Began playing tennis at age seven...Says, "When I was seven years old I went to a basketball club and wanted to start playing. I was tall but they told me that I was too young. Then I saw two tennis courts and started to play tennis instead"...Father, Constantin, and mother, Cristina, are engineers; younger sister, Irina, enjoys swimming... Hobbies include football (fan of Steaua Bucharest), fishing and swimming (competed until he was 12)...Childhood idols were Ilie Nastase, Goran Ivanisevic and Pete Sampras...Favourite shot is backhand and enjoys playing on clay and grass...Main coach is Florian Arsenescu, mental coach is Dave Dehaan and his serve coach is Julius Barbat...Fitness coach is Sebastien Durand...Wife, Andreea; son, Luca Andrei.