Raducanu Explains Why She Split With Her Most Recent Coach After Just 14 Days
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Emma Raducanu recently hired another coach, but they parted ways after just 14 days, and she has now explained her reasons.
If there were three things that most tennis fans know about Raducanu, they would be that she's an incredibly talented player who has won the 2021 US Open, that she has struggled with injuries throughout her tennis career, and that she has often changed coaches.
The British player is known for changing her coaches more often than any other player, and almost four years after her US Open win, she has yet to settle on working with someone for a longer period.
That person seemed to be Nick Cavaday, but he left Raducanu's team because of personal reasons. After parting ways with Cavaday, the 22-year-old player hired Vladimir Platenik. The 49-year-old Slovak coach has worked with the likes of Dominika Cibulkova, Daria Kasatkina, Anna Blinkova, Veronika Kudermetova, and Lulu Sun.
However, their partnership lasted only 14 days. Raducanu parted ways with Platenik, and it was a really weird development, as their partnership lasted only two weeks.
Platenik spoke about their split, saying he felt like the Brit was a bit stressed and that he understood why she made the decision to stop working together. Now, Raducanu also addressed their split.
The WTA World No. 60 player was asked about her split from Platenik after beating Amanda Anisimova in the fourth round of the 2025 Miami Open.
She explained that she feels like the work they've done together before the WTA 1000 event in Miami has helped her to achieve her best result since 2021. At the same time, she didn't feel comfortable, as she wanted to be with someone she knew well, and that's why she made the decision to part ways.
"I think the work that we did before the tournament, I mean, it wasn't long. It was only maybe two weeks, ten days, but we did some really good work. I think I'm getting some benefits on the match court right now are from what we did."
"He is a great coach. He's so experienced. He's worked with so many players and brought them up to the top, and developed players. So, I respect him a lot as a coach. I think for me it just, I guess, wasn't right at the time, and I'm not sure going forward, but I think this week was a great eye-opener to just when I'm happy and expressive and myself."
"I think just having people that I've known for a very long time, since before the US Open, and just those familiar faces, I think is the most valuable thing for this week at least. Yeah, I guess, it's difficult because I just met him, and it's difficult to kind of build many years of connection straight away."
