Finalist in 2023, semi-finalist in 2019, 2021 and 2022
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Stefanos Tsitsipas
Best ATP ranking 3
- Country Greece
- Age 26 years
- Size 1.93 m
- Jeu Right-handed, one-handed backhand
Nickname: Tsitsifast
Equipment: Wilson Blade 98 racket (18x20 string pattern), Luxilon 4G string (1.25 mm gauge)
Profile & career
Stefanos Tsitsipas, flamboyance and dazzle
Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of the greatest success stories in the history of the Mouratoglou Academy, as well as the greatest Greek player of all time, the first to break into the ATP top 100 (world No. 3 at his peak in 2021). European champion and world junior No 1 in 2016, winner of the Next Gen Masters in 2018, he immediately enjoyed huge success in the pros, winning 11 titles on the main circuit, including the ATP Finals in London in 2019. He is also a two-time Grand Slam finalist, at the French Open in 2021 and the Australian Open in 2023.
He has been a member of the Mouratoglou Academy since 2015. Patrick Mouratoglou personally spotted him by watching some of his matches… on YouTube. Then by personally supervising his training sessions during the 2019 ATP Finals.
TSITSIPAS' PRIZE LIST
Junior career: European champion and world No 1
Following his arrival at the Mouratoglou Academy, Tsitsipas enjoyed a breathtaking 2016 season in the junior category, where he won three titles. In 2016, he was European champion, world No 1, Wimbledon winner and a semi-finalist in singles and at the US Open.
ATP career: a meteoric rise
The formidable seeds he sowed at junior level have borne fruit a hundred-fold at professional level, where ‘Tsitsifast’ has become one of the most charismatic champions of his generation almost without transition. At the end of 2017, he was in the top 100 before bursting through in 2018, the year of his first Masters 1,000 final in Toronto, followed by his first ATP title in Stockholm.
ATP honours list: 11 titles plus the Next Gen Masters
Stefanos Tsitstipas opened his career in Stockholm in 2018 on the indoor circuit, and by the end of 2024 had won 11 titles on the main circuit, including the Masters in London in 2019 on the indoor circuit and the Monte Carlo 1,000 Masters on three occasions (2021, 2022, 2024) on clay. He also won in Marseille (indoor) in 2019 and 2020, Estoril (clay) in 2019, Lyon (clay) in 2021, Mallorca (grass) in 2022 and Los Cabos (hard) in 2023. To this must be added a victory in 2018 at the Next Gen Masters, where he was one of the stars alongside Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem.
As precocious as he is flamboyant and creative, Tsitsipas was just 20 when he broke into the top 10 after hitting his first Grand Slam major at the Australian Open, reaching the semi-finals with a memorable victory over Roger Federer. And he was just 23 when he reached the world’s top 3, coming close to the top spot on several occasions. He was also the youngest player to record at least one victory over Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Tsitsipas beat them twice.
TSITSIPAS & THE GRAND SLAMS
Tsitsipas reached two Grand Slam finals at Roland Garros (2021) and the Australian Open (2023), both times losing to Novak Djokovic. In Paris, after beating the likes of Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev, he came within a whisker of the Holy Grail when he led the Serbian legend by two sets to love in the final, eventually winning in five sets.
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Finalist in 2021, semi-finalist in 2020
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Fourth round in 2018 and 2023
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3rd round in 2020 and 2021
Statistics & records
- 100 First Greek player to reach the ATP top 100
- 20 At the 2019 Australian Open, he became the youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist (aged 20) since Novak Djokovic in 2007.
- 1 The youngest player to have at least one victory over Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
- 3 Youngest player to win at least one title on all three surfaces (hard, clay, grass).
- 5 Five consecutive seasons in the top 10 in 2019 (6th), 2020 (6th), 2021 (4th), 2022 (4th) and 2023 (6th).
- 35 35 wins over players in the top 10, including two over a current world No 1: Novak Djokovic in Shanghai (2019) and Daniil Medvedev in Cincinnati (2022).
Link with the Mouratoglou Academy
A unique and fascinating story
Stefanos Tsitsipas’ story with the Mouratoglou Academy is both unique and fascinating, as it was while watching match videos on YouTube that Patrick Mouratoglou ‘fell in love’ with the young Greek, then aged around 15, before taking him under his wing in 2015. He went on to explain that it was not so much his intrinsic level that attracted him as his incredible competitive spirit and, more generally, his incomparable aura on court. “I owe a large part of my success to the Mouratoglou Academy, which helped me to see tennis from a different perspective because it is very difficult to become a professional player by staying in Greece,” said Tsitsipas, who is obviously aware of his mentor’s Greek roots.
Now coached by his compatriot Dimitris Chatzinikolaou, captain of the Greek Davis Cup team, after a long spell with his father Apostolos, Stefanos remains a loyal member of the Mouratoglou academy, where he has also benefitted from the expertise of physical trainer Frédéric Lefebvre and physio Louis Fresneau.
GAME & EQUIPMENT
His game: creativity at the service of performance
In addition to efficiency, Stefanos Tsitsipas has added panache and flamboyance, armed with his attacking tennis and one-handed backhand that make him almost an anachronistic representative of tennis from another era, much to the delight of purists and nostalgic fans alike. His tennis creativity, which has few equals, is a reflection of his deep, thoughtful and inspired personality, which takes the codes of his time and puts his own stamp on them. He does exactly the same with his game.
His equipment
True to the Wilson brand, he plays with the Wilson Blade 98 (18×20 string pattern). His string is a Luxilon 4G monofilament (1.25 mm gauge).
Personal Life
& Interests
"The Artist
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s artistic side is reflected in his off-court activities, where he stands out for his content creation and his off-beat use of social networks. For example, he has launched a YouTube channel to post Vlogs of his travels around the world, created a podcast entitled ‘A Greek Abroad’, while his ‘X’ account has become a haven for his humorous reflections, sometimes bordering on the mystical. His relationship with Spanish player Paula Badosa has made him a firm favourite with online tennis fans, and put Tsitsipas at the top of the list of most-followed players.
