Ilya Ivashka was born Ilya Uladzimiravich Ivashka on February 24, 1994, in Minsk, Belarus, to Belarusian parents; Father, Uladzimir, and mother, Anzhela.
He started playing tennis at a very young age, guided by his mother and father. He started playing tennis at 5; his family raised Ivashka and his brother Aleksei.
He idolized Roger Federer while growing up and mentioned he loves playing video games, especially FIFA, with his brother Aleksei. Ivashka is married to his wife Veronika Shkliaeva, the twin sister-wife of tennis player Karen Khachanov.
