World No. 5 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan introduced the hiring Friday of Novak Djokovic’s former coach, Goran Ivanisevic, for the 2025 season.
Rybakina, 25, cut up with longtime coach Stefano Vukov this summer season. The 2022 Wimbledon champion is an eight-time winner on the WTA Tour, together with three titles in 2024.
Djokovic ended a five-year run with Ivanisevic in March that included 9 of his report 24 Grand Slam titles.
Ivanisevic, 53, is a member of the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame with 22 ATP Tour titles together with Wimbledon in 2001.
“I am actually trying ahead to this partnership,” Rybakina informed reporters forward of the WTA Finals, which start on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “I believe he is an awesome champion and he has a lot expertise, and I am trying ahead to beginning.
“For me, it was vital to get higher, and with the assistance of the brokers, we related and we simply determined to begin working. … After all, it is a large change, however I believe it is going to be a very good change.”
Ivanisevic commented on his new shopper on Instagram. “Enthusiastic about coming again on Tour. This time, it is time for some WTA motion,” he wrote. “Pleased to affix your group Elena Rybakina.”
Rybakina handled accidents and sickness over the summer season, withdrawing from the Paris Olympics with bronchitis and exiting the U.S. Open with a lower-back situation after her first-round win.
She begins play on the WTA Finals on Saturday towards fourth-ranked Jasmine Paolini of Italy.
–Subject Stage Media
