Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2025 The Worst Season of His Career

Saying that 2025 was a rough year for Stefanos Tsitsipas would be a massive understatement; it was by far the worst year of his career so far. After being entrenched in the Top 10 for over six years, Tsitsipas ended 2025 ranked #34 and might not even be seeded at the Australian Open in January. Even more strikingly, he won only 22 matches, less than half than any other season except 2020 (where he still won 29 matches despite the heavily shortened schedule). It was such a bad year that many believe that, despite being only 27 years old, Tsitsipas might just be done as a top level player.

A disastrous start

The Australian Open had historically been a great tounament for Tsitsipas, regularly greaching the semis and even the final once. But this year he got bounced in the first round, completely outplayed by Alex Michelsen in four sets. To make matters worse, he followed it up with lackluster performances and losses to much lower ranked players in both Rotterdam and Doha.

First career ATP 500 title–the only saving grace of the season

The one good week Tsitsipas had in 2025 happened in Dubai, where he won his first ever ATP 500 title (he was bizarrely 0-11 in finals at this level before this tournament), playing some great tennis all week and beating eventual year-end #5 Felix Auger Aliassime in straight sets in the final. It looked like he might have regained his mojo, but it ended up being nothing more than a fleeting beacon of light in an ocean of darkness.

Monte Carlo disappointment

Despite unimpressive campaigns in Indian Wells and Miami, there were big expectations ahead of Monte Carlo, an event where Tsitsipas was the defending champion and had won three of the four previous editions. All looked to be going great after he took the first set of his quarterfinal against Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, but after losing a tough three set battle he was never the same again. He later described that loss as the second toughest of his career (after the 2021 Roland Garros final against Novak Djokovic). After another quarterfinal run in Barcelona the following week where he was forced to retire vs Arthur Fils he never won consecutive matches again in 2025.

A horrible second half of the season

After Monte Carlo, Tsitsipas went 9-11 for the rest of the season, losing in the second round at Roland Garros (where he had always been notoriously hard to beat), in the first round at Wimbledon and again in the second round at the US Open. He shut down his season after the US Open, looking to get over some physical issues, and only returned in Davis Cup, ending the season with a narrow loss to João Fonseca.

Looking ahead to 2026

In the middle of all the above, he had a brief period working with Goran Ivanisevic, which ended quickly and with a lot of controversy. He’s now back to working with his father, and it’s hard to see much success coming in 2026. At the same time, Tsitsipas is undeniably one of the most talented players on Tour, so a comeback can’t be completely discard either. It will certainly be one of the most interesting storylines to follow in 2026.