Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek, world no.5

ATP Finals Preview: Stefanos Tsitsipas

Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas will look to retain his ATP Finals title later this month after one other spectacular yr on the tour. 

Regardless of a disappointing Australian Open shedding to Milos Raonic within the third spherical, the World No 6 responded properly to win his solely title of 2020 in Marseille earlier than shedding to Novak Djokovic within the last of the Dubai championships shortly after.

In the course of the lockdown, Tsitsipas carried out properly within the revolutionary Final Tennis Showdown occasion as he topped the group forward of Richard Gasquet and Matteo Berrettini.

On his return to the primary tour, Tsitsipas misplaced within the third spherical of a Grand Slam for the second time in succession after shedding to Borna Coric in 5 units  on the US Open regardless of main all through.

The 22-year-old made a clean transition to clay, reaching the ultimate of the Hamburg Open earlier than shedding to Andrey Rublev in three units in one of many important precursors to Roland Garros.

Tsitsipas secured his greatest consequence thus far on the French Open after he avenged his earlier defeat to the Russian to achieve the semi-final earlier than shedding to Novak Djokovic in an exhilarating five-set encounter.

Nonetheless, Tsitsipas has struggled in current weeks, shedding to Grigor Dimitrov in Vienna earlier than exiting the primary spherical in Paris towards Frenchman Ugo Humbert.

The Greek has additionally been troubled by a leg harm which pressured him to drag out of the doubles of the Paris Masters forward of the ATP Finals, which may put his title defence in jeopardy.