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Petros Tsitsipas

{{short description|Greek tennis player (born 2000)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Petros Tsitsipas

|image = Petros Tsitsipas (2023 Cary) 01.jpg

|caption = Tsitsipas in 2023

|fullname =

|country = {{GRE}}

|residence =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|7|27}}

|birth_place =

|height = 1.85

m

|weight =

|turnedpro = 2019

|plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

|coach=Stephan de Kock

|careerprizemoney = US $421,053

|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=3|lost=4|details=in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup|small=yes}}

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 727 (30 August 2021)

|currentsinglesranking =

|Othertournaments = yes

|Olympicsresult = 1R (2024)

|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=19|lost=49|details=in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup|small=yes}}

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2023, 2025)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (2024)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (2021, 2023, 2024)

|USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2023)

|doublestitles = 1

|highestdoublesranking = No. 72 (10 June 2024)

|currentdoublesranking = No. 105 (13 January 2025)

|OthertournamentsDoubles = yes

|OlympicsDoublesresult = 1R (2024)

|updated = 22 January 2025

}}

Petros Tsitsipas ({{langx|el|Πέτρος Τσιτσιπάς}}, {{IPA|el|ˈpetros t͡sit͡siˈpas|pron}}; born 27 July 2000) is a Greek professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on 10 June 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 727, achieved on 30 August 2021.

He is the younger brother of Stefanos Tsitsipas with whom he has won one doubles title. Tsitsipas represents Greece at the Davis Cup, where he has a W–L record of 10–9.

Career

=2021–2024: ATP singles and doubles debut, 16 wildcards with Stefanos, 100th career wildcard=

The brothers first partnered at the 2021 Australian Open, where they received their first team wildcard to the main draw but lost in the first round. The next two tournaments were the 2021 Rotterdam Open and 2021 Open 13 Provence in Marseille, France where they entered as main draw wildcards and lost in the second and first rounds respectively.

Petros made his ATP singles debut as a wildcard as well to the main draw of the event at the 2021 Open 13, but lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round in 45 minutes.{{Cite web |last=Addicott |first=Adam |date=2021-03-14 |title=Marseille Open Admits Wildcard Issued To Brother Of Tennis Star Was 'A Thank You' Gesture |url=https://www.ubitennis.net/2021/03/marseille-open-admits-wildcard-issued-to-brother-of-tennis-star-was-a-thank-you-gesture/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=UBITENNIS }} The misuse of wildcards in that case of Petros Tsitsipas individually and in general for the brothers has been brought up by players and fans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/apr/26/petros-tsitsipas-wildcard-tennis-atp|title = Petros Tsitsipas wildcard shows a system that is open to misuse | Tumaini Carayol|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 26 April 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://dropvolleyhit.com/tsitsipas-family-under-fire-for-alleged-wildcard-misuse/|title=Tsitsipas family under fire for alleged wildcard misuse|date=29 April 2021 }}

They next partnered at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters after receiving a fourth team wildcard to the event. They reached the round of 16 by beating 8th seeded Kevin Krawietz and Horia Tecău. The pair received yet another wildcard for the next Masters 1000 at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open but lost again in the first round. They served as alternates in a third Masters in a row at the Italian Open but lost for the fourth time in the first round. At the 2021 ATP Lyon Open, Petros and Stefanos received their sixth wildcard in doubles but lost the first round match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tsitsipas-lyon-geneva-2021-doubles-wednesday|title = Tsitsipas Brothers Fall in Lyon Opener}} This was the fifth loss in seven tournaments, in the first round, since the beginning of the year.

The brothers received their second Grand Slam and seventh wildcard for the year at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round. They also received their eight wildcard at the 2021 Hamburg European Open, losing in the first round.

File:Tsitsipas P. MCM22 (1) (52036394521).jpg]]

The brothers received two more wildcards at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters and 2022 Mutua Madrid Open, where they lost in the second and first rounds respectively. They also received their eleventh and twelfth wildcard in Stuttgart and at the 2022 Mallorca Championships where they also lost in the second and first rounds respectively.

They entered the 2022 US Open as an alternate pair where they lost in the first round.

The brothers again received a wildcard at the 2023 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, their thirteenth in two years, where they lost in the first round.{{cite web | url=https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/508461/stefanos-tsitsipas-and-his-brother-petros-receive-a-wild-card-to-play-doubles-in-rotterdam/ | title=Stefanos Tsitsipas and his brother Petros receive a wild card to play doubles in Rotterdam | date=4 February 2023 }}

Petros Tsitsipas again partnering French Luca Sanchez received his fourteenth wildcard to the main draw of the 2023 Open 13 Provence in Marseille.

They received wildcards again, their fourteenth and fifteenth as a team, for the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open.

It was Petros's 100th wildcard in his career.{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-and-people-get-annoyed-andy-murray-gets-some-tennis-fans-displeased-stefanos-tsitsipas-brother-petros-receiving-100th-career-wildcard | title="And people get annoyed when Andy Murray gets some" – Tennis fans displeased with Stefanos Tsitsipas' brother Petros receiving 100th career wildcard | date=28 April 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.tennisnet.com/en/news/wildcards-the-constant-agony-of-choice | title=Wildcards – the constant agony of choice | date=3 May 2023 }}

He received a wildcard for the 2023 Mallorca Championships with Bart Stevens.{{cite web | url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/eastbourne-mallorca-2023-scouting-report | title=Scouting Report: Tsitsipas, Fritz Defend Respective Titles in Mallorca, Eastbourne|website=ATP Tour }} At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships the brothers lost again in the first round to French teenagers Arthur Fils and Luca Van Assche.{{Cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Pritha |date=2023-07-09 |title=Tsitsipas brothers ousted by French teenagers in first round |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/tsitsipas-brothers-ousted-by-french-teenagers-first-round-2023-07-09/ |access-date=2023-07-19}}

Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas won their first doubles ATP title in Antwerp, defeating Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlásek in the final.{{cite web| title=Hijikata/Purcell Clinch Tokyo Title, Tsitsipas Brothers Win Antwerp Trophy | url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tokyo-antwerp-stockholm-2023-doubles-finals | website = atpworldtour.com | publisher = ATP | date = 22 October 2023 | accessdate = 23 October 2023}}

He received his 16th wildcard with Stefanos at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open.

He competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics in two events: in the men's singles, following the withdrawal of British player Cameron Norrie, where he was defeated 2-0 in sets by Dutch player Talon Griekspoor, and in the men's doubles alongside his brother Stefanos, where they were also defeated 1-2 in sets by the Portuguese pair Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral.{{cite web |title=Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2024: Δεν κατάφερε να προκριθεί ο Πέτρος Τσιτσιπάς |url=https://www.lifo.gr/now/sport/olympiakoi-agones-2024-den-katafere-na-prokrithei-o-petros-tsitsipas |website=lifo |access-date=30 August 2024}}

Doubles performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!Tournament!!2019!!2020!!2021

!2022!!2023

!2024

!2025!!SR!!W–L

colspan="10" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

| bgcolor=afeeee|1R

| bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 4

|2–4

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|

|0 / 2

|3–2

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|

|0 / 3

|0–3

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|

|0 / 2

|1–2

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–2

|0–1

|2–4

| 3–3

|1-1

|0 / 9

|5–9

colspan="10" align="left" |ATP Tour Masters 1000
align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|A

|

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Miami Open

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|A

|

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Monte-Carlo Masters

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|

|

|0 / 3

|3–3

align=left|Madrid Open

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|

|

|0 / 3

|0–3

align=left|Italian Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|

|

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Canadian Open

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|A

|

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Cincinnati Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Shanghai Masters

|A

|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Paris Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|

|

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|1–3

|1–2

|1–2

|

|

|0 / 7

|3–7

colspan="10" align="left" |Career statistics
bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Tournaments

|1

|2

|9

|7

|10

|

|

| colspan="2" |29

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|align=left|Overall win–loss

|0–1

|0–4

|2–10

|3–9

|4–12

|

|

| colspan="2" |9–36

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|1077

|813

|218

|145

|97

|

|

| colspan="2" |

ATP Tour finals

=Doubles: 1 (1 title)=

valign="top"

|

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Legend

style="background:#f3e6d7;"

|Grand Slam (0–0)

style="background:#e9e9e9;"

|ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)

style="background:#d4f1c5;"

|ATP 500 (0–0)

ATP 250 (1–0)

|

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Finals by surface

Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

|

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Finals by setting

Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (1–0)

|}

class="wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|1–0

|2023 European Open – Doubles

|European Open, Belgium

|ATP 250

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas

|{{flagicon|URU}} Ariel Behar
{{flagicon|CZE}} Adam Pavlásek

|6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

=Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by surface

Hard (2–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|1–0

|2021 IBG Prague Open – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin"|Prague, Czech Republic

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Victor Vlad Cornea

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Krumich
{{flagicon|CZE}} Andrew Paulson

|6–3, 3–6, [10–8]

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|1–1

|2022 Brest Challenger – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin"|Brest, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Filip Bergevi

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Viktor Durasovic
{{flagicon|FIN}} Otto Virtanen

|4–6, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|1–2

|2022 HPP Open – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin"|Helsinki, Finland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Reese Stalder

|{{flagicon|IND}} Purav Raja
{{flagicon|IND}} Divij Sharan

|7–6(7–5), 3–6, [8–10]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2–2

|2023 Antalya Challenger – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin"|Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Filip Bergevi

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Sarp Ağabigün
{{flagicon|TUR}} Ergi Kırkın

|6–2, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–3

|2023 Internazionali di Tennis d'Abruzzo – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Francavilla al Mare, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|NED}} Sander Arends

|{{flagicon|COL}} Nicolás Barrientos
{{flagicon|URU}} Ariel Behar

|6–7(1–7), 6–3, [6–10]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|3–3

|2024 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin"|Manama, Bahrain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Martos Gornés

|{{flagicon|USA}} Vasil Kirkov
{{flagicon|FIN}} Patrik Niklas-Salminen

|3-6, 6–3, [10–8]

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|3–4

|2024 Open de Oeiras – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin;" |Oeiras, Portugal

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Martos Gornés

|{{flagicon|NED}} Mick Veldheer
{{flagicon|SWE}} Filip Bergevi

|1–6, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|3–5

|2024 Cary Tennis Classic – Men's doubles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cary, USA

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Agustín Gómez

|{{flagicon|AUS}} John Peers
{{flagicon|AUS}} John-Patrick Smith

|walkover

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|4–5

|{{dts|Mar 2025}}

|style="background:moccasin"|Hersonissos 2, Heraklion, Greece

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Sakellaridis

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Ilia Simakin
{{flagicon|CAN}} Kelsey Stevenson

|6-2, 6-2

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

=Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF WTT (0–1)

|

|}

class="wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jul 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Ajaccio, France

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Clément Chidekh

|3–6, 0–6

=Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures/WTT (8–5)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by surface

Hard (3–4)
Clay (5–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Aug 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Italy F10

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Agamenone
{{flagicon|ARG}} Mateo Nicolás Martínez

|2–6, 2–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Oct 2018}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Tunisia F34

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Duje Ajduković

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Bernardo Azevedo
{{flagicon|GER}} Robert Strombachs

|4–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–3

|{{dts|Nov 2018}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Greece F8

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Markos Kalovelonis

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vít Kopřiva
{{flagicon|AUT}} David Pichler

|2–6, 6–4, [7–10]

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–4

|{{dts|May 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Heraklion, Greece

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Michail Pervolarakis

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lloyd Glasspool
{{flagicon|GBR}} Aidan McHugh

|6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|1–4

|{{dts|Sep 2020}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Monastir, Tunisia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Aristotelis Thanos

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Franco Descotte
{{flagicon|ARG}} Thiago Agustín Tirante

|6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2–4

|{{dts|Jul 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Kottingbrunn, Austria

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Clay

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Martins Podzus

|{{flagicon|CZE}} David Poljak
{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Shevchenko

|6–3, 6–3

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|3–4

|{{dts|Aug 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Bolzano, Italy

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Victor Vlad Cornea

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Bortolotti
{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Dutra da Silva

|6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|4–4

|{{dts|Aug 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Oldenzaal, Netherlands

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Constantin Schmitz

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jonathan Binding
{{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Whitehouse

|7–6(7–4), 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|5–4

|{{dts|Nov 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Saint-Dizier, France

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Alexander Donski

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Blake Ellis
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate

|6–4, 4–6, [10–7]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|6–4

|{{dts|Nov 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, France

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Alexander Donski

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Blake Ellis
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate

|7–6(7–2), 3–2 ret.

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|7–4

|{{dts|Mar 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Poreč, Croatia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Aristotelis Thanos

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Titouan Droguet
{{flagicon|TUR}} Ergi Kırkın

|7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|8–4

|{{dts|Mar 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Opatija, Croatia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Zvonimir Babić

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Bonadio
{{flagicon|CZE}} Michael Vrbenský

|6–3, 4–6, [10–8]

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|8–5

|{{dts|Nov 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Heraklion, Greece

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Pavlos Tsitsipas

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Neil Oberleitner
{{flagicon|AUT}} Joel Schwärzler

|6–7(4–7), 2-6

References

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External links

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