{"id":342415,"date":"2025-10-30T05:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342415\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T05:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:24:14","slug":"stefanos-tsitsipas-reacts-as-atp-player-officially-retires-from-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342415\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts as ATP player officially retires from tennis\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stefanos Tsitsipas isn\u2019t playing at the moment, as he continues to recover from injury.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Days before the Paris Masters began, Tsitsipas withdrew from the tournament<\/a>, having already skipped the China Open, Shanghai Masters, and Vienna Open over recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas will fall out of the world\u2019s top 30 as a result, leaving him with work to do if he wants to be seeded at next year\u2019s Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"StefanosPhoto by MARCO BERTORELLO\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Away from the court, Tsitsipas<\/a> has been as active as ever on social media, offering up plenty of weird and wonderful inspirational quotes.<\/p>\n

Taking a brief break from his philosophical posts, Tsitsipas sent a message to a retiring ATP<\/a> star, with whom he played doubles at the Barcelona Open two years ago.<\/p>\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas sends message to Nicolas Mahut as he retires from tennis<\/p>\n

French doubles legend Nicolas Mahut retired from tennis<\/a> at the Paris Masters, following his first-round defeat alongside Grigor Dimitrov.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the news, Tsitsipas took to X to share his thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cProud to say I got to play doubles with someone who holds a Career Grand Slam,\u201d said Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy retirement and congratulations on a great career, Nicolas Mahut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahut won the Career Grand Slam in doubles, winning five majors in total.<\/p>\n\nTournament<\/strong><\/td>\nPartner<\/strong><\/td>\nFinal opponents<\/strong><\/td>\nScore<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015 US Open<\/td>\nPierre Hugues-Herbert<\/td>\nJamie Murray\/John Peers<\/td>\n6-4, 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2016 Wimbledon<\/td>\nPierre Hugues-Herbert<\/td>\nJulien Benneteau\/Edouard Roger-Vasselin<\/td>\n6-4, 7-6, 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018 French Open<\/td>\nPierre Hugues-Herbert<\/td>\nOliver Marach\/Mate Pavic<\/td>\n6-2, 7-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019 Australian Open<\/td>\nPierre Hugues-Herbert<\/td>\nHenri Kontinen\/John Peers<\/td>\n6-4, 7-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2021 French Open (2)<\/td>\nPierre Hugues-Herbert<\/td>\nAlexander Bublik\/Andrey Golubev<\/td>\n4-6, 7-6, 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nicolas Mahut\u2019s Grand Slam titles<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas had the privilege of playing doubles with Mahut at the 2023 Barcelona Open<\/a>, as the pair took on Matwe Middelkoop and Andreas Mies in round one.<\/p>\n

Securing the win in straight sets, 7-6, 6-4, Tsitsipas and Mahut advanced to the second round.<\/p>\n

There, they met the number-one seeds, Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.<\/p>\n

Dropping the first set 6-4, Mahut and Tsitsipas bravely fought back to take the second 6-3, as their quarterfinal required a match tiebreak.<\/p>\n

\"StefanosPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

They couldn\u2019t quite get over the line, however, as Tsitsipas and Mahut lost 7-10 to the more experienced team.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas and Mahut also met once in singles on the ATP Tour, in Marseille, seven years ago.<\/p>\n

It was Mahut that emerged victorious, edging a tight first-round encounter, 7-6, 7-5.<\/p>\n

They also played a year earlier in the third round of US Open<\/a> qualifying, where Mahut picked up the win.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Mahut defended Stefanos Tsitsipas at the 2021 US Open<\/p>\n

Four years after Mahut and Tsitsipas played for a spot in the US Open main draw, the Greek star defeated Andy Murray<\/a> in round one.<\/p>\n

The Brit grew frustrated with Tsitsipas, who took a lengthy bathroom break during the match and called him out for his \u2018nonsense\u2019 behavior.<\/p>\n

Coming to Tsitsipas\u2019 defense, Mahut told L\u2019Equipe<\/a> what he thought about the bathroom break controversy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clearly excessive. But I don\u2019t think he does it to bother his opponent. It benefits him. He\u2019s a player who sweats a lot, that\u2019s a fact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the inconvenience it causes players when there\u2019s a break. Are the breaks too long? Yes. Could [Stefanos] Tsitsipas make them shorter? Yes. Does it break the rhythm? Yes. Now, I find the criticism he\u2019s getting unfair. Because he\u2019s not the only one who does it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to stop the Tsitsipas bashing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas went on to reach the third round of the 2021 US Open, where he lost to newcomer Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> in five sets.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for Nicolas Mahut after tennis retirement?<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Mahut began coaching his fellow Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old is currently ranked 57th in the world, and will no doubt hope to break into the top-50 next year.<\/p>\n\nRank<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nCountry<\/td>\nPoints<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n53<\/td>\nMiomir Kecmanovic<\/td>\nSerbia<\/td>\n1,001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n54<\/td>\nSebastian Korda<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n55<\/td>\nMarton Fucsovics<\/td>\nHungary<\/td>\n969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n56<\/td>\nGiovanni Mpetshi Perricard<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n965<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n57<\/strong><\/td>\nBenjamin Bonzi<\/strong><\/td>\nFrance<\/strong><\/td>\n930<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n58<\/td>\nTomas Martin Etcheverry<\/td>\nArgentina<\/td>\n930<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n59<\/td>\nValentin Royer<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n922<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n60<\/td>\nAdrian Mannarino<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n61<\/td>\nMatteo Berrettini<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\n905<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n62<\/td>\nArthur Cazaux<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n902<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Snapshot of the ATP Rankings<\/p>\n

Fans may remember watching Bonzi defeat Daniil Medvedev<\/a> at the US Open earlier this year, as he took down the former champion in a thriller on Louis Armstrong Stadium.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Mahut can guide Bonzi to more Grand Slam upsets in 2026, but it will certainly be something to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n

Away from coaching, Mahut acts as the sports director for the Rennes Challenger Tour event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Stefanos Tsitsipas isn\u2019t playing at the moment, as he continues to recover from…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":342416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1479,167992,62,21411,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-342415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-nicolas-mahut","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115461453627793076","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}