Stefanos Tsitsipas and Serena Williams are part of 2 completely different generations and obviously play on 2 different tours. Nevertheless, they share something in common: a coach and his Academy.
Serena Williams has been partnering for long with well-known coach Patrick Mouratoglou. The Frenchman has also founded a renowned Academy in the south of France that is used by many top players. In addition, Patrick is a great talent scout and he loves to find new prospects. Stefanos Tsitsipas was among some of them and the Frenchman managed to have him at his Academy 6 years ago.
Patrick’s Academy posted a rather emotional Twitter with the video of Stefanos’ first training at his Academy. 6 years later…
Stef’s very first practice at the academy back in 2015 🤧
Six years later, he's chasing Grand Slam immortality…@steftsitsipas #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/OE7pQN93Rl
— Mouratoglou Tennis Academy (@MouratoglouAcad) June 13, 2021
Tsitsipas at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked world no.5 (career-high), the Greek has a 39-8 match record in 2021. Tsitsipas is currently having a run at the French Open where he conquered Jeremy Chardy 7-66 6-3 6-1, Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 6-4 6-3, John Isner 5-7 6-3 7-63 6-1, Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-3 6-2 7-5, Daniil Medvedev 6-3 7-63 7-5 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will compete against the world no.1 Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Their current head to head is 5-2 for Djokovic.
Tsitsipas clinched 2 titles in 2021 in Monte-Carlo and in Lyon. The Greek was the runner-up in Acapulco (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) and in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell).
Tsitsipas won 7 titles in his career: 3 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Serena Williams in 2021
Currently ranked no.8, Serena played her last match on the 6th of June when she surrendered to world no.22 Elena Rybakina 6-3 7-5 in the 4th round of the French Open (draw).
Currently, during this season Serena has managed to achieve an overall 12-4 win-loss record. Serena Williams’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.
