Stefanos Tsitsipas' mother has brutal reaction to his social media activity

Monday, 15 December 2025 at 20:35

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byErik Virostko

Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of the most interesting personalities on the ATP Tour. He's so unique that even his parents are sometimes stunned.

Tsitsipas is one of the best tennis players of his generation. He is the 2019 ATP Finals champion, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, a former world No. 3, and a three-time Monte-Carlo Masters winner.

Apart from that, he's a player whose name has appeared in the headlines for many reasons not related to his tennis. For a while, he dated fellow tennis player Paula Badosa, and their relationship generated a lot of attention.

Tsitsipas has also had disagreements with the likes of Nick Kyrgios and Daniil Medvedev, and for those spending a lot of time online, he's probably best known for his social media activity.

The 27-year-old Greek player is among the most active tennis players on X (formerly Twitter). However, Tsitsipas' activity is not related to his tennis career. Instead, he likes to post about life, trying to be relatable, which sometimes backfires.

His mother, Julia Salnikova, was asked about her son's social media activity during a recent interview with Russian publication Sport. She admitted that she doesn't agree with many of his posts, but can't do anything about it.

"Believe me, several times, after reading some of his posts or opinions, I stood there with my mouth open and digested it all. And tried to find something positive in it. I don't agree with a lot of things, but I have no influence on them."

Stefanos Tsitsipas' mother says he is a bit of 'an outsider' in the locker room

Tsitsipas isn't someone who would have a lot of enemies on the ATP Tour, but he also doesn't seem to be spending a lot of time with fellow players either. His mother explained why that's the case, saying Stefanos has too many interests outside of tennis.

"That's just the way he is. And it would be strange if all the players were fond of him. I don't want to offend anyone, but he really is a bit of an outsider to them. And they're not entirely his, either. It's just that Stepa has so many interests outside of tennis that he can't fully integrate into this community. It doesn't stimulate him enough."

"This might actually be his first problem in professional sport. And I knew it would be like this—I've been with him since childhood. And I knew there would be a motivation problem. To have the same motivation as Sinner and Alcaraz, you have to work on it and live for it. You have to wake up and say, 'Okay, yesterday I made a couple of mistakes on the right, I didn't shorten it in time a couple of times—now I'll go work on it.'"

"Stepa will also go and work. But in the meantime, he'll also call his friend, who doesn't play tennis at all but has ideas about how drones and modern technology could impact the business of the future. And they'll discuss it very seriously. And how far can Styopa fit in the tennis niche? His head sticks out too much. It's a bit too small."