Verdasco began playing tennis when he was four years old, practicing with his father on the two hard courts in the backyard of their family home. His parents, José and Olga, own a restaurant in Madrid. He has two younger sisters, Sara and Ana.Verdasco was diagnosed with ADHD when he was a child, but did not receive treatment in order to not have problems with doping.'s ex-girlfriends include Argentine professional tennis player Gisela Dulko, Spanish model and actress Dafne Fernández, Spanish model Priscila De Gustin, and Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanović.
