Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Height: 6ft 4in / 1.93m

Age: 24 (Aug 12 1998)

Career High: 3

Titles: 9

Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand

Achievements

  • Tsitsipas is the top-ranked Greek player of all time and achieved a career-high No. 3 in August 2021
  • Tsitsipas is a five-time Grand Slam semi-finalist and became Greece’s first Grand Slam finalist at the 2021 French Open
  • Aged 22 at Roland Garros, Tsitsipas became the youngest Grand Slam finalist since Andy Murray in 2010
  • In 2018, Tsitsipas won the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals title. A year later, he won the Nitto ATP Finals title, becoming the youngest winner since Leyton Hewitt in 2001
  • In total, he has won nine ATP Tour titles, including the 2021 and 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo
  • Tsitsipas is the youngest of 29 players to defeat Nadal (2019 Madrid SF), Federer (2019 Australia Open 4R), and Djokovic (2018 Toronto 3R), beating all three before turning 21
  • Tsitsipas was named Greek Male Athlete of the Year for 2019

At MWTC

  • Tsitsipas took part in the 2019 edition of Mubadala World Tennis Championship, losing to Nadal in the final

Fun Facts

  • He was born into a tennis family with his mother being part of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and his father a prominent tennis coach
  • He started playing the sport at the age of three and began taking lessons aged six
  • As a child, he would often sleep with his racquet
  • He creates video diaries of his travels and is passionate about photography