“My philosophy on life is I want to try and improve every single day in whichever aspect I can,” Stefanos Tsitsipas said earlier this year while reflecting on himself. In 2024, the former World No.3’s journey was more or less stagnant. Despite showing promising runs at various events like the Los Cabos Open, Mexican Open, Barcelona Open, and the French Open, he could win only one ATP title, the Monte-Carlo Masters, in the season gone by. Reflecting on his professional and personal journey, again, he’s now expressed a will to “reinvent” heading into 2025.

According to the current World No.11, he’s been stuck in a pattern lately. And it’s been a major reason why, despite his efforts to do better, he was not able to succeed on most of the occasions in 2024. “I felt like I’ve been stuck in a pattern for the last few months, and haven’t been able to unlock the pattern, or get out of it.” he revealed, as reported by EuroSport on Saturday. “I’m looking to kind of reinvent myself,” he said. “I’m looking for a fresh, new 2025,” he mentioned. How?

While clarifying what he really meant by a ‘fresh start’, he explained, “That doesn’t mean to suddenly just start winning everything, that’s not the point of this.” Per him, all what he needs to focus on is to improve himself – on and off the court. “It’s a story of constant improvement, and improving in all fields. In my career, but also in my outside life. I want to have stability in my life. Last year was a little bit up and down in terms of results, in terms of feelings. Outside of the court, and on the court,” he added.

In next season, it will be the first time since 2019 that he will begin the year out of the top 10. Will this affect him on a mental level heading into the first major of 2025?

Stefanos Tsitsipas reveals thoughts on starting out of top in 2025

Well Stefanos Tsitsipas seems to be undeterred with the fact he will begin 2025 being No.11. Explaining his reason, he said, “I don’t think there’s that much pressure when you’re outside the top 10. Maybe there’s a little bit of pressure now. It’s my chance to add on points, get some good wins going.” as reported by EuroSport. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t say there’s pressure, because I don’t have the points I’ve been accustomed to after being in the top 10 consecutively.” he added.

The 2024 Roland Garros quarterfinalist believes working on oneself repeatedly. And that this process keeps ongoing on a seasonal basis – without shortcuts. “After you’ve been on the tour you know what it takes to get to where you remember being. You just need to be consistent throughout the day, you have to work it out from January all the way to November.” he said.

When he steps on the court in the first major of the new season, he would like to improve his record Down Under. Tsitsipas’ best run at the Australian Open was in 2023. Nearly two years ago, he reached his first AO final but failed to outplay Novak Djokovic. The former World No.1 easily clinched his 10th Australian Open trophy with a scoreline of 6-3, 7-6, 7-6. Ahead of his Australian Open campaign, however, Stefanos is currently on a national duty.

He’s representing Greece at the United Cup. In his first match of the event, he’s already got off to a great start, clinching a win against Spain’s Pablo-Carreno Busta. Under the Group C tie of the tournament, on Saturday, Tsitsipas overcame Busta’s challenge and brought his country back. In the women’s singles, earlier in the day, Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-1 and gave her country a 1-0 lead. But then Tsitsipas won the men’s singles encounter 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 against Busta. Now the tie has gone into a mixed doubles decider.