Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa have sparked rumours that they have ended their relationship following their respective painful early exits at Wimbledon.
Tsitsipas, the ATP world No 26, was forced to retire due to a lower back injury when trailing 3-6, 2-6 against 113th-ranked qualifier Valentin Royer in his first round match on Monday.
WTA world No 9 Badosa followed Tsitsipas out of the tournament later on the opening day as she was beaten 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 by world No 43 Katie Boulter.
The two tennis stars began dating in May 2023 and announced they had “amicably” parted ways in May 2024, before getting back together three weeks later.
Questions have now been raised over whether the pair, known as ‘Tsitsidosa’, have broken up for the second time after fans noticed they have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
Tsitsipas has seemingly removed all photos featuring Badosa, while Badosa’s page is absent of all but a couple of posts containing the Greek.
In addition, Tsitsipas has shared a video on his Instagram story of a content creator discussing “the rarest and most valuable quality you can find in a woman when choosing a lifetime partner.”
It was announced last month that the tennis power couple had entered the revamped 2025 US Open mixed doubles event.
This year’s mixed doubles tournament at Flushing Meadows will feature eight teams based on the combined singles rankings of the two players, as well as eight wildcard teams. It will take place the week before the singles events begin at the New York Grand Slam.
Tsitsipas expressed his excitement about the partnership in a video shared by the US Open.
“I believe it’s honestly one of the best feelings to be sharing the court with Paula,” said the 26-year-old.
“I’ve had a few instances where we played some mixed doubles and it worked out pretty well. We were able to enjoy the company of one another on the tennis court and make something great out of it.”
After his chronic back injury derailed his Wimbledon campaign, a devastated Tsitsipas said he was facing “the most difficult situation” of his career so far.
“It’s an ongoing issue that doesn’t seem to be disappearing or fading off as much,” the former world No 3 explained.
“Myself, as a person, I have a limit at some point, so I’ll definitely have to have my final answer on whether I want to do stuff or not in the next couple of months
This is going to be hard, but if I see it going in that trajectory, there is no point at competing. If I’m not healthy, and I’ve talked about health so many times, if health is not there, then your whole tennis life becomes miserable.