Inside Stefanos Tsitsipas’ private life: From tennis star’s girlfriend to famous sporting family

Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas has entered the second spherical of Wimbledon after defeating Japan's Taro Daniel within the first spherical.

The 25-year-old is a power to reckon with and is presently ranked eleventh, having beforehand reached a career-best rating of three.

As Stefanos heads to the distinguished tennis event in London, be a part of HELLO! as we take a more in-depth take a look at his tennis professional girlfriend Paula and her well-known household…

Stefanos' tennis star girlfriend

Stefanos is presently relationship 26-year-old Spanish tennis professional Paula Badosa. The loved-up couple made their relationship public shortly after the 2023 Italian Open in Rome. Since then, the pair have been enjoying collectively on the courtroom, and received their first blended doubles match in World Tennis League motion in December final yr.

“It was a take a look at,” Paula joked after successful the match. “Both we'll get divorced, or it'll simply get higher.” Stefanos additionally chimed in, saying: “It's an actual pleasure to share the courtroom with somebody I've been following for a couple of years. My favourite feminine tennis participant.”

Although the pair briefly break up in Could, they later rekindled their romance simply weeks earlier than the French Open, the place they competed in blended doubles.

“It was onerous for us to be aside and I used to be going by means of some powerful occasions too,” Stefanos stated. “I might say I didn't handle it very effectively both, as a result of I used to be feeling the stress of touring and my work.”

About their temporary separation, he stated: “After two, three weeks I realised she was somebody who was very supportive and when she tried to speak to me – then I realised how deep the love we had for one another was. I realised this relationship with Paula was fully totally different from any of my earlier relationships.”

Her household's tennis legacy

Stefanos was born right into a tennis household. His mom Julia is a former WTA skilled and his father Apostolos has skilled as a tennis coach. The Greek tennis participant was launched to the game at a younger age and commenced enjoying on the age of three, adopted by tennis classes on the age of six.

He has three youthful siblings: brothers Petros and Pavlos and a sister named Elisavet. Like Stefanos, all three have additionally adopted within the sporting footsteps of their well-known dad and mom.

“My mother, she is aware of lots about tennis,” Tsitsipas advised reporters in 2020. “Typically it may be a bit sophisticated when she desires to present her opinion or recommendation on to me, then my dad tells me one thing else.”

He added: “We sat down and we stated, ‘Guys, he’s my coach. Any ideas or opinions you’ve gotten should be filtered by means of my father, Apostolos.’ It will possibly get fairly hectic.”