Tennis: World number one Iga Swiatek splits from coach Tomasz Wiktorowski after three years
The Polish bronze medallist at Paris 2024 has decided to part ways with her coach with a few weeks remaining in the 2024 WTA season.
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Tennis world number one Iga Swiatek has parted ways with her coach, Tomasz Wiktorowski, she announced on Friday (4 October).
The Paris 2024 bronze medallist announced that she and her Polish compatriot had mutually agreed to split after three years of working together, in which she became the top ranked female tennis player in the world and won four Grand Slams.
Swiatek said in a statement via Instagram, “After 3 years of the greatest achievements in my career, together with my coach Tomasz Wiktorowski we decided to part ways. I want to start with a big thank you and appreciating our work together.
“Coach Wiktorowski joined my team for 3 seasons, when I strongly needed changes and a fresh approach to my game. His experience, analytical and strategic attitude and enormous knowledge about tennis helped us to achieve things I've never dreamed of only a few months after we started working together.”
“Coach, THANK YOU, I wish you all the best. I know that you would like to rest after these 3 years of hard work and traveling a lot and spend some well deserved time with your loved ones and I hope you'll get what you need.”
Swiatek has spent 122 weeks as women's world number one, overtaking Ashleigh Barty in September with the seventh highest cumulative weeks at the top overall.
In 2024, Swiatek became the first Polish tennis player to win an Olympic medal with her bronze at Paris 2024. She also won her fourth French Open title on the same clay courts of Roland-Garros, one of five singles titles so far this year.
Swiatek said of her future, “Due to this important change on my team, I give myself a couple of weeks to start a cooperation with a new coach. I'm in the middle of first talks with coaches from abroad (non-Polish), because I'm ready to take the next step in my career. I will let you know when I make a decision.”
Swiatek is not the only leading women’s tennis player to change coaches recently. Coco Gauff split from her coach Brad Gilbert in September, while in the same month, Naomi Osaka parted ways with coach Wim Fissette following the US Open.