Stefanos Tsitsipas has endured a tricky start to his 2025 campaign as he continues to tumble down the rankings.
The Greek star was once ranked number three in the world but now sits outside the ATP top 25, at 27th.
Except for one stunning week in the UAE, where Tsitsipas won the Dubai Tennis Championships, the 26-year-old has largely struggled for form in 2025.
Tsitsipas has won just one of his four matches at Grand Slams this year, losing in the first round of the Australian Open and Wimbledon and the second round of the French Open.
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As Tsitsipas begins the long road back to the top of the men’s game, one top tennis coach has revealed whether he thinks he can still win a Grand Slam title.
Patrick Mouratoglou says it is ‘difficult to imagine’ Stefanos Tsitsipas winning a Grand Slam
During the latest episode of ‘All on the table’, Nick Kyrgios asked Patrick Mouratoglou if he believes Tsitsipas can win a major.
“Today, it is difficult to believe because the two other guys [Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz] are so much better than anyone, and he is not at his level himself, so it is difficult to imagine,” said Mouratoglou.
“I think in today’s game, if you want to win a Grand Slam, you cannot have a weakness. It is impossible.
“The guys will kill you on your weakness, so he has to really strengthen his game if he wants to have a chance. Maybe on clay.”
Training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, Tsitsipas has spent a lot of time with Mouratoglou throughout his career, as the Frenchman knows just how much talent the 26-year-old possesses.
Talent isn’t everything, though, something Tsitsipas’s coach Goran Ivanisevic mentioned in a recent interview.
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“It’s all ‘I want it, I want it’ but he isn’t doing anything about it. He has to resolve his back issue,” he said.
“I was shocked. I’ve never seen such an underprepared player in my life.”
Ivanisevic’s comments came off the back of Tsitsipas’ first-round retirement at Wimbledon, where he struggled with his back.
Only time will tell if Tsitsipas can win a Grand Slam title in his career, but as his dreams slowly drift away, he may begin to reminisce about a golden opportunity he let slip through his fingers four years ago.
Stefanos Tsitsipas was one set away from winning a Grand Slam
Tsitsipas made a strong start in Paris four years ago, qualifying for his maiden Grand Slam final with wins over four seeded players.
Stefanos Tsitsipas at the 2021 French Open
Standing between Tsitsipas and the French Open title was Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, then an 18-time Grand Slam champion.
Winning an intense first set, it was Tsitsipas who took the lead, 7-6 [8-6] when his opponent made two unforced errors at the end of the tiebreaker.
Taking his game to another level in the second, Tsitsipas began to dominate Djokovic on Court Philippe Chatrier, racing into a 7-6, 6-2 lead.
The Greek star was just a set away from becoming a Grand Slam champion, but unfortunately for Tsitsipas, Djokovic wasn’t done yet.
Battling back as he so often does, Djokovic took the third and fourth sets 6-3, 6-2, sending the 2021 French Open final into a decider.
There, the experience of Djokovic shone through, breaking in the third game of the fifth set and holding onto his advantage to win a thriller in Paris.
The defeat was devastating for Tsitsipas, as he missed out on a chance to become the first Greek Grand Slam champion by a single set.
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Tsitsipas returned to play Djokovic in another Grand Slam final at the Australian Open two years later, but failed to provide a sustained challenge, as he lost out in straight sets.
It remains to be seen if Tsitsipas can make it back to a Grand Slam final, but it will certainly be something to look out for in the future.