Petros Tsitsipas (Greek:Πέτρος Τσιτσιπάς,pronounced[ˈpetrost͡sit͡siˈpas]; born 27 July 2000) is a Greek professionaltennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-highATP 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 ofStefanos Tsitsipas with whom he has won one doubles title. Tsitsipas representsGreece at theDavis Cup, where he has a W–L record of 10–9.
The brothers first partnered at the2021 Australian Open, where they received their first team wildcard to the main draw but lost in the first round. The next two tournaments were the2021 Rotterdam Open and2021 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 the2021 Open 13, but lost toAlejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round in 45 minutes.[1] 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.[2][3]
They next partnered at the2021 Monte-Carlo Masters after receiving a fourth team wildcard to the event. They reached the round of 16 by beating 8th seededKevin Krawietz andHoria Tecău. The pair received yet another wildcard for the next Masters 1000 at the2021 Mutua Madrid Open but lost again in the first round. They served as alternates in a third Masters in a row at theItalian Open but lost for the fourth time in the first round. At the2021 ATP Lyon Open, Petros and Stefanos received their sixth wildcard in doubles but lost the first round match.[4] 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 the2021 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round. They also received their eight wildcard at the2021 Hamburg European Open, losing in the first round.
The brothers received two more wildcards at the2022 Monte-Carlo Masters and2022 Mutua Madrid Open, where they lost in the second and first rounds respectively. They also received their eleventh and twelfth wildcard inStuttgart and at the2022 Mallorca Championships where they also lost in the second and first rounds respectively.They entered the2022 US Open as an alternate pair where they lost in the first round.
The brothers again received a wildcard at the2023 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, their thirteenth in two years, where they lost in the first round.[5]Petros Tsitsipas again partnering FrenchLuca Sanchez received his fourteenth wildcard to the main draw of the2023 Open 13 Provence in Marseille.They received wildcards again, their fourteenth and fifteenth as a team, for the2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and the2023 Mutua Madrid Open.It was Petros's 100th wildcard in his career.[6][7]
He competed in the2024 Summer Olympics in two events: in the men's singles, following the withdrawal of British playerCameron Norrie, where he was defeated in straight sets by Dutch playerTallon Griekspoor, and in the men's doubles alongside his brother Stefanos, where they were also defeated by the Portuguese pairNuno Borges andFrancisco Cabral.[11]
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