit at 144th. * Coached by Tennis Australian national coach Simon Rea. WIMBLEDON DEBUT * A wildcard entry in this year's Wimbledon, he is the youngest player in the men's singles draw. * He is the first player to reach the quarter-finals on their debut at the championship since Florian Mayer in 2004. * He is youngest player to reach the quarter-finals at the All England Club since compatriot Bernard Tomic, aged 18, reached the last eight in 2011. * The nine match points he saved during his second round 3-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 10-8 win over ninth seed Richard Gasquet is the joint-highest amount of match points saved by a winner in a Grand Slam match in the professional era. * His victory of Gasquet was his first tour-level win over an opponent in the world's top 50. * Kyrgios is the first player born in the 1990s to beat Rafa Nadal and is the first teenager to beat the world number one at a grand slam since Nadal himself beat Federer at the 2005 French Open. (Compiled by Sam Holden; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)