World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Tomasz Wiktorowski’s three-year coaching partnership has come to an end. On Friday, Swiatek shared the information on Instagram.
“After 3 years of the greatest achievements in my career, together with my coach Tomasz Wiktorowski we decided to part way,” Swiatek wrote. “I want to start with a big thank you and appreciating our work together.”
At the conclusion of the 2021 season, Swiatek appointed Wiktorowski, the longtime mentor of the former World No. 2 team. Wiktorowski coached Swiatek to victory in four of her five Grand Slams, a World No. 1 ranking, and the longest winning streak of the 2000s—37 straight victories in 2022. Together, they won 19 of her 22 career championships and an Olympic silver medal this past summer.
Last year, Wiktorowski was voted the WTA’s Coach of the Year by his peers.
“Coach Wiktorowski joined my team for three seasons, when I strongly needed changes and a fresh approach to my game,” Swiatek wrote. “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.
“Our main goal was to become No.1 player in the world and coach Wiktorowski was the one who said it first. We aimed very high, we headed to every tournament with a clear goal to win it. Together with coach Wiktorowski we won many tournaments and 4 Grand Slams.”
Swiatek withdrew from this week’s China Open, where he a defending champion, and next week’s Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open. She has won her sixth major title at Roland Garros this year in addition to four WTA 1000 wins at Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid, and Rome. She’s qualified for the November WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the fourth time in a row.
She confirmed in her post that she is in the midst of the process of hiring a new coach.
“Due to this important change on my team, I give myself a couple of weeks to start a cooperation with a new coach,” she wrote. “I’m in the middle of first talks with coaches from abroad (non-Polish) because I’m ready to take the next step of my career. I will let you know when I make a decision.”
According to Swiatek’s post, the decision to end her work with Wiktorowski was mutual and amicable.
“Coach, THANK YOU, I wish you all the best,” Swiatek wrote. “I know that you would like to rest after these 3 years of hard work and traveling a lot and spending some well deserved time with your loved ones and I hope you’ll get what you need.”
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