Stefanos Tsitsipas (Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς) is a Greek-Russian professional tennis player. He is a resident of both Vouliagmeni, Greece and Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Born in Athens, Greece, Tsitsipas is the oldest of the four children of former tennis players Apostolos Tsitsipas and Julia Apostoli. Apostolos was born in Proastio, Karditsa, Greece while Apostoli was born in Moscow, Russia.
Apostolos and Apostoli’s youngest child is Elisavet Tsitsipas. Aside from Stefanos, Elisavet has have two more older brothers namely Petros Tsitsipas and Pavlos Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas is 6’4″ tall and he speaks English, Greek and Russian. Here are 13 more things about him:
- In 2004, he started taking tennis lessons at Tennis Club Glyfada in Glyfada, Greece.
- In 2007, he told his father that he wanted to become a tennis player.
- In 2013, he started on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit.
- In 2014, he played in the Abierto Juvenil Mexicano.
- In 2015, he started training at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Biot, France and got his first opportunity to play in the junior Grand Slam tournaments.
- In 2016, he made his professional tennis debut.
- He finished in the first round of the 2017 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.
- He finished in the first round of the 2018 Australian Open, the second round of the 2018 French Open and the 2018 US Open and the fourth round of 2018 Wimbledon Championships.
- From 2019 to 2022, he was in a relationship with Theodora Petalas. He finished in the first round of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships and the 2019 US Open and the fourth round of the 2019 French Open.
- He finished in the third round of the 2020 Australian Open and the 2020 US Open.
- He finished in the first round of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and the third round of the 2021 US Open.
- He finished in the first round of the 2022 US Open, the third round of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and the fourth round of the 2022 French Open.
- He was 24 years old when he became runner-up to 2023 Australian Open men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic on January 28, 2023.
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