Stefanos Tsitsipas spoke about the future of tennis with the Greek city times ahead of the Rotterdam Open week and shared that he saw the future of tennis as having a top-six or top-eight guys competing for Grand Slam titles.

Players like Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime helped Canada win the ATP Cup, Jannik Sinner, who made it to the Australian Open quarterfinals, and the 2021 Miami Open champion Hubert Hurkacz have challenged for major competitions in 2022. Stefanos Tsitsipas has also allowed camera crews to follow him around for Netflix Drive to Survive type documentary.

Tsitsipas shared that by doing so, many new audiences can be attracted to Tennis sport as he explained that he saw a lot of hype and evolutions in the sense of concept and rebrand of tennis. He further said that he would be able to play on all surfaces and didn't want to be the one who could only play well on one surface. He added that he could play equally well on all surfaces and produced points on all surfaces that ATP offered during the season. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas represented Greece at the ATP Cup but couldn't compete in his first group tie due to his elbow surgery in late 2021. He also suffered a three-set loss to Diego Schwartzman and then received a walkover in his final group tie during his second scheduled match.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Net Worth, Career Earnings & Salary

As per Celebrity Net Worth, Stefanos Tsitsipas has a net worth of $11 million. The 23-year-old professional tennis player has become one of the highest-ranked Greek players in history and became famous after he won the 2019 ATP Finals. He has reportedly earned up to $340,493 from his salary and endorsements.

Stefanos has earned $15,344,783 from the competitions during his overall career earnings, reports salarysport.com. He was awarded prize money of $2,936,678 in the Australian Open and €600,000 in The Stockholm Open.

He has been the brand ambassador of sports brand Adidas since 2018, and he has also signed with Swiss luxury watchmaker Rolex the same year. He has also worked with the investment service brand Verrazzano Capital and became a brand ambassador for them in 2018. 

Tsitsipas started his professional tennis playing career at 14, competed in Grand Slam tournaments in 2015, and eventually won the Junior Grand Slam in the 2016 Wimbledon boys' doubles event. He played his first ATP main draw at the Rotterdam Open in 2017 and experienced loss matches, but he gradually got better by the end of the year and was even named the ATP Most Improved Player.

He also became the youngest champion of the year-end championships at the 2019 ATP Finals. Then he was successful in winning his first Maters 1000 event at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters and reached his maiden Grand Slam final at the 2021 French Open.

Is Stefanos Tsitsipas Dating Anyone? Who Is His Girlfriend?

Stefanos Tsitsipas confirmed his relationship with Theodora Petalas in 2021, revealing that they had been dating for two years. They met through family friends in New York. Stefanos has shared details about their long-distance relationships and said that he liked her very much and was shy at first but eventually asked her out on a date to Brooklyn. 

He said that she lived in London, so it was a little difficult for them, and he also added that she supports him by attending his tournaments and spending time together. He described her as his best friend with whom he talked every day for two or three years till date.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and his girlfriend Theodora Petalas (Photo: pinterest.com)

His girlfriend, Theodora Petalas, has a strong portfolio, and her LinkedIn page says that she works as a junior strategist for a branding and marketing agency. She has also worked in the fashion industry in 2015 and as a sales intern for mary Ktrantzou, a London-based fashion house. She graduated from New York University and has a degree in project management. However, Stefanos had mentioned that Theodora was a shy person and a pretty private person who didn't have an Instagram account. 

Moreover, Stefanos was rumored to be dating fellow tennis player Maria Sakkari as they showed great chemistry while playing together in the Hopman Cup defending Greece at the end of 2018. Stefanos had also posted photos with her on his Instagram but never confirmed those dating rumors. But he also talked about her in one of his interviews and said that he could have dated her, but he was shy.

He insisted that he was more mature now and knew what he wanted. While Maria also talked about him, stating that he was a role model for her and it was good to look after another player from the same country.

Furthermore, the two of them are currently dating each of their partners. Sakkari is also taken by the son of Greek Prime Minister, Konstantinos Mitsotakis.

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