Danish Tennis Coach Reveals how Stefanos Tsitsipas’ Father Proved Detrimental to the Greek’s Tennis Career
Stefanos Tsitsipas will drop out of the top 60 after losing in the early rounds at the Monte Carlo Masters.
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- Danish coach Adam Blicher attributes Stefanos Tsitsipas' poor performance to his father's interference in his career.
- Tsitsipas has struggled on tour for over a year, failing to defend titles and facing early exits in major tournaments.
- The Greek player is set to drop out of the top 60 in ATP rankings for the first time since March 2018.
Danish coach Adam Blicher has pointed out that Stefanos Tsitsipas‘ father Apostolos played a major role in his son’s run of poor form and results on tour. Tsitsipas has not been at his best for more than a year on tour, and he’s likely to drop out of the top 80 should it continue after the French Open in Paris.
Tsitsipas’ last title came at the Dubai Tennis Championships last year in February, which he celebrated with excitement because it was his first ATP 500 crown. But after that, things began to go bad for the Greek star on tour; he failed to defend the Monte Carlo Masters, crashed out early at the French Open, where he once reached the final in 2021.
The bad run of results led him to hire Novak Djokovic’s ex-coach, Goran Ivanisevic, ahead of the grass-court season. However, their partnership didn’t work out as expected, with the two parting ways less than a month later. That made Tsitsipas turn to his father Apostolos, whom he had complained was trying to interfere in his career earlier in 2025.
The 27-year-old’s hopes of a change only got worse on the court. His back injury made him perform badly on tour, and he couldn’t win more than three matches. His poor form continued this season despite a good run of results at the United Cup. The former Monte Carlo champion has failed to reach the semi-finals of a tournament this season.
He crashed out early in the opening round of the Monte Carlo Masters, a tournament where he’s known to play his best tennis. In fact, it is the first time in eight appearances at the event that it has failed to win a match. In the latest episode of Dobbeltfejl, Adam Blicher pointed out that Apostolos Tsitsipas is to be blamed for his son’s poor form:
It starts on the practice court, I think. Why does someone like Tsitsipas’ father talk so much? I think he does it with a kind of misunderstanding- that the more I say, the more I help. In reality – again, all the way back from the practice court—he ends up making Tsitsipas dependent on himself. That stands in direct contrast to the fact that when you’re out on the court, you stand alone. The more you see players looking over at a parent or a coach, the more it’s a cry for help.
Tsitsipas and his father have not had the best working relationship despite their biological connection. The pair have parted ways twice, first in August 2024 after a bit of misunderstanding from both parties, and then in 2025. There has always been a reconciliation after every rift, but it has never lasted for more than a year since 2024.
Stefanos Tsitsipas to drop out of the top 60 after Monte Carlo Masters early exit
Stefanos Tsitsipas, who thought about retiring last year, suffered a significant setback in his career when he fell to Francisco Cerundolo in the opening round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Cerundolo breezed past Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-4, ending the Greek star’s most consistent record at a tournament in recent years. Tsitsipas held a 20-2 win-loss record since 2021 before this year’s Monte Carlo event.
The Monte Carlo Masters has been one of Tsitsipas’ most reliable tournaments. Since 2021, he has at least reached the quarter-finals of the ATP 1000 tournament. In fact, he has won the title on three occasions, which places him in the same standing with tennis greats like Rafael Nadal and Bjorn Borg at the event.
The last time Tsitsipas lifted the Monte Carlo Masters was in 2024, when he defeated World No.2 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals before beating Casper Ruud in the final. He has always been impressive on clay and he’s known to play his best tennis on the surface. But that hasn’t been so in the last year.
Tsitsipas has failed to live up to expectations on the court, and he’s set to drop from World No.48 to No.65, with further drops depending on other players’ results at the event. It would be the first time since March 2018 that he will not be in the top 60 of the ATP rankings. He was just 19 when he broke into the top 100 that year.
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