Stefanos Tsitsipas and his brother Petros won their first-round match in doubles after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela 3-6 7-5 6-3. The Tsitsipas brothers looked quite happy after their achievement.
The match lasted slightly more than 2 hours. Stefanos is often questioned by his fans about why he keeps on playing doubles with his brother, even during important tournaments, so as to waste precious energy.
Tsitsipas at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2023
Currently the world no.4, the Greek has managed to achieve a composed 6-0 record in 2023. Stefanos is now having a run at the Australian Open where he bested the world no.61 Quentin Halys 6-3 6-4 7-66 and the world no.169 Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-0 6-2.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will come up against the world no.63 Tallon Griekspoor in the 3rd round on Friday at 1:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. They have never competed against each other as of now in top events.
The Greek won 9 titles in his career: 4 on clay courts, 4 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Petros Tsitsipas in 2023
Currently the world no.780, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 20th of September 2022 when he had to retire when playing against Frederic Schlossmann in the qualifications and the scoreline was 6-4 4-2 .
Currently, during this season the Greek owns a composed 8-16 match record.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Petros Tsitsipas have never played each other.