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Stefanos Tsitsipas
Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς
Tsitsipas at the 2015 US Open
Country (sports) Greece
ResidenceAthens, Greece
Born (1998-08-12) 12 August 1998 (age 26)
Athens, Greece
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$44,429
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 200 (31 October 2016)
Current rankingNo. 209 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorQF (2015, 2016)
French Open JuniorQF (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2016)
US Open JuniorSF (2016)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
6 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 316 (10 October 2016)
Current rankingNo. 364 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2015)
French Open JuniorQF (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorW (2016)
US Open JuniorSF (2015)
Last updated on: 28 November 2016.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greek: Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player and the current Greek No. 1.

Tsitsipas is the current world number one junior tennis player. His junior highlights include winning the Trofeo Bonfiglio, a 'Grade A'[1] event in Milan, Italy as well as being a finalist at the Orange Bowl in both 2014 and 2015. He is the winner of the Boys' Doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships together with Kenneth Raisma, thus becoming the first Greek tennis player to win a Grand Slam title at any division.

Tsitsipas has a career high ATP singles ranking of 200 achieved on 31 October 2016. On 10 October 2016, he peaked at world number 316 in the ATP doubles rankings. Tsitsipas has won a total of five ITF singles Futures titles as well as six ITF doubles Futures titles so far in his career.

Tsitsipas is the son of a Greek father and a Russian mother - former pro tennis player Julija Apostoli,[2][3][4][5] his grandfather - soviet football player and manager Sergei Salnikov.

Career finals

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–2)
ITF Futures (5–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1 November 2015 Heraklion, Greece Hard Canada Steven Diez 2–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 22 November 2015 Nicosia, Cyprus Hard Belgium Alexandre Folie 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 2. 16 April 2016 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Clay Italy Erik Crepaldi 6–3, 6–1
Winner 3. 14 May 2016 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Clay Norway Casper Ruud 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2)
Winner 4. 28 May 2016 Lecco, Italy Clay Italy Marco Bortolotti 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 2. 16 July 2016 Kramsach, Austria Clay Germany Yannick Hanfmann 4–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 2 October 2016 Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal Hard Belgium Yannick Mertens 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 8 October 2016 Mohammedia, Morocco Clay Austria Gerald Melzer 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 15 October 2016 Casablanca, Morocco Clay France Maxime Janvier 4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (6–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 2 May 2015 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Alexandros Jakupovic Serbia Danilo Petrović
Serbia Ilija Vucic
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner 2. 7 November 2015 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Konstantinos Economidis Bulgaria Alexander Lazov
Czech Republic Dominik Suc
6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. 14 November 2015 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Konstantinos Economidis United States Alexander Centenari
Germany Sami Reinwein
w/o
Winner 4. 2 April 2016 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Konstantinos Economidis Czech Republic Petr Michnev
Czech Republic Vaclav Safranek
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–5]
Winner 5. 30 April 2016 Heraklion, Greece Hard Greece Konstantinos Economidis United States Christopher Ephron
Brazil Bruno Savi
7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [13–11]
Runner-up 1. 13 May 2016 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Clay Greece Petros Tsitsipas Argentina Franco Agamenone
Argentina Mateo Nicolas Martinez
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 13 May 2016 Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal Hard Italy Lorenzo Frigerio Portugal Nuno Deus
Portugal João Domingues
6–7(7–9), 1–6
Winner 6. 2 September 2016 Calgary, Canada Hard Netherlands Tim van Rijthoven Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo
New Zealand Jose Statham
6–4, 2–6, [13–11]

Junior Grand Slam

Boy's Doubles

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2016 Wimbledon Grass Estonia Kenneth Raisma Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime
Canada Denis Shapovalov
4–6, 6–4, 6–2

References