Tsitsipas drops out of the top 20 for the first time in seven years

Stefanos Tsitsipas is going through a rough patch. The Greek player hasn’t particularly shone this year, aside from his title at the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai. In major tournaments, the former world No. 3 has faced numerous disappointments this season.

In Grand Slams, he was eliminated in the first round by Alex Michelsen at the Australian Open and exited Roland-Garros in the second round after a loss to Matteo Gigante.

Moreover, if we look at Tsitsipas’s overall results in Majors, he hasn’t reached the second week in these tournaments for a year, since his quarterfinal defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in Paris.

After losing some of his points from last year’s Monte-Carlo title, the 26-year-old continues to slide down the rankings. Following his early exit before the second week at Roland-Garros, the 2018 ATP Finals winner has dropped to No. 26 in the world—a far cry from his No. 8 ranking in April.

As a result, the Greek has fallen out of the top 20 for the first time since August 6, 2018 (when he was ranked 27th). Even more concerning, aside from his winning run in the United Arab Emirates at the start of the season, Tsitsipas hasn’t strung together three consecutive wins in a single tournament since last year’s Paris-Bercy Masters 1000.

The good news for Tsitsipas is that he doesn’t have many points to defend until September. After early exits in the second round of Wimbledon and the first round of the US Open last year, the Greek shouldn’t face a further significant drop in the coming months.