Stefanos Tsitsipas’ Rapidly Rising Career
We reviewed for you Stefanos Tsitsipas and his career, who made a name for himself by beating Federer in the ongoing Australian Open after his successes in the Canadian Masters and ATP in 2018. For Tsitsipas, who comes from an athletic family and both his father and mother were tennis players, it was inevitable to get acquainted with tennis as a child. It was the same not only for him, but also for his three younger brothers. Tsitsipas, who has been attracting attention with his talent since a young age and is a good junior player, made his big debut last year.
The young Greek, who started the year around the top 100, had already found the world number 15 by the time August came. Although he attracted attention with the semi-final he played in Washington, his performance that caused everyone to wonder came from Canada. Tsitsipas, who eliminated stars such as Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Kevin Anderson respectively at the Canadian Masters, maybe lost to Nadal in the final, but everyone who was neutral admired the talent of this young racket and his self-confidence on the court.
Already after a while, he made history as the champion in Stockholm, as the first Greek tennis player in history to win an ATP title. The young talent, who also won the championship at the Next Gen Series, one of the newest and most enjoyable organizations of tennis supported by famous brands, had already proved to everyone that he was one of the future great champion candidates at the end of 2018.
Tsitsipas started his tennis career at a young age and soon became one of the best young players in Greece. In 2016, she achieved great success by winning the Australian Open junior tournament. In the same year, he won the Wimbledon junior doubles title together with his Egyptian partner Youssef Hossam.
The year 2018 was the turning point in terms of Tsitsipas’ professional tennis career. This year, he won his first ATP tour tournament at the Barcelona Open, thus becoming the first Greek player to win a tournament on the ATP tour. He also reached the semifinals at the Canadian Open and then reached the first Premier 5 tournament final of his career, playing the final at the Wuhan Open.
Who is Stefanos Tsitsipas?
Born in Athens, the capital of Greece, Tsitsipas, who started tennis at the age of 3, is coached by his father Apostolos Tsitsipas, who played tennis for a period and then umpired. Tsitsipas’ mother, Russian Yulia Salnikova, who played tennis in the 1980s, pursued her career as a coach, while Tsitsipas’ grandfather, Sergei Salnikov, won a gold medal in football at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
Russian English and Russian-speaking Tsitsipas also speaks Russian and English, and his favorite name in the tennis world is Swiss Roger Federer.
Tsitsipas has achieved many awards and achievements during his tennis career. She was named “Tennis Player of the Year” in 2017 and 2018 by the Greek Tennis Federation. in 2019, he won the ATP Tour’s “Best Player Making Progress” award. Tsitsipas is a talented player who is expected to have a significant place in the tennis world in the future.
