The 2025 tennis season is in full swing, with the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, entering the final stages of the tournament this week.
As anticipation builds around this year’s major tournaments including Roland Garros, The Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open, taking place this summer, news around player pairings and coaching changes is a hot topic in the tennis world.
This season we are seeing some notable new coaching partnerships with the bombshell pairing between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray dropping back in December, but this week confirming the extension of their partnership. This month Emma Raducanu announced that she is looking for a new coach after Nick Cavaday stepped back from the role to prioritise getting back to full health. With some major changes taking place this season, let’s take a look at the current coaching partnerships for 2025.
Notable Coaching Changes and Partnerships
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray
Unquestionably the standout coaching partnership of 2025 is the collaboration between Djokovic and Murray. Following the success of the partnership after the Australian Open, last week the 24-time Grand Slam champion has confirmed Andy Murray will continue to coach him “Indefinitely.” The pair will continue to work together in upcoming Indian Wells and Miami tournaments next month, but the major focus being on the clay-court season leading up to the French Open, which begins on 25th May.The British tennis superstar split from her newly appointed coach, Nick Cavaday. Radacanu is said to be without a permanent coach at the moment, temporarily being coached by Roman Kelecic as well as her fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura taking on a wider role while she looks for a new coach.
Naomi Osaka and Patrick Mouratoglou
Towards the end of 2024, Osaka appointed Mouratoglou as her coach where she expressed her goal of returning to the top and winning Grand Slams. Osaka has had a great start to the 2025 season, making it to the final in Auckland at the ASB Classic and despite having to pull out of the Australian Open due to injury, she has said she won’t let injury derail her plans for greatness this year alongside coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
Coco Gauff and Matt Daly
Coco joined forces with Matt Daly towards the end of the 2024 to work alongside her long time coach Jean-Christophe Faurel. The coaching partnership seems to be working well with the current world number 3 winning multiple titles, including the China Open and the WTA Finals. In fact, Gauff has only lost 2 matches since the partnership started with Daly. The main goals set out by the pair are to improve Gauff’s serve, grip, and help her to develop long-term.
Donna Vekic and Sascha Bajin
Donna Vekic added Sascha Bajin to her coaching team for 2025 back in December 2024. Last year Vekic reached her first Grand Slam semi-final at The Championships, Wimbledon and also landed on the tennis podium at the Olympic Games which led to a career-high ranking of number 18. For 2025, she is hoping her new coach partnership with Bajin will lead her to a winning a WTA 500 or better yet, a Grand Slam.
Carlos Alcaraz and Samuel Lopez
This coaching partnership has already seen a huge impact on the current world number 3. Last week their collaboration brought Alcaraz his first indoor title of his career. When interviewed about their partnership, the goals have been set out to focus on technical improvements including the serve and the return as well as a focus on improving Alcaraz’s mental game and developing a clear identity.
Elena Rybakina and Stefano Vukov
Winner of The Championships, Wimbledon 2022, Elena Rybakina has made various changes as she searches to find the best team to lead her to success. Rybakina hired Goran Ivanisevic at the end of the 2024 season following her split with long-time coach Stefano Vukov in August. More recently Elena Rybakina made the addition of Davide Sanguinetti in Abu Dhabi last month. Further changes happened this week, with fitness trainer Azuz Simcich confirming his departure; having worked with the former Wimbledon champion since 2022.
Key Tournaments to Watch
There are several major tournaments fast approaching, where these new partnerships are sure to be tested.
The Miami Open returns in less than a month’s time on 18th March 2025, the Mutua Madrid Open commences on 21st April, Roland Garros returns on 19th May, The HSBC Championships tennis event on the WTA and ATP Tours is taking place at The Queen’s Club in West Kensington on 7th June, The Championships, Wimbledon returns on 30th June and finally the US Open starting on 18th August.
Amongst all these major tournaments are various other tennis events throughout the year, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled to see how these current coaching partnerships develop and change across the 2025 tennis season.
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