He already has a tattoo in memory of his grandmother and now Nick Kyrgios will help build a structure at his training base in Canberra to honour his "Nanna".
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Kyrgios, who says he will continue to use his hometown Canberra as his focal training base, has been motivated at this year's Australian Open by memories of his late grandmother, Julianah Foster, who helped raise him.
Kyrgios had her age, 74, tattooed on his finger after she died last year and has been kissing it after every victory at the Australian Open.
The Kyrgios family will now donate $10,000 to Tennis ACT for upgrades to the Canberra Tennis Centre at Lyneham, to have a crowd shade structure built in her honour – named "Nanna's Hut".
Kyrgios' emotional story of his connection with his grandmother has touched other tennis stars, fellow Australian Bernard Tomic and former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka also signing memorabilia with the number #74.
Ms Foster died just nine days after Kyrgios breakthrough performance at Wimbledon last year and he missed out on a trip to Albury to say goodbye to her just days before she died.
"She gave a lot of time to Nick [when he was growing up], I was working fulltime and she would pick him up and take him to training," Kyrgios' mother, Nill, said.
"She was very close with Nick, they were his childhood years. Bernard and Azarenka didn't know Nanna, but they're paying their respects.
"It's heartbreaking for Nick. The morning I left to go to Albury I woke him up to see if he wanted to come and visit Nanna. He had to train, he had been busy and he said he was hitting that afternoon.
"That's why he feels very deeply about it ... no one could have predicted it."
After his opening win at the Australian Open, Kyrgios signed the television camera with the number 74. It has caught on, Tomic and Azarenka following suit.
"I thought I'd do it for Nick. I pay respect to his family, so I did it. He's a good guy," Tomic said.
Kyrgios has moved his training base from Melbourne back to Canberra to be closer to his family.
It's perfect timing, given the new $27 million Canberra Tennis Centre, which officials hope will host future Davis Cup and Federation Cup ties.
Tennis ACT has opened up a public forum that will enable people to donate and have their names on pavers or shaded structures.
The Kyrgios family is the first to jump on board, donating to have "Nanna's Hut" constructed at the venue.
"Mum was there often, we call it Nanna's Hut so we all know she's at the tennis all the time," Nill said.
"She loved watching Nick play, she was so happy when she won two packets of Saos when Nick beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon."
Despite his rapid rise up the world rankings, Kyrgios insists he can continue to benefit by keeping his training base in Canberra, closer to family.
"When you're travelling and going to grand slams, it's not the real world, so when you get back here you just chill out and realise you're only just a tennis player," Kyrgios said.
"I think it can definitely be a base. There's a lot of guys I can hit with, I can fly some guys from Melbourne to hit with as well. With the new centre in Lyneham, I think it's the perfect base for me."
