In 2018, Stefanos Tsitsipas was hailed as the future of men’s tennis when, at 20, he won the ATP’s Next Gen Finals for players 21 and under. Last year, the first time he qualified, Tsitsipas won the ATP Finals, becoming the youngest champion since Lleyton Hewitt at 20 in 2001. In this pandemic-shortened season, Tsitsipas won a title in Marseille, reached the finals in Dubai and Hamburg, and took Novak Djokovic to five sets in a semifinal loss at the French Open. 5 ranking in August and has amassed more than $12 million in career prize money. I had a Facebook page when I was 11, 12 years old where I would write in matches and scores.

Source: New York Times November 14, 2020 10:00 UTC