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Stefanos Tsitsipas says he considered retiring from tennis due to serious back pain during the 2025 season.
The 27-year-old is ranked third in the world and was runner-up to Novak Djokovic at the 2021 French Open and 2023 Australian Open.
He is now ranked 36th in the world, having played only two matches in the Davis Cup since his second-round exit at the US Open last August, and said he is finally seeing progress through ongoing medical treatment.
“I’m very excited to see how my actual training responds in regards to my back,” Tsitsipas said.
“My biggest worry was whether I could finish the match,” added Tsitsipas, who said the injury had haunted him “for the last six or eight months.”
“I was asking: Can I play another game without feeling pain?”
“I was really scared after losing the US Open [to Germany’s Daniel Altmaier]. I couldn’t walk for two days. That’s when you reconsider the future of your career.”
Tsitsipas added that he is satisfied with the current care plan after completing five weeks of off-season training pain-free.
He will play with the Greek national team, which is in a group with the Japanese national team led by Naomi Osaka and the Great Britain team led by Emma Raducanu, in the Fed Cup, which will be held in Perth and Sydney from January 2 to 11, that is, the week before the Australian Open.
“My biggest win in 2026 is not having to worry about finishing games,” he said.
“It’s great to know you’ve had a pain-free pre-season – hopefully it stays that way. I want to keep performing for 2026 and the United Cup.”
“I started working. The most important thing is complete belief that I can return to where I was. I will try everything to do it.”
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