Career
He played his first match at Association of Tennis Professionals level on January 5, 2016 in Chennai, where he lost in the first round. He played his first match at Grandslam on January 18, 2016 in Australian Open, where he lost to fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti in the first round. He lost in two tight tie-breaks in the subsequent round, to fellow up-and-coming talent Dominic Thiem.
Despite the loss his tennis was of an extremely high quality.
In addition he remained mentally composed on key points and played intelligent tennis throughout. During the match he was watched by fellow Slovak and coach of Novak Djokovic Marian Vajda.