Stefanos Tsitsipas has agreed to participate in the eighth edition of the ATP 250 in Antwerp, which will take place from October 15 to October 22, 2023. For the first time, a player from the top five will be accepted into this competition. There had already been top 10s and renowned athletes (Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jannik Sinner, for example, the winners of the last two years, but also Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, and Dominic Thiem).
Dick Norman, the tournament director, commented: “He was at the top of our priorities, at the top of our list for a few years. There are other players in the top 5 who are less attractive than him. He has a lot of personality. He is very popular with the public. He has a great style of play.”
The defending champion is Felix Auger Aliassime who defeated Sebastian Korda in last year’s final 6-3 6-4
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2023
Currently ranked no.5, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 15th of June when he lost to world no.55 Richard Gasquet 7-6(8) 2-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart (draw).
At the moment, during this season the Greek has achieved a 31-10 record. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s best result of the present year was getting to the final at the Australian Open and Barcelona.
Tsitsipas is scheduled to compete next in Halle (Terra Wortmann Open). He will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 19th of June thanks to a wild card.
