Petros Tsitsipas (, ; born 27 July 2000) is a Greek professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 72 achieved on 10 June 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 727 achieved on 30 August 2021.
He is the younger brother of Stefanos Tsitsipas with whom he has won one doubles title. Tsitsipas represents Greece at the Davis Cup, where he has a W–L record of 10–9.
Career 2021–2024: ATP singles and doubles debut, 16 wildcards with Stefanos, 100th career wildcard The brothers first partnered at the 2021 Australian Open, where they received their first team wildcard to the main draw but lost in the first round. The next two tournaments were the 2021 Rotterdam Open and 2021 Open 13 Provence in Marseille, France where they entered as main draw wildcards and lost in the second and first rounds respectively.
Petros made his ATP singles debut as a wildcard as well to the main draw of the event at the 2021 Open 13, but lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round in 45 minutes. The misuse of wildcards in that case of Petros Tsitsipas individually and in general for the brothers has been brought up by players and fans.
They next partnered at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters after receiving a fourth team wildcard to the event. They reached the round of 16 by beating 8th seeded Kevin Krawietz and Horia Tecău. The pair received yet another wildcard for the next Masters 1000 at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open but lost again in the first round. They served as alternates in a third Masters in a row at the Italian Open but lost for the fourth time in the first round. At the 2021 ATP Lyon Open, Petros and Stefanos received their sixth wildcard in doubles but lost the first round match. This was the fifth loss in seven tournaments, in the first round, since the beginning of the year.
The brothers received their second Grand Slam and seventh wildcard for the year at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round. They also received their eight wildcard at the 2021 Hamburg European Open, losing in the first round.
The brothers received two more wildcards at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters and 2022 Mutua Madrid Open, where they lost in the second and first rounds respectively. They also received their eleventh and twelfth wildcard in Stuttgart and at the 2022 Mallorca Championships where they also lost in the second and first rounds respectively. They entered the 2022 US Open as an alternate pair where they lost in the first round.
The brothers again received a wildcard at the 2023 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, their thirteenth in two years, where they lost in the first round. Petros Tsitsipas again partnering French Luca Sanchez received his fourteenth wildcard to the main draw of the 2023 Open 13 Provence in Marseille. They received wildcards again, their fourteenth and fifteenth as a team, for the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open. It was Petros's 100th wildcard in his career.
He received a wildcard for the 2023 Mallorca Championships with Bart Stevens. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships the brothers lost again in the first round to French teenagers Arthur Fils and Luca Van Assche.
Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas won their first doubles ATP title in Antwerp, defeating Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlásek in the final.
He received his 16th wildcard with Stefanos at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open.
He competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics in two events: in the men's singles, following the withdrawal of British player Cameron Norrie, where he was defeated in straight sets by Dutch player Tallon Griekspoor, and in the men's doubles alongside his brother Stefanos, where they were also defeated by the Portuguese pair Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral.
In February 2025, he received his 17th wildcard this time partnering with brother Pavlos Tsitsipas at the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships. Ranked No. 996 he received yet another wildcard for the singles qualifying draw at the 2025 Mallorca Championships.
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament2019202020212022202320242025SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RA2R1R2R0 / 42–4French OpenAAAA1RQF1R0 / 33–3WimbledonANH1RA1R1RA0 / 30–3US OpenAAA1R2RAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–00–20–12–43–31–20 / 126–12ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Monte-Carlo MastersANH2R2R2RA2R0 / 44–4Madrid OpenANH1R1R1R1RA0 / 40–4Italian OpenAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Canadian OpenANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersANHA1RA0 / 10–1Paris MastersAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–01–31–21–20–21–10 / 104–10Career statisticsTournaments12971112648Overall win–loss0–10–42–103–98–126–132–821–57Year-end ranking107781321814597105224
ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (title) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–0)ATP 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0European Open, BelgiumATP 250Hard (i) Stefanos Tsitsipas Ariel Behar Adam Pavlásek6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (4–5)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Prague Open, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Victor Vlad Cornea Martin Krumich Andrew Paulson6–3, 3–6, [10–8]Loss1–1Brest Challenger, FranceChallengerHard (i) Filip Bergevi Viktor Durasovic Otto Virtanen4–6, 4–6Loss1–2HPP Open, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Reese Stalder Purav Raja Divij Sharan7–6(7–5), 3–6, [8–10]Win2–2Antalya Challenger, TurkeyChallengerClay Filip Bergevi Sarp Ağabigün Ergi Kırkın6–2, 6–4Loss2–3Internazionali d'Abruzzo, ItalyChallengerClay Sander Arends Nicolás Barrientos Ariel Behar6–7(1–7), 6–3, [6–10]Win3–3Bahrain Tennis Challenger, BahrainChallengerHard Sergio Martos Gornés Vasil Kirkov Patrik Niklas-Salminen3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss3–4Open de Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Sergio Martos Gornés Mick Veldheer Filip Bergevi1–6, 4–6Loss3–5Cary Tennis Classic, USChallengerHard Federico Agustín Gómez John Peers John-Patrick SmithwalkoverWin4–5Crete Challenger II, GreeceChallengerHard Stefanos Sakellaridis Ilia Simakin Kelsey Stevenson6–2, 6–2
ITF Tour finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M25 Ajaccio, FranceWTTHard Clément Chidekh3–6, 0–6Loss0–2M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Louis Wessels6–3, 5–7, 2–6Loss0–3M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard William Rejchtman Vinciguerra4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Doubles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (11–6)Finals by surfaceHard (6–5)Clay (5–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Italy F10FuturesClay Stefanos Tsitsipas Franco Agamenone Mateo Nicolás Martínez2–6, 2–6Loss0–2Tunisia F34FuturesHard Duje Ajduković Bernardo Azevedo Robert Strombachs4–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]Loss0–3Greece F8FuturesHard Markos Kalovelonis Vít Kopřiva David Pichler2–6, 6–4, [7–10]Loss0–4M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Michail Pervolarakis Lloyd Glasspool Aidan McHugh6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)Win1–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Aristotelis Thanos Matías Franco Descotte Thiago Agustín Tirante6–3, 6–4Win2–4M25 Kottingbrunn, AustriaWTTClay Martins Podzus David Poljak Alexander Shevchenko6–3, 6–3Win3–4M25 Bolzano, ItalyWTTClay Victor Vlad Cornea Marco Bortolotti Daniel Dutra da Silva6–3, 6–4Win4–4M15 Oldenzaal, NetherlandsWTTClay Constantin Schmitz Jonathan Binding Mark Whitehouse7–6(7–4), 6–4Win5–4M25 Saint-Dizier, FranceWTTHard (i) Alexander Donski Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate6–4, 4–6, [10–7]Win6–4M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, FranceWTTHard (i) Alexander Donski Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate7–6(7–2), 3–2 ret.Win7–4M25 Poreč, CroatiaWTTClay Aristotelis Thanos Titouan Droguet Ergi Kırkın7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7]Win8–4M25 Opatija, CroatiaWTTClay Zvonimir Babić Riccardo Bonadio Michael Vrbenský6–3, 4–6, [10–8]Loss8–5M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Pavlos Tsitsipas Neil Oberleitner Joel Schwärzler6–7(4–7), 2-6Win9–5M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Christos Antonopoulos Eleftherios Neos Menelaos Efstathiou6–2, 6–1Win10–5M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Kristjan Tamm Tai Sach Ethan Cook6–2, 6–4Loss10–6M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Kristjan Tamm Diogo Marques Ethan Cook6–4, 4–6, [6–10]Win11–6M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Pavlos Tsitsipas Vasilios Caripi Dimitris Sakellaridis4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
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