Naomi Osaka’s second tour with coach Wim Fissette is over, the former world No. 1 announced on social media Friday.
“[Four] years, [two] Slams and a whole lot of memories,” Osaka wrote in a post to her Instagram stories confirming the split.
“Thanks Wim for being a great coach and an even greater person. Wishing you all the best.”
The four-time Grand Slam singles champion hired the famed Belgian coach, who formerly worked with other major-winners including Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka over the years, ahead of the 2020 season, and they stayed partnered in their first tenure until the summer of 2022. Osaka won the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open titles during their first chapter together.
They reunited last year, as Osaka trained to return to tennis after the birth of her daughter, Shai, with Fissette now-infamously leaving the partnership he had at the time with Zheng Qinwen to return to Osaka’s team.
