What’s happened to Stefanos Tsitsipas for the first time since 2018 that shows he is no longer one of the top players

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Stefanos Tsitsipas will be in unfamiliar territory at his next ATP tournament.

Tsitsipas is a two-time Grand Slam finalist, but suffered a shock second round exit at Roland Garros to Matteo Gigante.

Since that defeat, Tsitsipas has begun working with Goran Ivanisevic ahead of the grass court season.

Ivanisevic has high hopes for Tsitsipas, but he will be doing something for the first time in seven years at their first tournament together.

What’s happened to Stefanos Tsitsipas for the first time since 2018

Tsitsipas won the Dubai Tennis Championships earlier this year, but is currently down at world number 26 in the ATP rankings.

This is the Greek’s lowest ranking since August 2018, which is the same month that he was unseeded at the Cincinnati Open.

The 2018 Cincinnati Open was the last time that Tsitsipas was unseeded at a tournament, and that will also be the case for his next event at the Halle Open.

There are eight seeds at the Halle Open, and Tsitsipas is only the 10th highest ranked player at the ATP 500 event.

Tsitsipas has not won back-to-back matches since April at the Barcelona Open, despite clay being the surface that he has found his best career results.

This was even the case at the Monte Carlo Masters, where three-time former champion Tsitsipas lost in the quarter-finals to Lorenzo Musetti.

All of these factors suggest that Tsitsipas could be in for another difficult month, as grass has statistically been his worst surface.

Tsitsipas does have one grass court title from the Mallorca Championships in 2022, but has never surpassed the fourth round of Wimbledon.

There was one point that Tsitsipas was seen as an almost guaranteed future major champion and now it seems as though his window may have already passed, especially with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz leading the ATP Tour.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ Potential run to the title at the Halle Open

Tsitsipas will not be looking back to his last tournament as an unseeded player, as he lost in the first round of the 2018 Cincinnati Open to David Goffin.

He will begin his campaign at the Halle Open against Luciano Darderi, the Italian who has little experience on grass.

However, if Tsitsipas is able to come through his opener he could face a tougher test against fifth seed Francisco Cerundolo.

Some of the other top seeds at the Halle Open this year include Sinner, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev.

The Halle Open will get underway on Monday, June 16, with top seed Sinner also the defending champion.