Stefanos Tsitsipas has endured a tough year on the ATP Tour, which saw him fail to qualify for the ATP Finals for the first time since 2018.
Whilst the top eight players on the ATP Tour are locked in fierce competition at the ATP Finals in Turin, Tsitsipas can only watch on as an alternate having failed to qualify in 2024.
The Greek began his season with some fairly disappointing results, as Tsitsipas lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open, where he had reached the final in 2023.
It looked as if he had turned things around however, when Tsitsipas won the Monte-Carlo Masters for the third time in his career.
He then reached the quarter-finals of both the French Open and the Olympic games at Roland Garros before his poor form returned for the second half of the season.
The 26-year-old was knocked out of Wimbledon in the second round, before Tsitsipas fell to defeat in his opening match at the US Open, bringing to a close a disappointing 2024 Grand Slam campaign.
It was a tough year for Tsitsipas, one that he has now described as ‘exhausting’.
Stefanos Tsitsipas reveals what he hasn’t been a fan of during ‘exhausting’ 2024 season
Speaking at the ATP Finals in Turin, Tsitsipas admitted just how tough 2024 has been for him.
“This year was perhaps the most exhausting year that I’ve had on the tour,” he said.
“It did take a mental toll on me to be at certain tournaments more than what I typically expected to be.”
The Greek star went on to explain the change that he hasn’t been a fan of in 2024.
“The Masters 1000 new concept hasn’t been great and I haven’t really been a huge fan of it,” said Tsitsipas.
“I’m willing to express it, I don’t mind because that’s my opinion.
“I really want to actually make it better for the rest of us, to have a solid schedule, to have days that make sense in terms of competition.”
2024 saw the introduction of several new two-week Masters 1000 tournaments, further adding to the already intense schedule players have to deal with.
“My position in that is to try and help tennis on its own,” he said.
“To give my own opinion as a tennis player that is facing those challenges but also has to play these weekly tournaments and make it as efficient and as good as possible for the rest of us.”
How has Stefanos Tsitsipas performed at Masters 1000’s in 2024?
Tsitsipas has made his feelings clear that he is not a fan of two-week Masters 1000 events, and instead prefers the shorter tournaments.
In 2024, five of the nine Masters 1000 events were two-week tournaments, a number that will rise to seven next year.
The longer tournaments include 96 players in the main draw, compared to the one week events which feature just 56.
But did Tsitsipas perform better at the shorter events, than the two-week Masters 1000 tournaments?
| Tournament | Result |
| Indian Wells | Lost in 4R |
| Miami Open | Lost in 2R |
| Madrid Open | Lost in 2R |
| Italian Open | Lost in QF |
| Shanghai Masters | Lost in 2R |
| Tournament | Result |
| Monte Carlo Masters | Winner |
| Canadian Open | Lost in 2R |
| Cincinnati Open | Lost in 2R |
| Paris Masters | Lost in QF |
Tsitsipas’ win in Monte-Carlo seems to imply that he has been performing better at the 56-player tournaments in 2024.
With Cincinnati and Canada becoming two-week events in 2025, two of the Greek’s strongest Masters tournaments will be the only one-week events left on the calendar next year.
The 26-year-old will no doubt be hoping that Paris and Monte-Carlo stick to just the one week, as he looks to bounce back with a strong season in 2025.
Tsitsipas is set to return to the court for the season-ending World Tennis League exhibition in Abu Dhabi in December.
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