Stefanos Tsitsipas has made sensible decision recently despite terrible year on the ATP Tour

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Stefanos Tsitsipas will want to put his 2025 ATP Tour season firmly in the past.

The former world number three has slipped to world number 34 after a torrid 2025 campaign on Tour, losing to numerous lower-ranked players.

The Greek star also endured a very public split from coach Goran Ivanisevic – a factor which cannot have helped his performance on the court.

Tsitsipas, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, is most certainly capable of greater performances than the ones he has shown throughout 2025.

And, ahead of 2026, he has made a decision which could help to revitalise his career.

Stefanos Tsitsipas has made a smart decision by withdrawing from ATP tournaments and prioritising his health ahead of 2026

Stefanos Tsitsipas ending his season early proves that he is listening to his body, and that can only be a good thing.

The Greek player has struggled to manage a recurring back injury throughout 2025, and this injury has affected him at some of the calendar’s biggest tournaments, including Wimbledon and the US Open.

Tsitsipas’ poor 2025 results cannot solely be blamed on injury: he has not faced a player ranked inside the ATP top 10 throughout the duration of 2025.

However, it is certainly a contributing factor – one that must be taken seriously.

After losing in the Wimbledon first round this year, Tsitsipas revealed the ongoing battle he was enduring.

As reported by TNT Sports, Tsitsipas said: “I’m battling many wars these days. It’s really painful to see myself in a situation like this,” Tsitsipas said.

“One thing that I absolutely hate doing is retiring or stopping a match, but I’ve never pictured myself being in a situation like this multiple times since the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin a couple of years back.

“Since that time, I’ve been very fragile with my body, and I’ve been battling a war of feeling healthy and feeling comfortable going to the extremes, which has been a difficult battle. So I really don’t know.

“I mean, I feel completely – I feel like I’m left without answers. I don’t know. I’ve tried everything. I’ve done an incredible job with my fitness. I’ve done an incredible job with my physiotherapy, so I’ve maximised on everything that I possibly can do.

“Right now I’m just absolutely left with no answers. I don’t know what to do.”

During Wimbledon, Goran Ivanisevic also commented on the Greek player’s fitness while the pair were still working together.

“With this knee, I am three times more fit than him. This is really bad,” Ivanisevic told Sport Klub.

Since then, Tsitsipas has continued to suffer from injury issues. In the last month, Tsitsipas has withdrawn from the Shanghai Masters, Vienna Open, Paris Masters and Athens Open – citing injury issues and a need to recover.

In fact, the only event Tsitsipas has played since the US Open is the Six Kings Slam exhibition event.

The 27-year-old has the talent to make it back to the top and challenge for Grand Slam titles once again.

But his body must be allowed to recover appropriately; otherwise, he may never rediscover the form required to reach his previous heights.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ 2025 results

Tsitsipas has tasted success in 2025. The Greek player defeated Matteo Berrettini, Karen Khachanov and Felix Auger-Aliassime on his way to the Dubai Tennis Championships title.

Unfortunately for fans of Tsitsipas, he failed to recapture this form throughout the rest of the year.

Tsitsipas fell at the hands of numerous lower-ranked players in 2025, including Hamad Medjedovic, Matteo Gigante, Christopher O’Connell, Benjamin Bonzi and Bu Bunchaokete.

The Greek star, who is again working with his father [Apostolos Tsitsipas is Stefanos’ coach], must improve upon these tournament results in 2026, or he will slip even further down the ATP rankings.