Who Is Stefanos Tsitsipas’ Coach? Why Does He Have Two Coaches?

Stefanos Tsitsipas is coached by his dad Apostolos Tsitsipas. He has been training at the Patrick Mouratoglou Academy in France since 2015. Patrick Mouratoglou acts as Tsitsipas’ advisor and coach though Mouratoglou is a full-time coach for Simona Halep and previously coached Serena Williams. In 2022, Tsitsipas briefly worked Thomas Enqvist. He also worked with Mark Philippoussis but the pair split in 2023.

Tsitsipas’ dad Apostolos is a trained tennis coach. He introduced tennis to Stefanos Tsitsipas at age 3. Around age 9, Tsitsipas took the sport seriously and wanted to become a tennis player.

Tsitsipas’ parents – Apostolos Tsitsipas and Julia Apostoli – are both tennis players. His mom Julia was ranked number 1 in the juniors and was ranked in the top 200 in the world. She represented the Soviet Union in the Fed Cup. Apostolos and Julia met at a WTA tournament in Athens where Julia was competing and Apostolos was a line judge.

When Stefanos Tsitsipas was born, both is parents were working as tennis instructors at the Astir Palace resort hotel in Vouliagmeni.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ first big success came at the 2019 World Tour Finals. He beat Dominic Thiem to win that title. He went on to reach multiple grand slam semifinals and finals since then.

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Hsieh Su-Wei – No Sponsors But A Lot Of Fun

Taiwanese tennis star Hsieh Su-Wei has many fans. That’s for good reason. Her unorthodox  and creative style of play is not very common in tennis.

She plays two-handed shots on both sides – a double-handed forehand and a double-handed backhand. She constructs points and drives her opponents mad with her angles, drop shots, lobs, and slices. She is nicknamed “The Wizard” for her guile on the court.

Hsieh Su-Wei  is just 5 ft 7 in but she can keep up with anyone on the tennis court. She is arguably the greatest tennis player to come from Taiwan. Though Hsieh Su-Wei is a good singles player who reached a top ranking of world number 23, she found bigger success in doubles, where her game is more powerful.

She is one of the very few players to have won 500 matches both in singles and doubles. After her first doubles grand slam title at Wimbledon in 2013, a Chinese company offered her a $10 million sponsorship if he changed her citizenship to China. Hsieh Su-Wei admitted that she would consider the offer, which created a controversy in Taiwan. To counter the Chinese company’s offer, the Taiwanese government attempted to put together a competing sponsorship package for her.

Despite her success, Hsieh Su-Wei has had difficulty attracting sponsors. She doesn’t have an agent to manage her business deals. She buys her own clothes and racquets. Her racquets strings have no logos. Top players frequently change racquets but not Su-Wei. She can go for months or even years without changing racquets.

Hsieh Su-Wei has fun on the court. The fans watching her matches love to see her play. Hopefully, sponsors will step up to sponsor one of the most interesting players on the women’s tour.

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