{"id":1874021,"date":"2026-04-09T12:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874021"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:06:23","slug":"stefanos-tsitsipas-father-under-scrutiny-as-coaching-methods-questioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874021","title":{"rendered":"Stefanos Tsitsipas&#8217; father under scrutiny as coaching methods questioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Stefanos Tsitsipas\u2019 father under scrutiny as coaching methods questioned<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Shahida Jacobs                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"09 Apr 2026 1:06 PM\" data-ps-date=\"09 Apr 2026 1:06 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1775736383\"><br \/>\n                            09 Apr 2026 1:06 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Stefanos Tsitsipas with his father Apostolos Tsitsipas in the inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas has likely become too dependent on his father and coach with Apostolos Tsitsipas\u2019 coaching methods questioned by an ATP-accredited coach.<\/p>\n<p>Former world No 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/stefanos-tsitsipas\">Tsitsipas<\/a> is experiencing the worst slump of his professional career as he has dropped to No 66 in the Live Rankings following his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stefanos-tsitsipas-rankings-drop-monte-carlo-masters-2026\">first-round exit from this week\u2019s Monte Carlo Masters,<\/a> a tournament he has won three times.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek has not won a title or reached a final since he lifted the Rotterdam Open trophy in February 2025 and he has made several coaching changes in the past year in an attempt to regain form.<\/p>\n<p>He hired 2003 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic in May last year, but it was a disastrous partnership that ended after only a few months with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/goran-ivanisevic-knew-after-the-second-day-stefanos-tsitsipas-coaching-relationship-would-not-last\">Croatian criticising Tsitsipas\u2019 work ethic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apostolos \u2013 who had coached his son from 2004 until 2021 \u2013 returned following Ivanisevic\u2019s exit, but the relationship between father and son has not always been a happy one as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stefanos-tsitsipas-promises-mature-strict-coaching-relationship-father\"> Stefanos admitted after their reunion<\/a>: \u201cHe [Apostolos] definitely made me lose my control, my inner control as well. But we\u2019ve talked a lot. Since then, we\u2019ve spent a lot of weeks together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been on a tour occasionally here and there, not as my coach, but as my father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I have to be strict with him. Sometimes I feel like he wants to do too many things on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Stefanos Tsitsipas News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stefanos-tsitsipas-disastrous-monte-carlo-masters-loss\">Stefanos Tsitsipas needs \u2018serious soul-searching\u2019 after \u2018disastrous\u2019 Monte Carlo Masters display<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stefanos-tsitsipas-criticises-goran-ivanisevic-scathing-comments-really-%3Cstrong%3Ehurt\"><strong>Stefanos Tsitsipas says Goran Ivanisevic\u2019s scathing comments \u2018really hurt\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apostolos has in the past been criticised \u2013 both by his son and tennis commentators \u2013 over his conduct during matches as he is often heard shouting at Stefanos and Danish tennis coach, mental coach and author Adam Blicher believes that is due to his coaching methods.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Nicholas Albek on the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spilxperten.com\/podcast\/dobbeltfejl\/danmark-til-bjk-cup-og-atp-1000-i-monte-carlo\/\">SpilXperten podcast<\/a>, ATP-certified coach Blicher explained: \u201cIt starts on the practice court, I think. Why does someone like Tsitsipas\u2019 father talk so much? I think he does it with a kind of misunderstanding \u2013 that the more I say, the more I help. In reality \u2013 again, all the way back from the practice court \u2014 he ends up making Tsitsipas [Stefanos] dependent on himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat stands in direct contrast to the fact that when you\u2019re out on the court, you stand alone. The more you see players looking over at a parent or a coach, the more it\u2019s a cry for help. Like, \u2018I simply haven\u2019t learned to solve this situation myself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think, as tennis coaches, we also believe that we\u2019re helping when we say a lot. We try to give the solutions, but in reality we should try to design exercises that create a problem on the court, so they themselves can figure out how to organise themselves out of that situation and solve the problems themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we as coaches can help and guide, but tennis is an open-skill sport. It\u2019s not golf, where you can do repetition, repetition, repetition. In tennis, it\u2019s different all the time. We have to be supportive and not dictate what they should do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas\u2019 father under scrutiny as coaching methods questioned Shahida Jacobs 09 Apr 2026 1:06 PM Stefanos Tsitsipas with his father Apostolos Tsitsipas in the inset Stefanos Tsitsipas has likely become too dependent on his father and coach with Apostolos Tsitsipas\u2019 coaching methods questioned by an ATP-accredited coach. 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