Stefanos Tsitsipas Tennis Player Biography, Family, Achievements, Carrier, Records and Awards

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Stefanos Tsitsipas was born to tennis playing parents, his father Apostolos is Greek and his mother Julia is Russian. At the age of six Stefanos starts playing tennis, his father coached him in the beginning. He also has interest in sports like football, table tennis, and swimming. In his childhood he used to participate in swimming and football tournaments but later he devoted completely to tennis. If he didn’t choose tennis he will be a football professional now.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas Tennis Player Biography

Greek Tennis Player Stefanos Tsitsipas Profile:

Full Name	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Nick Name	Stefanos
Date Of Birth	12 August 1998
Age	22 years
Birth Place	Athens
Nationality	Greek
Coach	Patrick Mouratoglou
Marital Status	Unmarried
Height	193 cm
Weight	85 kg
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Blonde
Religion	Christianity

Stefanos Tsitsipas Family & Relationships :

Father Name	Apostolos Tsitsipas
Mother Name	Julia Apostoli
Brother Name	Petros and Pavlos
Sister Name	Elisavet Tsitsipas

Biography Of Stefanos Tsitsipas :

Stefanos Tsitsipas Childhood : When Stefanos was a child he used to play football and swimming along with tennis. When he was nine he decides himself to become a tennis player and he woke his dad in the mid night and express his decision to him. He faced a terrible swimming tournament when he was a kid, a big wave took him away and he was about to drown the sea but his father saved his life. He said that because of this incident he didn’t feel fear in the court .Stefanos young stage role model was Roger Federer so that we can find many similarities in their playing styles.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas With Girl Friend

Stefanos Tsitsipas family with sister

Stefanos Tsitsipas Enjoying Vacation in sea

Carrier Of Stefanos Tsitsipas :

Stefanos missed lot of his school classes because of his busy career schedules. So he decides to finish his high school through online in American school. At the same time he continues his training on tennis. In the year 2018 he got select for Barcelona Godo and had the finals with Rafael Nadal. Stefanos said that it was his long term dream to play with a top ranked player whom he loves from his childhood. He said that,” The great player advised me to keep doing hard work and to make right decisions to grab the success”. In 2018 Barcelona Open he defeats four top 10 ranked players which include World No 3 Dominic Thiem and later he met Roger Federer in the finals.

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Awards Of Stefanos Tsitsipas :

He was awarded The Best Male Athlete of 2019.
Most Improved player of 2018.

Records Of Stefanos Tsitsipas :

He was ranked World no 1 when he was a junior.
He won the junior Grand Slam title in 2016 Wimbledon boys’ doubles event.
He become the third Greek player to won the Junior Grand Slam title.
In 2017 he won his first ATP match.
In 2018 he won his first title in Stockholm Open.
He was the youngest player to defeat four top ten players in a single tournament.
He was among the top 10 ranked players in ATP.
He reached two semifinals in Australian Open 2019 and French Open 2020.

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