Stefanos Tsitsipas might be one of the most talented players on the ATP Tour, but he will want to quickly forget this year.
Even good players have bad years. Tsitsipas has been a very consistent player since he broke out in 2018 when he finished the year as the World No. 15, ending the season by winning the Next Gen ATP Finals.
Little did he know that already the following year he would make it to the “real” ATP Finals and even lift the trophy at the end of the tournament. The Greek player was the sixth seed, but he made it out of the round-robin stage and won the following two matches to win the ATP Finals on his debut.
Since then, he qualified for the year-end championship every single year. Unfortunately for him, he has managed to win only two more matches at the event since his maiden triumph, as he was also forced to withdraw from the tournament twice out of the last four editions.
Still, just making it to the ATP Finals is a success for many players, and for someone like Tsitsipas, who hasn’t finished a year ranked lower than sixth since 2019, making the ATP Finals is certainly a clear goal every season.
This year, however, he didn’t make it to Turin. Tsitsipas ended 11th in the 2024 ATP Race with 3,165 points, which was 580 points behind ninth Alex de Minaur, who was the last player to qualify, thanks to Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal.
Tsitsipas likes to share his thoughts on social media, and like many of his colleagues, he reflected on the 2024 season in a social media post while vacationing with his girlfriend, Paula Badosa.
