Stefanos Tsitsipas ( Greek Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς ; born August 12, 1998 , Athens , Greece ) is a Greek tennis player , the first Greek to enter the top 100 and top 10 world tennis ratings, the winner of three ATP singles tournaments, the winner of one junior Grand Slam Tournament in Doubles ( Wimbledon 2016 ), the former first racket of the world in the junior ranking.
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | |
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| Player gender | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Citizenship | |
| Place of residence | Monte Carlo , Monaco |
| Growth | 193 [1] cm |
| Weight | 85 kg |
| Carier start | 2016 |
| Working hand | right |
| Backhand | one-handed |
| Trainer | Apostolos Tsitsipas (father) |
| Prize, $ | 5 807 001 |
| Singles | |
| V / p matches | |
| Titles | 3 |
| Highest position | 5 (August 5, 2019) |
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |
| Australia | 1/2 finals (2019) |
| France | 4th round (2019) |
| Wimbledon | 4th round (2018) |
| USA | 2nd round (2018) |
| Doubles | |
| V / p matches | |
| Highest position | 223 (November 5, 2018) |
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |
| Wimbledon | 1st round (2018) |
| USA | 2nd round (2018) |
The assets of Tsitsipas defeat Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal , Novak Djokovic , Alexander Zverev , Kevin Anderson , Dominic Tim . However, the uneven results of Tsitsipas include defeats from obviously weaker rivals in comparison with themselves.
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Biography
The son of Soviet and Greek tennis player Julia Salnikova (Apostoli) and Apostolos Tsitsipas, the grandson of the Soviet football player and coach Sergei Salnikov . He has a sister Elizabeth and brothers Petros and Pavlos, all of them also play tennis.
He started playing tennis at the age of three with his parents. His coach is his father [2] . Favorite surface is grass; favorite tournament - Wimbledon ; an idol in the world of tennis in childhood called Roger Federer . In January 2019, the 20-year-old Stefanos knocked out his 37-year-old idol in the 1/8 Grand Slam tournament [3] .
He speaks Greek, Russian and English. A fan of the Olympiacos basketball and football clubs.
Sports career
2014-2015
In the finals, the Orange Bowl in 2014 and 2015 was inferior to the American Stefan Kozlov and Serb Miomir Ketsmanovich, respectively.
2016
In 2016, he won the junior Wimbledon doubles with Estonian . He became the second Greek tennis player after (who won Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 1963), who won the Grand Slam tournament in any age category.
2017
In 2017, he made his debut at the Grand Slam tournaments, having qualified for Roland Garros and Wimbledon and losing in the first round.
2018
In July 2018, Tsitsipas, being the first racket of Greece, reached the fourth round of the Wimbledon tournament . He defeated G. Barrere, J. Donaldson and T. Fabbiano, losing in the eighth finals in a bitter struggle to future semi-finalist John Isner - 4: 6, 6: 7, 6: 7. After Wimbledon, Tsitsipas withdrew from clay tournaments in Bostad and Gstaad , saying that he’s “used to give all the best on the court, but changing the coverage makes it impossible to participate in these tournaments” [4] .
In August 2018, at his first Masters ATP tournament in Toronto, Tsitsipas added sharply to the class, won three sensational victories over hard from tennis players from the first “ten” of the world ranking - over Novak Djokovic 6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3, Alexander Zverev 3: 6, 7: 6, 6 : 4 and Kevin Anderson 6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6. In the final, on the day of his 20th anniversary, Tsitsipas had a weak start to the match, losing his serve twice, and in the end lost to Rafael Nadal in two sets - 2: 6, 6: 7. After the tournament, Tsitsipas first entered the top 20 of the strongest tennis players in the world, taking 15th position in the ranking (a year ago it was 161st) [5] . At the US Open-2018, already in the second round, without much struggle, Tsitsipas lost in four sets to Russian Daniil Medvedev .
2019
At the Australian Open 2019 in the 1/8 finals, he defeated Roger Federer 6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 for the first time in his career. In the semi-finals in three sets lost to Rafael Nadal . Following the Australlian Open, he reached the second round of the tournament in Sofia ( Bulgaria ), where in two sets he lost to the Frenchman Gael Monfils . In February, he won the tournament in Marseille ( France ), beating Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan in the final in two sets. In all matches, he won absolutely all sets, leaving the opponents no chance to fight. At the next tournament in Dubai ( UAE ) he reached the finals in which he met Federer, losing 6: 7, 6: 7 [6] . In March 2019, Tsitsipasa in the USA tournaments first lost to Canadian Felix Aliassim Oge 4: 6, 2: 6 in the 1/32 finals in Indian Wells, after which he reached the 1/8 finals in Miami, beating the American Mackenzie MacDonald 7: 6 , 6: 1 and Argentinean Leonardo Mayer 6: 4, 6: 4. In the 1/8 finals, he lost to Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 7.
In May, Tsitsipas participated in the Mutua Madrid Open . Sown under the eighth number, in the semi-finals beat Rafael Nadal [7] . In the final, the Greek lost to the first racket of the world Novak Djokovic 4: 6, 3: 6. In the Mutua Madrid Open in doubles, together with the Dutchman Wesley Kolhof, he reached the semifinals, where they lost to the Royer / Tekeu pair. At the Italian Open in the final, Tsitsipas lost in two sets to Nadal 3: 6, 3: 6. At the French Open, Tsitsipas could not make it to the quarter finals, losing in a bitter struggle to 34-year-old veteran Stan Wavrinka in five sets.
End of Year Rating
| Year | Single rating | Doubles rating |
| 2018 | 15 | 211 |
| 2017 | 91 | 569 |
| 2016 | 210 | 363 |
| 2015 | 576 | 507 |
| 2014 | 1,280 | 1,709 |
| 2013 | 1 985 |
According to the official ATP website for the last week of the year [8] .
Tournament Performance
ATP Singles Tournament Finals (7)
Victories (3)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0) |
| Final ATP Tour (0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP 500 (0) |
| ATP 250 (3) |
| Titles by coatings | Local titles carrying out tournament matches |
|---|---|
| Hard (2) | Hall (2) |
| Soil (1) | |
| Grass (0) | Open air (1) |
| Carpet (0) |
| No. | date | Tournament | Coating | Opponent in the final | Score |
| one | October 21, 2018 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Ernest Gulbis | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2. | February 24, 2019 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Mikhail Kukushkin | 7-5 7-6 (5) |
| 3. | May 5, 2019 | Cascais, Portugal | Priming | Pablo Cuevas | 6-3 7-6 (4) |
Lost (4)
| No. | date | Tournament | Coating | Opponent in the final | Score |
| one. | April 29, 2018 | Barcelona, Spain | Priming | Rafael Nadal | 2-6 1-6 |
| 2. | August 12, 2018 | Toronto Canada | Hard | Rafael Nadal | 2-6 6-7 (4) |
| 3. | March 2, 2019 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | Roger Federer | 4-6 4-6 |
| four. | May 12, 2019 | Madrid, Spain | Priming | Novak Djokovic | 3-6 4-6 |
ATP Singles Tournament Finals (1)
Victories (1)
| Titles by coatings | Local titles carrying out tournament matches |
|---|---|
| Hard (1) | Hall (1) |
| Soil (0) | |
| Grass (0) | Open air (0) |
| Carpet (0) |
| No. | date | Tournament | Coating | Opponent in the final | Score |
| one. | November 10, 2018 | Final ATP among tennis players under 21 years old | Hard (i) | Alex de Minaur | 2-4 4-1 4-3 (3) 4-3 (3) |
ATP Doubles Tournament Finals (1)
Lost (1)
| No. | date | Tournament | Coating | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score |
| one. | March 30, 2019 | Miami, USA | Hard | Wesley Kolhof | Bob Brian Mike Brian | 5-7 6-7 (8) |
Notes
- ↑ Stefanos Tsitsipas. My profile
- ↑ Apostle Tsitsipas: From childhood he taught Stefanos to play tennis
- ↑ Stefanos Tsitsipas knocked Roger Federer from the Australian Open
- ↑ championat.com, July 13, 2018. Tsitsipas withdrew from tournaments in Bostad and Gstaad
- ↑ Spanish tennis player Nadal won the tournament in Toronto . Gazeta.ru (August 13, 2018). Date of treatment August 13, 2018.
- ↑ Foro Italico. Central court. Tsitsipas - Federer
- ↑ championat.com, May 12, 2019. Tsitsipas defeated Nadal in the semi-finals of the tournament in Madrid
- ↑ Stefanos Tsitsipas' weekly position in ATP ratings (English) (HTML). atpworldtour.com. Date of treatment March 26, 2019.