Alex De Minaur hopes his years of globetrotting will stand him in good stead ahead of this year's Australian Open.
The 17-year-old has moved between Australia and Spain basically his whole life.
"After five years the whole family moved to Spain. We spent there eight years. Then we came back here for another three and just moved back. So we've been back and forth a couple of times," he told SBS.
The teenager has made the most of his intercontinental life.
He's fluent in Spanish, French and English; his Spanish-Uruguayan restauranteur parents infusing the young tennis star with an international flavour.
"Where ever the country I was in, I would speak the main language of the country outside of the house and inside the house we would speak the opposite language, but now English has sort of taken over."
The teenager is hoping to one day emulate the likes of recent mentor Lleyton Hewitt.
"That's obviously the goal, to be able to represent your country in Davis Cup. I couldn't think of a better thing to do."
The Wimbledon junior finalist appears to be on the cusp of big things.
Qualifying in Brisbane, De Minaur upset 2015 Sydney runner-up Mikhail Kukushkin, the teenager will now be among illustrious company as a wildcard entry at the Australian Open.
"It would be unbelievable to be able to go far in a slam, but I'm just going to take things slowly."
