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, break 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 file 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 feel he is an excellent 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 linked and we simply determined to begin working. … In fact, it is a massive change, however I feel it should be 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 staff 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 problem after her first-round win.
She begins play on the WTA Finals on Saturday towards fourth-ranked Jasmine Paolini of Italy.
–Subject Stage Media
