Tsitsipas Stops Working With Coach Ivanisevic After His Critical Comments

Thursday, 24 July 2025 at 09:43

byErik Virostko

Stefanos Tsitsipas ended his short, but also a bit bizarre, collaboration with Goran Ivanisevic after only a few weeks.

Tsitsipas knows that he's currently not where he wants to be. The Greek player is ranked 29th in the world, far below his standard of being in the Top 10. Between 2019 and 2023, he always finished the season in the Top 6.

On top of that, he is struggling to win matches as well. The season is already past its halfway mark, and the 26-year-old still has only 19 wins. In 2021, for example, he won 55 matches in a season, and in 2022, he won 61.

His poor results prompted the former ATP Finals champion to search for a new coach who could help him tap into his full potential. Seemingly, Tsitsipas found that person when he hired Goran Ivanisevic.

The two started working together at this year's Wimbledon, but that didn't go according to plan, as Tsitsipas was forced to retire in his first-round match against Valentin Royer. After that, the Greek player also lost both of his matches at the Hopman Cup.

But their collaboration was in the spotlight for a different reason. Shortly after starting to work together, Ivanisevic harshly criticized his new pupil, saying he had never seen a player in worse physical condition than the Greek.

Initially, it seemed that even those comments wouldn't impact their partnership, despite even Patrick Mouratoglou criticizing his colleague for making them. Now, it's clear that the collaboration between Tsitsipas and Ivanisevic didn't manage to get over that, as the two stopped working together.

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Tsitsipas published a statement on his Instagram account, announcing that he had stopped working with Ivanisevic. The three-time Monte-Carlo Masters champion didn't address the controversial moment, having only the best words for his former coach.

"Working with Goran Ivanisevic was a brief but intense experience and a truly valuable chapter in my journey. I'm thankful for the time, effort, and energy he dedicated to me and my team. As we are now following our separate ways, I have only respect for Goran, not just for what he's achieved in tennis, but also for who he is as a person. I wish him nothing but the very best moving forward."

Tsitsipas will now continue the search for both his form and a new coach. The Greek has previously said that he doesn't want to work with his father anymore, as he wanted to separate those two chapters of his life.

Up next, he should compete at the Canadian Open in Toronto as well as the Cincinnati Open. He should be among the seeded players at both events and then move to New York for the US Open.

On the other hand, Ivanisevic finds himself in a tricky spot. After previously working with the 24-time Grand Slam champion, he has now joined teams of two players and lasted only a couple of weeks with both.