Gregory Rusedski was born on the 6th of September 1973 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
His mother, Helen was an Englishwoman who left her native town of Dewsbury, Yorkshire with her parents at the age of four to go and live in Canada.
His father, Tom, a railway worker, was originally German, with Polish-Ukranian parents, hence the Polish surname of Rusedski.
Greg grew up in Montreal, with his brother Bill who was three year older, and from the early age of seven showed to have enormous liking and aptitude for the game of tennis.
As he later admitted, the player, John McEnroe had been very influential on him as a child, and inspired him to play. |
