Novak Djokovic Parts Ways with Coach Goran Ivanisevic

Goran Ivanisevic is dropped by Novak Djokovic. To announce the end of the collaboration that began in 2018 with the Croatian coach, winner at Wimbledon in 2001, the Serbian champion chose his Instagram profile. Nole thus joins the already long list of athletes who recently, to inject new life into their career, have decided to turn the page. Let's see together who is the former coach of the world's number one tennis player. Goran Simun Ivanisevic was born in Split, Croatia, on September 13, 1971 (thus he is 52 years old). He is considered one of the strongest grass-court tennis players of his time, so much so that he was inducted (in 2020) into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. His triumph at the Wimbledon tournament in 2001 inspired the film 'Wimbledon', directed by Richard Loncraine. In 2009, he married his compatriot model Tatjana Dragović, with whom he had two children. In 1995, he founded the charity 'Help Children in Need'. In his career, he reached his best position as world number 2 in 1994, behind only Pete Sampras. He triumphed in 22 singles tournaments, losing another 27 times in finals. He is particularly remembered for his serve, a stroke in which he was the best on the circuit for six seasons (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001) reaching the peak in 1996 with 1477 aces. He was the first tennis player ever to cross the threshold of 10,000 aces. In 2001, having slipped beyond the 120th position in the ranking (mainly due to shoulder tendon problems), he became the first tennis player to win the London trophy thanks to a wild card. At the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, he won bronze both in singles and in doubles (along with Goran Prpić). In September 2013, he began coaching Marin Čilić, a Croatian tennis player, who under his guidance won the US Open 2014. In 2016, he became the coach of Tomáš Berdych: in just 10 months together, the Czech player won his 13th ATP title. In 2018, he became the new coach of Milos Raonic, but the collaboration with the Canadian did not yield satisfactory results. In June 2019, he joined the technical staff of Novak Djokovic, coaching one of the strongest tennis players of all time. After closing last season with a victory at the Finals in Turin, beating Sinner in the final, Djokovic lost the Davis Cup semifinal against Italy and has experienced a difficult start to 2024. This is why the separation came about, which the champion communicated via a social media post. In 2018, 'Marian (Vajda, the Serbian champion's former coach, before Ivanisevic's arrival, ed) and I were trying to innovate, to add a bit of magic to the serve in our duo. We brought not only that but also a lot of laughter, fun, seasons finished as world number 1, new records, 12 Grand Slam titles (and a few other finals),' wrote Djokovic, concluding 'thank you for everything, my friend. I love you.'