Tennis
The unique performances Tsitsipas and Djokovic put in their way to the finals
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic will face off at the Australian Open and Sportish has summarized all their great performances heading to the final.
The countdown to the grand final of the Australian Open is in its final phase. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic meet there on Sunday morning (January 29, 10:30 a.m., Eurosport 1, LIVE Sportish).
The world No. 4 and world No. 5 are expected to put up a big fight and Data is highly motivated to reach the top.
Eventually, both chase enough success to make this final a part of the history of the sport. But on the way to the final they have already achieved a lot.
The great achievements of Tsitsipas
During his career, Stefanos Tsitsipas managed to achieve some historic feats that even the Big 4 failed to equal.
It might sound unbelievable, but he did it. Steph became only the fourth player in the Open Era to reach 6/6 in the Grand Slam quarterfinals. The previous three were Rod Laver, Patrick Rafter and Andre Agassi.
He has also witnessed two other major performances from Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Stefanos Tsitsipas was the youngest after the great Swiss to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open three years in a row. Roger Federer did it in the three years 2004-2006.
At the same time, Stefanos Tsitsipas became the youngest to reach the final of the inaugural Grand Slam since Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, who were 24 years old when they faced each other in 2011.
At the same time, however, he also broke with a negative tradition he had had since the three previous interruptions in his course in the semifinals. If he were ruled out now, he would equal Andy Roddick’s negative record.
Djokovic continues to make history
Now we come to Novak Djokovic who is sure that as long as he competes he will simply set new records and excellence.
Nole is only the third tennis player to reach the Australian Open final after losing twenty games or fewer. The previous successful ones were Ivan Lendl (1990) and Andre Agassi (2003).
At the same time, he also became the fourth-oldest tennis player to reach the final of the Australian Open, after Ken Roswall, Mal Anderson and Roger Federer.
His impressive run that year added to what he had in previous years (save last year when he did not compete), breaking the all-time record for consecutive wins at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic now has 27 straight main draw wins, more than anyone in the Open Era, and broke Andre Agassi’s record of 26.
All of these are some of the things that the two tennis players achieved over the course of the Australian Open before meeting in the final.
Of course, after their big match, both can write further awards on their jerseys, which we will analyze after the final.
Source: sport 24
Saying goodbye to professional tennis in 2025 retired 27 players.
The most famous are Richard Gasquet, Fabio Fognini, Fernando Verdasco, Vasek Pospisil and Diego Schwartzman.
Ukrainian Vladislav Manafov He did not compete at the professional level for the entire year but did not announce his retirement.
He completed his professional career
Grégoire Barrere- Richardas Berankis
- Rohan Bopanna
- Pedro Cachin
- Salvatore Caruso
- Marius Kopil
- Marcus Daniell
- Ivan Dodig
- kyle edmund
- Ernesto Escobedo
- Christopher Eubanks
- Jonathan Esserick
- Fabio Fognini
- Richard Gasquet
- Martin Klizan
- Denis Kudla
- Gianluca the Wizard
- Nicolas Mahut
- Matve Middelkop
- Dennis Novak
- Vašek Pospisil
- Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Tim van Ruythoven
- Luke Saville
- Diego Schwartzman
- Fernando Verdasco
Tennis players who did not play during 2025 but did not announce their retirement
- André Begemann
- 🏳️ Teimuraz Gabashvili
- Fred Gil
- Emilio Gomez
- Marcel Ilhan
- 🏳️ Andrey Kuznetsov
- Juan Ignacio Londero
- Vladislav Manafov
- Fabrice Martin
- Gerald Meltzer
- Gonzalo Oliveira*
- Max Purcell**
- Milos Raonic
- Hunter Reese
- Blaj Rola
- Tennis Sandgren
- Weissborn himself
*– Oliveira was banned for using methamphetamine
** – Purcell was disqualified for use of prohibited substances
Source: Sport UA
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13 former tennis players have already announced their careers in 2025. end of career.
The most famous of the girls listed below are Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia.
Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko He has not played professionally since the fall of 2024, when he played for the Ukrainian national team in the KBDK Playoffs. Lesya did not announce the end of her career.
- Ysaline Bonaventure
- Eugenie Bouchard
- Alize Kornet
- Lauren Davis
- Andrea Gamis
- caroline garcía
- Simona Halep
- Michaela Krajicek
- Petra Kvitova
- Akiko Ohmae
- Bibiana Schofs
- Wang Qiang
- Yanina Wickmayer
Tennis players who did not play all year but did not announce their retirement
- Kaia Sofa
- Lesya Tsurenko
Tennis players who took a break from their careers due to motherhood
- Ounce Jabeur
- Daria Saville
- Anna Carolina Shmidlova
- Caroline Wozniacki
Source: Sport UA
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On Monday, December 29, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) last updated the rating in 2025.
As in principle, there have been no significant changes since the end of the Final Tournament in November.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka finished the season on top. Also in the top 5 were Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina.
As for Ukrainian women, the country’s best tennis player in 2025 is 14th-ranked Elina Svitolina. She is followed by Marta Kostyuk (26th) and Dayana Yastremskaya (27th). Alexandra Oleynikova also entered the top 100 at number 96.
There are six more representatives of Ukraine in the top 500: Yulia Starodubtseva, Angelina Kalinina, Daria Snigur, Anastasia Soboleva, Veronika Podrez and Katarina Zavatskaya.
The new season starts on January 2 – the United Cup team tournament will be held in Perth and Sydney, Australia. And on the 5th, the WTA 500 tournaments will start in Brisbane and the WTA 250 tournaments in Auckland. Sisters Kostyuk, Yastremskaya and Kichenok will play in Brisbane, while Svitolina and Starodubtseva will play in Auckland.
Ukrainian women in WTA singles rankings
Ukrainian women in WTA double the rankings
Source: Sport UA
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