The Greek tennis star Seriously Considered Walking Away Amid Injury-Plagued 2025 Season

The tennis professional disclosed he pondered ending his career due to severe back issues throughout the 2025 tennis year.

The 27-year-old, who has reached a career-high ranking of world number three, finished as runner-up to Novak Djokovic at both the 2021 French Open and the 2023 Australian Open.

Now ranked as the world's 36th best player after a limited schedule post a early exit at the US Open in August, he stated that ongoing treatment is finally showing encouraging progress.

"My greatest anticipation is to observe how my training responds during regular practice with regard to my injury," commented Tsitsipas.

"The biggest fear centered on if I could complete an encounter," he added, noting the injury had troubled him "over the last half a year or more."

"I would wonder, 'Can I compete another contest without discomfort?'"

"It was genuinely scary after the defeat at the US Open [to Germany's Daniel Altmaier]. I could not to move for 48 hours. That is the moment start reconsidering the path ahead."

Tsitsipas further mentioned satisfaction regarding the present treatment regimen following the completion of five weeks of pre-season training without any pain.

His next appearance for Greece in the United Cup, where they face Team Japan led by Osaka and the British team led by Emma Raducanu. The competition will be held in Perth and Sydney from 2 to 11 January, the week preceding the season's first major.

"The greatest victory next season would be to not have concerns about finishing matches," he expressed.

"It is incredibly encouraging to know you had an off-season in good health – I hope it continues. I aim to perform in 2026 and at the team championship.

"I have done the work. The most important thing is complete faith in my ability to get back to where I was. I will try all means to make it happen."