Began playing tennis at age seven...Father, Manfred, is a real state manager and inventor for experimental kits; mother, Barbara, is a housewife; older sister Christine is a school teacher...Parents follow every match on Live Score...Lives together with fiancé, Nadine, a dentist, in his hometown Stuttgart…Studies psychology at University of Phoenix...Since age 15, practices at the Wuerttemberg Federation in Stuttgart...Considers favorite surface indoor hard courts and serve his best shot...Has an interest in IT...Elected to two-year term to ATP Player Council in June 2008.