Goran Ivanisevic has quit as Elena Rybakina ’s coach after her exit from the Australian Open. His departure comes in the wake of Rybakina’s previous coach, Stefano Vukov, rejoining her team.
Goran Ivanisevic’s brief stint as 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina’s coach is over now that she is out of the Australian Open.
Elena Rybakina has split with coach Goran Ivanisevic after two 2025 events, he announced Tuesday. "After our trial period that finished with Australian Open, I wish Elena and her team the best of luck moving forward,
Rybakina hired Ivanisevic ahead of last year's WTA Finals and they started working together in the off-season. But their partnership was marred when the Kazakh rehired her former coach, Stefano Vukov, and news broke that Vukov was suspended by the WTA pending investigation.
Tennis star Elena Rybakina and coach Goran Ivanisevic have ended their partnership one day after the sixth seed’s Australian Open exit. Ivanisevic, the former coach of Novak Djokovic, joined Rybakina’s team in the pre-season after the Kazakh’s former coach Stefano Vukov was provisionally suspended amid a WTA investigation into his conduct.
Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic says he will not continue coaching world number six Elena Rybakina after the Australian Open.
MELBOURNE -- Goran Ivanisevic said he has ended his short stint as coach of former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina after the Kazakh went out in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Goran Ivanisevic's brief stint as 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina's coach is over now that she is out of the Australian Open. Ivanisevic, a Wimbledon winner ...
Rybakina, the World No. 7, lost to Madison Keys in the fourth round of the Australian Open, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 on Monday. Ivanisevic, who coached Novak Djokovic for five years, was hired by Rybakina in ...
Elena Rybakina and Goran Ivanisevic will not move forward with their collaboration after two tour-level events together. Ivanisevic confirmed the test phase had ended on his Instagram story Tuesday with a brief message. “After our trial period that finished with Australian Open, I wish Elena and her team the best of luck moving forward,” he wrote.
Goran Ivanisevic announced on social media on Tuesday (January 21) that he will no longer be coaching Elena Rybakina. His announcement came following Rybanina’s fourth-round exit at the Australian Open to Madison Keys.
Goran Ivanisevic has confirmed his short stint as Elena Rybakina’s coach is over following the Kazakh’s exit from the 2025 Australian Open. Rybakina appointed Ivanisevic as her new coach at the end of the 2024 campaign having parted ways with former coach Stefano Vukov in August.