Mark Philippousis announced on Instagram that he has stopped working with Stefanos Tsitsipas. Under Philippousis’ guidance, Tsitsipas reached the 2023 Australian Open final where he lost to Novak Djokovic.

Thanks for the opportunity of being a part of your team. It was a great ride and experience, I’m proud of what we achieved together in the short amount of time we had. I wish you health, happiness and success for your future, on and off the court!

– Mark Philippousis

Tsitsipas hired an outside coach for more guidance and less parental involvement in coaching activities. But his parents – especially his dad Apostolos continued to stay actively involved in his coaching.

Stefanos Tsitsipas has reached two grand slam finals – at the 2021 French Open and the 2023 Australian Open. He lost both those matches to Novak Djokovic. In addition, he has reached four grand slam semifinals. Despite this, a grand slam win has been elusive for Tsitsipas.

Tennis names can be funny, hard to pronounce, and very interesting. Here’s a list we put together that’s interesting for many reasons.

Some players like Katie Volynets and Tennys Sandgren had to pick up tennis just because of their names.

Interesting Names In Tennis

• Max Cocks (ATP link for those who think it’s a made-up name)
• Katie Volynets
• Tennys Sandgren
• Anna Smashnova (career-high singles ranking of world number 15)
• Jannik Sinner (I once searched for Sinner online and went to dark places, I am still “repenting”)
• Storm Hunter
• Ryan Peniston (I feel for this guy’s entire family that has carry this name)
• Tallon Griekspoor
• JJ Wolf
• Boris Becker
• Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
• Harmony Tan
• Krystina Titz
• Guy Forget
• Thierry Champion (he won zero titles in his career)
• Jack Draper
• MaliVai Washington
• Gabriela Sabatini
• Evonne Goolagong
• Venus Williams
• Botic van de Zandschulp
• Roger Federer (such a smooth name)
• Tornado Alicia Black
• Vitas Gerulaitis
• Tamarine Tanasugarn
• René Lacoste
• Aslan Karatsev
• Diego Schwartzman
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov
• Goran Ivanisevic
• Miloslav Mecir
• Ocean Dodin
• Pete Sampras
• Yannick Noah
• Margaret Court
• Jack Sock
• Mardy Fish
• Henri Cochet
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Bjorn Borg
• Gustavo Kuerten
• Paradorn Srichaphan
• Shi-Ting Wang
• Marcelo Melo