Why Stefanos Tsitsipas should not return to his father after separating with coach Gore Ivanisevic


Stefanos Tsitsipas left the world of tennis this week when he announced his division with Gorran Ivanisevic after only two months working together. According to reports, the Greek plans to meet with his father Apostolos, with whom he shares a tumultuous relationship on the court to say the minimum.

Ivanisevic last enjoyed a proper possession with Novak Djokovic, guiding it to nine main titles and three end-of-year world finishes. Since then, the Croatian has gone through short films with Elena Rybakina and, more recently, Tsitsipas.

Although the world number 29 training situation is currently terrible, there is a fury among its fans who surround their father who can return to their team. Then we list some reasons why the Tsitsipas family re -ion Should not happen:


#1 Stefanos Tsitsipas has openly criticized the capacity of his father apostolos as coach

Stefanos Tsitsipas's father reacts while seeing playing his son | Image Source: GettyStefanos Tsitsipas's father reacts while seeing playing his son | Image Source: Getty
Stefanos Tsitsipas's father reacts while seeing playing his son | Image Source: Getty

Gorran Ivanisevic's negative comments about Stefanos tsitsipas' Motivation and work ethics invited the controversy last month. The 2001 Wimbledon champion came to suggest that at the age of 53, at the age of 53, was in “better” than your room.

“The desire is there, but it does nothing to improve things,” Gorran Ivanisevic told Sport Klub in June 2025. “At my age and with the state of the knee, I am in three times he is in the form. I am not sure what he has done in the previous twelve months, but his current form is very poor.”

Although it is natural to take on the side of Tsitsipas in this fiasco if he took the comments of Ivanisevic with bad taste, he put his father in his explosion similarly almost two years ago. After a second round exit to the Teachers of CincinnatiThe young man, 27, went to a full level on how Apostolos, his coach at that time, had failed to find the brand as coach.

“I need and deserve a coach who listens and listens to my comments as a player,” Tsitsipas said in the media of Cincinnati Masters 2023. “My father has not been very smart or very good at managing these situations, this is not the first time he has done it. I am really disappointed with him.”

Stefanos Tsitsipas and his father still share a close father and son bond if the most recent comments in Greek are something to happen. However, the previous comments mean that there may be some level of distrust in their professional relationship.


#2 The game of Stefanos Tsitsipas has been constantly receded in recent years

Stefanos Tsitsipas tracks a ball in the French Open 2025 | Image Source: GettyStefanos Tsitsipas tracks a ball in the French Open 2025 | Image Source: Getty
Stefanos Tsitsipas tracks a ball in the French Open 2025 | Image Source: Getty

Stefanos Tsitsipas gave a name for him and his country after making his great breakthrough with a semifinal result in the Australian Open 2019. Many stunning acclaims fell to the twelve times Titlist ATP's feet in the coming years, such as defeating the famous 'Big 3' before the age of 21, winning the end of the year championships and reaching the final of two seniors.

However, the game of Tsitsipas has been in a downward trend since 2022, which has finally led to the first time in the Top 20 of the men since 2018 at the beginning of this year. The return of the old no. 3 World Cup, and especially the return to hand, has been its weakness for some years. So much so that it has only broken the service at a rate of 17.6% in its Tour ATP games for the last 52 weeks.

The Greek has also become relatively bewildering in its two stronger dresses: head and service. Unlike 2022 and 2023, which saw that at the age of 27, they occupied the most important positions in the ATP classification tables, is in a 23rd place (based on updated data until July 21). Therefore, most devotee fans would agree that their game needs to be adjusted under the eyes of an experienced coach, and not Apostolos, who was his main coach during much of his youth.

Stefanos Tsitsipas has often expressed the desire to be one of the largest champions in the history of men's tennis. The world number 29 failed to walk the talk, but asking an important question: Do you have what you need to dominate the game? Whether you can return to the ATP Top 10 standings at any time you have to see. What he can do is start building a model to be successful immediately and, unfortunately, his father does not belong to these plans.