Tsitsipas parts company with coach Ivanisevic

After a “brief but intense” coaching spell, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Goran Ivanisevic parted ways.

After only two matches in his previous four Grand Slam appearances, Tsitsipas, a Greek national, started working with Ivanisevic in May.

However, he only managed one victory on grass-court and was two sets behind qualifier Valentin Royer in the first round of Wimbledon before resuming with a broken leg.

Ivanisevic, a former champion at Wimbledon and a former tennis player who collaborated with Novak Djokovic for six years, also criticized Tsitsipas’ fitness.

“As we are now going our separate ways, I have only respect for Goran, both for what he has accomplished in tennis and for who he is as a person.”

At the 2021 French Open and the 2023 Australian Open, Tsitsipas placed third in the world behind Djokovic.

Since the French Open last year, he hasn’t advanced past the second round of a major and is currently 29th in the rankings.

He and I have spoken frequently over the phone. After Tsitsipas’ exit at Wimbledon, Ivansevic told Serbian outlet Sportklub, “If he solves some things, then he’ll return to where he belongs.”

“In my life, I’ve never seen a player who wasn’t prepared.” I’m three times as fit as him with this knee. This is terrible.