Ernests Gulbis | Bio | ATP Tour

Began playing tennis at age 5 with his grandmother.
Father, Ainars, is an investment businessman and former basketball player; mother, Milena, is a theatre actress; sisters, Elina, Laura and Monika; brother, Kristaps.
Grandfather, Alvils, was a starter on former Soviet Union national basketball team that won European Championships.
Speaks Latvian, Russian, English and a little German.
Considers serve and backhand drop shot as his best shots.
Enjoys playing football, basketball and hockey.
Used to work with former ATP pro Niki Pilic and trained at Pilic's academy in Munich from age 12-18.
Wife, Tamara. Became a father in March 2018.
Struggled with right wrist injury over course of 2015-17 seasons.

(UPDATED 1 JULY 2019)

Achieved career-high No. 10 on 9 June 2014 after run to Roland Garros SF. Broke into Top 50 on 8 October 2007 following Mons, BEL Challenger title and Top 100 on 26 February 2007 following Besancon, FRA Challenger title.Earned 1st ranking point at age 15 on 5 July 2004 following Challenger debut at Zell, GER as WC.
Owns 6-1 record in ATP Tour finals, capturing most recent titles in 2014 at Marseille and Nice. Posted double-digit win totals in 9 straight seasons (2007-15), highlighted by 41-win effort in 2014. Enjoyed successful ATP debut at 2006 St. Petersburg as WC, beating Czechs Vik, Dlouhy and Hernych en route to SF.
Posted best Grand Slam results at Roland Garros, defeating Federer in 5 sets en route to 2014 SF. Also advanced to Roland Garros QF in 2008.
As World No. 589 in 2017, became lowest-ranked player to advance to Wimbledon 3R since unranked Kiefer in 2007. Qualified at 2018 Wimbledon and reached 4R with 5-set wins over Clarke, Dzumhur and A. Zverev.
Defeated No. 1 Federer en route to 2010 ATP Masters 1000 Rome SF and No. 2 Murray to reach 2013 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal QF. Advanced to 5 other ATP Masters 1000 QFs, most recently 2015 Montreal as Q.